Abbasid architecture featured in Assassins Creed - in pictures

  • An Assassin's Creed game still featuring a Mamluk pilgrim's flask from North Africa. Courtesy Institut du monde arabe & the Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection/Ubisoft
    An Assassin's Creed game still featuring a Mamluk pilgrim's flask from North Africa. Courtesy Institut du monde arabe & the Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection/Ubisoft
  • Statuette of camel and rider, eighth-ninth century, Iraq. Courtesy The Khalili Collections/Ubisoft
    Statuette of camel and rider, eighth-ninth century, Iraq. Courtesy The Khalili Collections/Ubisoft
  • A ninth-century astrolabe. Courtesy The Khalili Collections/Ubisoft
    A ninth-century astrolabe. Courtesy The Khalili Collections/Ubisoft
  • Twelve-sided bronze mortar. Courtesy Shangri La Museum and Institut du monde Arabe/Ubisoft
    Twelve-sided bronze mortar. Courtesy Shangri La Museum and Institut du monde Arabe/Ubisoft
  • Blown glass jar with trailed zigzag decoration. Courtesy Shangri La Museum/Ubisoft
    Blown glass jar with trailed zigzag decoration. Courtesy Shangri La Museum/Ubisoft
  • Beaker in colourless glass, ninth-century Syria, Iraq or Iran. Courtesy The David Collection/Ubisoft
    Beaker in colourless glass, ninth-century Syria, Iraq or Iran. Courtesy The David Collection/Ubisoft