A Tale of Two Cities In the grand historical narrative of the Islamic world, two cities have stood out as dominant forces: ...

The city of Baghdad was home to a number of libraries, universities, hospitals and schools. The House of Wisdom was a huge ... also wrote a lot about algebra which was new to the European world!

I live here in Baghdad – a city of over a million people ... Our mosque where we all pray 5 times a day and… This building – the House of Wisdom which stores all the world’s knowledge.