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At least 83 people have been killed, and over a hundred wounded in two separate explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The bombings happened near the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The first attack occurred in a shopping area in the Karrada district, where a car exploded, killing at least 75. Shortly afterwards, an improvised explosive device went off in eastern Baghdad, killing at least five people. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in the Karrada district, b

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