Baghdad - Wikipedia Spanning an area of approximately 673 square kilometres (260 sq mi), Baghdad is the capital of its governorate and serves as Iraq's political, economic, and cultural hub Founded in 762 AD by Al-Mansur, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and became its most notable development project
Baghdad | History, Population, Map, Facts | Britannica Baghdad, capital city of Iraq 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 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد, transliterated Baghdād) is the capital city and largest city in Iraq It is the second-largest city in Southwest Asia after Tehran It is the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo 5,772,000 people lived there in 2003 Baghdad is on the Tigris River at 33°20′N 44°26′E
Baghdad - Wikiwand Founded in 762 AD by Al-Mansur, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and became its most notable development project The city evolved into a cultural and intellectual center of the Muslim world
Baghdad - New World Encyclopedia Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد Baġdād) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is also coterminous with With a municipal population estimated at 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo)
History of Baghdad - Wikipedia The city of Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد Baġdād) was established by the Abbasid dynasty as its capital in the 8th century, marking a new era in Islamic history after their defeat of the Umayyad Caliphate It replaced Seleucia-Ctesiphon, a Sasanian capital 35 km southeast of Baghdad, which was virtually abandoned by the end of the 8th century
Baghdad - Abbasid, Caliphate, Iraq | Britannica Baghdad - Abbasid, Caliphate, Iraq: Archaeological evidence shows that the site of Baghdad was occupied by various peoples long before the Arab conquest of Mesopotamia in 637 ce, and several ancient empires had capitals located in the vicinity
Baghdad - en. irakipedia. org Its location, on the Tigris River about 330 miles (530 km) from the headwaters of the Persian Gulf, is in the heart of ancient Mesopotamia Baghdad is Iraq’s largest city and one of the most populous urban agglomerations of the Middle East
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