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In this lesson, we will learn about how Baghdad became such an important cultural centre in the Abbasid Caliphate.
Baghdad was founded in the early days of Islamic civilisation’s ‘Golden Age’. Islam spread from the Arabian peninsula to the Southern Mediterranean, Middle East and parts of Asia. Islam spread due to strong leadership, military strength, opponents’ weaknesses and tolerance shown to captured cities.
In this lesson, we will learn about how the Abbasid Caliphate fell apart in different parts. We will also explore all of the different ways Baghdad was connected to the wider world at the time.
Baghdad was the center of the Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age of the 9th and 10th centuries, growing to be the largest city worldwide by the beginning of the 10th century. It began to decline in the Iranian Intermezzo of the 9th to 11th centuries and was destroyed in the Mongolian invasion in 1258.
27 wrz 2024 · It is Iraq’s largest city and one of the most populous urban agglomerations of the Middle East. The city was founded in 762 as the capital of the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, and for the next 500 years it was the most significant cultural center of Arab and Islamic civilization.
Baghdad at the time was the largest city in the world, with a population of about 1 million. It was a perfectly round city, with all the important buildings in the centre. Situated between two...
Baghdad (/ ˈ b æ ɡ d æ d / ⓘ BAG-dad or / b ə ɡ ˈ d æ d / bəg-DAD; Arabic: بَغْدَاد, romanized: Baghdād, [baɣˈdaːd] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Iraq. Situated on the Tigris, it is part of the Baghdad Governorate and is located near the Diyala River. With a population variously estimated at 6 or over 7 million ...
