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Baghdad Burns Fall of the Abbasids

This video explores the 1258 Mongol siege that destroyed Baghdad and ended the Abbasid Caliphate. It covers the political ...
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First came Khan, now Bush / Mongols, Americans -- in Baghdad, invaders seem similar

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, ...