Baghdad and Samarra, the two capitals of the Abbasid caliphs, were the richest cities of the early Middle Ages, on the same ancient Mesopotamian mud-baked soil that spawned Babylon, Sumer and Assyria.

“Baghdad represented the economic centre of the Abbasid Empire, and it was used as a starting point for controlling other neighbouring regions to enhance Islamic power,” said Issam al-Faili, a ...

He says the dynasty was as pivotal to world history in the 8th and 9th centuries as the Roman Empire was in the 1st and 2nd. "The Abbasids ruled over a very big area, basically from what is now ...

The apogee of the Abbasid caliphate coincides with the heydays of the Tang Dynasty in China (619-907). In the Accounts imperial China is painted as a highly organised and regulated society.

In Baghdad, the Abbasid caliph created a centre of learning which was known as the House of Wisdom, or the Grand Library of Baghdad. The Islamic Empire was a time of great innovation, especially ...

The Abbasid dynasty was established by Abu al-Abbas, who was also called Saffah, meaning the spiller of blood. ONE The Abbasids came to power in 750AD and remained so for about five centuries ...

It was built in AD876 during the Abbasid dynasty. Muhammad later moved to the city of Medina and built a mosque (Islamic place of worship). The new Islamic community began here.

New Assassin’s Creed video game brings Baghdad’s Golden Age back to life The game brings to life a city that was the intellectual and artistic heart of the mighty Abbasid empire.