Age of Empire IV has been officially announced for PS5 during Gamescom 2025. This is the first time the legendary strategy series has appeared on a PlayStation console for over 20 years, AoE4 offering ...

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 for five ...

From grand cities to groundbreaking discoveries, the Abbasid Caliphate transformed the Islamic world. Yet, even the most powerful empires must face decline. Panama Deals a Blow to Putin's Shadow Fleet ...

The characteristic minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, the city where the Zanj Rebellion broke out. Credit: Taisir Mahdi / Wikimedia Commons Specifically, Arab traders settled in the region, ...

The Ayyubids, a Variant Civilization based on the Abbasids, are one of the brand-new factions of the upcoming Age of Empires 4: The Sultans Ascend expansion. Initially announced as The Sultan’s Army, ...

Iraqi-American culinary expert Nawal Nasrallah talks about the history of the recipes making up today’s Iraqi cuisine to Al-Ahram Weekly. It was sometime in 1990 when Iraq was going through another ...

Chris Drumm is a lifelong gamer with a BA in English writing and years of experience writing articles and news online. He's played hundreds of games in dozens of genres, enjoyed them all, and put more ...

Assassin’s Creed Mirage allows players to customize their playstyle by giving special effects to Outfits that can be found in Gear Chests. The Abbasid Knight Outfit grants Basim the ability to recover ...

Whether you dream of holstering a flintlock pistol and sailing through the 18th-century Golden Age of Piracy or leading a clan of Vikings to settle in the fractured Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the 9th ...

For centuries, Baghdad seemed to stand at the centre of the world. Chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate around the year 762, the city rose from the banks of the Tigris River with circular ...