In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned ...

After the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft took a course on large-scale role-playing games, leaving behind compact action games. With each new release, the series only grew: Origins ...

The Abbasid Caliphate once ruled a Golden Age of knowledge and power, but it all came crashing down when Baghdad burned Discover the fall of this great dynasty ...

AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars. That period was also characterised by series of catastrophic earthquakes ...

Sufis in Medieval Baghdad Agency and the Public Sphere in the Late Abbasid Caliphate Author: Atta Muhammad Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024 Pages: 178 ...

The ninth-century Baghdad of Assassin's Creed Mirage isn't very big, at least in relative terms. As the follow-up to a trio of recent entries that saw the series expand its settings from ...

He praised the game's designers for "recreating a lost city", because - after Baghdad was sacked by Mongol forces in 1258 - the Abbasid Caliphate "did not leave any trace".

Baghdad (AFP) – Iraqi gamers celebrated the release Thursday of the latest instalment of the "Assassin's Creed" action-adventure saga, set in ninth century Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate.

To celebrate 16 years of the blockbuster video game franchise, the talented developers at Ubisoft Bordeaux transport players to 9th-century Baghdad for Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

Assassin's Creed Mirage setting and size The main location in Assassin's Creed Mirage is ninth-century Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iraq). Here, we explore the city ...