The Assassin's Creed series is well-known for its thorough reconstruction of history, sometimes to the point where it starts to become an educational tool. While it has in the past struggled with Euro/American-centric choices about where to place its stories, the series seems to have an interesting relationship with Middle Eastern History. The original game took place in the Holy Land and dealt with the Third Crusade from the perspective of Syrian assassin Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad. Revelations revisited Altaïr but also used Constantinople as a primary setting. Origins showed the decline of Ancient Egypt. Mirage continued the trend by introducing players to the Abbasid Caliphate, an extremely influential empire based in medieval Iraq.