The ancient capital of Samarra ... Following the loss of the monuments of Baghdad, Samarra represents the only physical trace of the Caliphate at its height. The city preserves two of the largest ...

Baghdad’s libraries ... ‘medicines’ for our 1,950 ancient manuscripts because those too are very valuable.” Small groups of students studying at the mosque’s madrassa take lessons ...

They paid bilingual scholars in Baghdad (many of them Christians) to translate books from ancient Greek ... Huge palaces and mosques were the envy of travellers from across the world.

In the grand historical narrative of the Islamic world, two cities have stood out as dominant forces: Baghdad, the intellectual, cultural, and scientific hub of the Islamic Golden Age, and Saudi ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A bomb exploded Friday outside a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad as worshippers were leaving midday prayers, killing five people and wounding 17, police said. The bomb ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen dressed as Iraqi police commandos attacked a Sunni mosque in a western Baghdad neighborhood late Saturday, killing three mosque guards and wounding six others in an ...