Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine ...

How does the tradition of Western political thought evolve from Locke’s idea of state to Marx’s vision of the state withering ...

Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

Rising in the 8th century, the Abbasids built a vast empire that became a center of knowledge, trade, and innovation. Their ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Renovations began on St. Gregory the Illuminator Church in Baghdad, the cathedral of the Armenian Diocese ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region’s finance minister struck an optimistic tone after meeting with Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Friday to discuss budget amendments and salary ...

Lavin, for instance, is an archaeologist who believes she has found, uncovered by a gas explosion in Baghdad, the famed House of Wisdom built during the Abbasid period by the Caliph, Harun al-Rashid. ...

This week’s Kickstarter Roundup takes us to a French Patisserie, a Mystical-Industrial world, and asks us to look deep within ourselves. Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding and ...

Iraq's Midland [Middle] Oil Company (MdOC) has reportedly announced the discovery of a significant oil reserve in the East Baghdad field. The discovery was made in collaboration with EBS Petroleum, a ...