[Cronos]

It was the Persian Empire and it was far before the Arabs invaded so the people were actually Persians or Iranians and not Arabs or modern Iraqis.

Actually it was the Abbassid Empire -- the Caliphate based in Baghdad. The People were Arabs or Mesopotamians since this was a Sunni Caliphate and the Shia's had already expanded in Iran.

[freedom44]

You're 100% correct as usual. I was checking into a different time for some reason.