Linda Komaroff is curator of Islamic art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she put together the current show, “The Legacy of Genghis Khan,” in collaboration with Stefano Carboni of the ...

As Baghdad fell to American and British forces Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was holding a preview of its new exhibition, “The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture ...

When it comes to fighting a war in Iraq, the United States and its most famous predecessors -- the Mongols of the 13th century -- have a lot in common. Both the Mongols and the Bushes, for instance, ...

It seems that Baghdad is in the news every day as a result of the war in Iraq, but once upon a time, this ancient city was a leading world center of culture and education. Here’s a brief look at its ...

With Iraq’s government enriched by oil revenues of more than $200,000,000 a year, the ancient city of Baghdad (pop. 750,000) is planning a future almost as glittering as its past. The sun-baked Abode ...

Recently, I’ve been buttonholing everybody I know and telling them about Hulagu. What happened was, a couple of years ago Osama bin Laden said (in one of his intermittent recorded messages to the ...