Baghdad with Assassin's Creed Mirage: the successful exhibition extended at the Institut du Monde Arabe

Founded by the Abbasids in 762, Madinat al-Salam was long the capital of the Islamic empire. On the banks of the Tigris River, this great circular city was nicknamed "the city of peace". A city of commerce, power, scientific advances and research, art and culture, Madinat al-Salam lies beneath the foundations of Baghdad, destroyed by the Mongols in 1258.

This world city disappeared many centuries ago, but its history and riches continue to fascinate experts and enthusiasts alike. How can you find out more about a ghost town?

Ubisoft and theInstitut du Monde Arabe join forces to take us on a journey to this lost city. Thanks to the sets, map and scenes created for Assassin's Creed Mirage, theIMA invites us to discover this city and the civilization it once sheltered.

From February 28, 2024 to January 12, 2025, the IMA unveils Baghdad: Rediscovering Madinat al-Salam, with Assassin's Creed Mirage, a groundbreaking exhibition that blends video games and history, to discover a little-known Baghdad.

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Images, sounds and videos from the Assassin's Creed Mirage game, as well as interviews with historians, preparatory drawings made for the creation of the game and objects from theInstitute 's collectionmake up the exhibition's itinerary. Artists and scientists contribute to bringing this vanished city back to life, to educate the general public, while retaining a playful aspect.

The exhibition covers five themes: the round city, religions, administration and politics, arts and culture, and science and technology. Each chapter recounts a particular feature of the city of Madinat al-Salam, and what made it great. At the same time, the tour highlights the know-how required to build such a city in the 9th century... And in the 21st century, with the help of videogame technology.

Video games in the service ofart, modern technologies used to bring the past to life: Ubisoft and theInstitut du Monde Arabe are using the best of both worlds to unveil this ground-breaking exhibition, which promises to be fascinating... Let's go and discover it!