Once the heart of a golden age, Baghdad fell to fire and steel. The end of the Abbasids marked the collapse of one of history ...

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.

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.

“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 ...

Dubai: The first House of Wisdom was established during the Abbasid era in Baghdad. The new Islamic capital that was built to replace the Omayyad capital of Damascus was constructed in AD762 by ...

The exhibition, on view at MIA’s Temporary Exhibition Gallery until February 25, 2023, introduces and celebrates the significance of Baghdad under the Abbasid dynasty (750-1258) and its ...