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Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court
By Hugh Kennedy, Maaike Van Berkel, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Letizia Osti
The reign of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32) is a crucial and controversial epoch in the history of the Abbasid empire. Al-Muqtadir's regime has traditionally been depicted as one of decline, when the...
Read MoreMedia and Politics
By Bettina Mottura, Letizia Osti, Giorgia Riboni
Media and politics have always been mutually influential. The media plays an important political role of its own in promoting and discussing policies, as well as conveying representations of power...
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