Trump's peace plan has been widely praised, but it's the Abraham Accords that lay the groundwork for Middle East ...

Baghdad was the jewel of the Abbasid world—rich, prestigious, and convinced it could survive any enemy. But when the caliph refused to submit, the Mongols arrived with massive armies, Chinese siege ...

A public trial was held in the royal court. Banabhatta was found guilty, dismissed from his position as court poet and expelled from the court. The emperor then uttered his famous remark: the greatest ...

Arrival ushers in ‘a new phase of recovery for Iraq’s aviation sector’ After 35 years, the first European aircraft has landed at Baghdad International Airport, marking a major step in Iraq’s return to ...

Baghdad International Airport reopened Thursday after a 12-hour halt due to bad weather, the transport ministry said. Authorities announced at around 12:30 am (2130 GMT) they had temporarily shut ...

Tucked away in an obscure chapter of medieval history, the Zanj rebellion, which raged between 869 to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the ...

A candidate for Iraq’s upcoming legislative elections was killed in the explosion of a car bomb in northern Baghdad, the capital’s security forces said Wednesday. A bomb exploded after midnight under ...

In the 8th century Middle East, the Abbasid Caliphate rose to power, overseeing an era later hailed as Islam's golden age. However, internal strife marked its decline. Caliph Harun al-Rashid's ...

The Islamic Golden Age flourished as Byzantine-preserved Greek knowledge, bridged by Syriac translators into Baghdad’s House of Wisdom, was expanded by Muslim scholars and later returned to reshape ...

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’s greatest empires. Walmart deploys millions of new sensors in retail's ...

Ubisoft is releasing another Discovery Tour--its series of mostly educational tours of historical locations featured in Assassin's Creed games--but this time it's a free mobile app. Discovery Tour: ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Discovery Tour: Medieval Baghdad can be explored in two different ...