THE FALL OF BAGHDAD
February 13, 1258 — the sky burns gold and crimson over the Abbasid capital. On the ridge, Hulegu Khan watches his Mongol horde descend upon the City of Peace.
Baghdad, jewel of the Islamic Golden Age, center of world learning, home to the legendary House of Wisdom where scholars translated Aristotle and preserved the knowledge of antiquity. Its libraries held a million books.
For forty days, the city fell. The Tigris ran dark — some say black with ink from books thrown into its waters.
An empire ended. A civilization changed forever.
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