On my final day in Baghdad, I met up with my long time Iraqi friend, Baderkhan to try all of the best street foods that the city has to offer! We were able to eat 5 dishes for just $15USD total, now that's a bargain! Also - it's with a heavy heart to say that 24 hours after we shot this video, there was massive attack in the exact same market, on the exact same street, during the exact same time of the day. I was devastated to hear the news, and I couldn't believe our luck - we escaped it by jus

10 February 1258, on this day, the Fall of Baghdad and Islamic Golden Ages Ended. In 1258 Mongols under the command of Hulagu Khan sacked Baghdad, destroying the House of Wisdom, the leading library in the ultimate intellectual center of the Arab world. The House of Wisdom, founded in the eighth century, contained countless precious documents accumulated over five hundred years. Survivors said a large number of books were thrown into the river that the waters of the Tigris ran black with ink; ot