In the winter of A.D.1258, when the Mongols sacked Baghdad under Hulegu Khan, great destruction was visited upon the city and its inhabitants. The Bayt al Hikma, or House of Wisdom, was plundered ...

The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar ...

The Islamic Golden age began during the Abbasid caliphate which was centred around the city of Baghdad. In 1258, the Mongol armies from the east destroyed Baghdad and ended Abbasid rule.

The depredations of Genghis Khan’s grandson Hulagu in 1258 and the Turko-Mongol empire-builder Tamerlane in 1401 were a ...

During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD750 -1258), Baghdad became the centre for science, medicine, maths and more! This early Islamic period is sometimes called the Golden Age of Islam because there ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials said an explosion targeted a site used by the U.S. military next to Baghdad airport late Tuesday, one day before an expected visit by Iran's president.

US Forces Accounted for After Reported Rocket Attack in Baghdad, Official Says BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Multiple Katyusha rockets were fired near Baghdad International Airport, two Iraqi military ...

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BAGHDAD, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A United States diplomatic facility in Baghdad came under attack late on Tuesday but there are no reports of casualties and a damage assessment is underway, a U.S ...

Rockets were launched at a base housing US troops near Baghdad airport as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. The missiles were fired at the base at Baghdad International Airport ...

Ali Ghulam was the undisputed dollar king of Iraq for almost a decade. His three Baghdad banks wired tens of billions of dollars in that time outside the country, ostensibly for car parts ...

BAGHDAD, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Diplomatic Services Compound in Baghdad was attacked late on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, the embassy spokesperson said in a statement on ...