Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

First came the Mongols, then the Ottomans and Persians. Finally, in modern times, the British took Baghdad, sacrificing thousands of lives to wrest it from the Turks during World War I. Over centuries ...

New York Times News Service file photo“Baghdad: The City in Verse” collects works dating from the first decades after its founding in the 8th century up to the war that drove Saddam Hussein from power ...