Baghdad: A Journey Back to Madinat al-Salam
Baghdad: A Journey Back to Madinat al-Salam was an exhibition that ran from 10 February – 10 November 2024 at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, France delving into the history of the city of Baghdad and life in the Abbasid Caliphate. Assets from the 2023 video game Assassin's Creed: Mirage featured in the exhibit.[1]
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The Abbasids had ruled the vast Islamic Empire from 750. In 762, Al-Mansûr, the dynasty's second caliph, decided to establish a new capital. He chose the site on the west bank of the River Tigris, in what is now Iraq. A majestic round city with the Caliphal Palace at its center was built. Al-Mansûr chose to call it Madinat al-Salam, the "City of Peace".
For centuries, this global city stood as a political, scientific, cultural, and commercial power before it was razed to the ground by the Mongols in 1258. What could this lost city have been like?
The exhibition offers an answer to this question by connecting historical facts and objects from the IMA's collections with content from Assassin's Creed Mirage: concept arts, video and audio extracts, images of historical characters and places featured in the game, etc.[2]
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References[edit | edit source]
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Arab World Institute Partner for Baghdad Exhibition on Ubisoft's official website (backup link)
- ↑ Baghdad: A Journey Back to Madinat al-Salam. Institut du Monde Arabe. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved on 10 July 2024.