Narrator: In 762, the city of Baghdad was established by Al-Mansur. The centre was a perfect circle. The round city. By 814, Baghdad was the world's largest city with over one million inhabitants.

Internationally Baghdad served trade routes that extended out into East- and South-East Asia, the Mediterranean and Western Europe, even as far as Eastern Africa. Goods that passed through the city ...

This photo taken on Jan. 15, 2025 shows the courtyard of Mustansiriya Madrasah in Baghdad, Iraq. The historical building established in 1227 was once a scholarly complex providing higher education.