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- proper noun Plural form of
Abbassid .
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In 745 it suffered from the wars of the Ommiads and Abbassids, in 1089 underwent an earthquake, and then fell completely into oblivion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Abbassids, almost all Africa regained independence, and it was not until 772 that the caliphs again acquired control over it.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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The Golden State is going the way Mesopotamia did at the time of the Abbassids 1,400 years ago, with excessive water use sucking the water tables dry and turning prime farm land into saline desert.
CounterPunch 2010
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