What is a Caliphate?

What does the term caliphate mean and what is the history of the idea? Historian Hugh Kennedy explains.
Read THE CALIPHATE: http://po.st/ReadTheCaliphate

In the first modern account of a subject of critical importance today, acclaimed historian Hugh Kennedy answers these questions by chronicling the rich history of the caliphate, from the death of Muhammad to the present.

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