In 1258, the Mongol Empire unleashed one of the most devastating sieges in history, bringing down the heart of the Islamic ...

Nicola Di Cosmo, Sebastian Wagner, Ulf Büntgen, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF THE MONGOL INVASION OF SYRIA AND DEFEAT AT ‘AYN JĀLŪT (1258–1260 CE), Erdkunde, Bd. 75, H. 2 (April – June 2021), ...

The Baghdad municipality's next focus will be Al-Rashid Street, inaugurated in 1916. "It's the soul of old Baghdad, its identity," said the municipality's head of communications Mohammed al-Rubaye.

The Mongol invasion laid waste to many of the cities of Persia (now known as Iran). ... In 1258 the Mongols laid seige to the city of Baghdad and largely destroyed it, ...

Muslims, too, saw the Mongols as bloodthirsty savages. When Hulagu Khan stormed Baghdad, in 1258, bodies were heaped on the streets; drains reportedly ran red in the heart of Muslim civilization ...

In the middle of 13th century, the Mongol army already captured Kiev in 1240, took Alamut in 1256 and Baghdad in 1258, deposing and executing the last Abbasid Khalif Mustasim ‘ billah. At that point ...

Archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of three individuals within a former medieval stronghold in Poland who were possibly victims of the Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century.

The unprecedented assault on Japan by Mongol forces in 1274 had a deep impact on the shogunate and led to the construction of a wall around Hakata Bay. While history often depicts the invaders ...

When the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, NPR's Mideast editor Larry Kaplow was a reporter in Baghdad. Looking back now, he writes that the signs and warnings of the chaos to come were all too clear then.