Iraq After The Muslim Conquest
Iraq Muslim conquestEarly Islamic IraqHistory of Islamic MesopotamiaArab conquest of PersiaUmayyad and Abbasid Iraq
Following the Muslim conquest in the 7th century, Iraq, formerly a core region of the Sassanid Empire, underwent profound cultural, political, and religious transformation. It emerged as a vital center of Islamic civilization, eventually hosting the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad and becoming a hub for scholarship, trade, and governance in the early Islamic world.