Baghdad in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

📜

The Round City was laid out by al-Mansur with the caliph's palace at the centre and four gates.

📚

The House of Wisdom translated Greek and Persian scholarship into Arabic and kept a good deal of it alive.

🌴

Iraq is one of the largest date producers, and the palm groves run along both banks.

🕌

The Kadhimiya shrine draws pilgrims to the north of the city.

🌊

The Tigris runs through the middle. The Euphrates is about thirty kilometres west.

Baghdad at a glance

Country

Iraq

Coordinates

33.32° N, 44.37° E

First played

16 March 2026

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Baghdad.