More traditional examples of architecture are mainly on the outskirts. Typical Baghdad houses have first floor wooden bays with latticed windows and inner open courtyards. Official buildings ...

videoGreat Fashion in Baghdad 900AD This entertaining reality TV parody shows traditional male and female Islamic clothing circa AD900, as two plainly clothed merchants prepare to visit the House ...

Baghdad was also known as the Round City because it was built in a circle. All the important buildings like the House of Wisdom and Caliph’s Palace were in the centre of the city. The House of ...