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  2. Round city of Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    The Round City of Baghdad is the original core of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in 762–766 CE as the official residence of the Abbasid court. Its official name in Abbasid times was City of Peace ( Arabic : مدينة السلام , romanized : Madīnat as-Salām ).

  3. History of Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    Round city of Baghdad. Baghdad was founded on 30 July 762 CE. It was designed by Caliph al-Mansur. [1] According to 11th-century scholar Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in his History of Baghdad, [2] each course of the city wall consisted of 162,000 bricks for the first third of the wall's height. The wall was 80 ft high, crowned with battlements and ...

  4. List of destroyed heritage - Wikipedia

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    The Round City of Baghdad, the seat of the Abbasid caliph, was sacked by the Mongols led by Hulegu in 1258. Large sections of the city as well as irrigation system and the House of Wisdom, a library and intellectual center, were destroyed. The city was attacked again by Tamerlane in 1401, leading to the almost destruction.

  5. List of circular cities - Wikipedia

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    The round city of Isfahan is not uncovered yet. [2] Basra: 630s Known mostly from literature. [1] Kufa: 630s Known mostly from literature. [1] Baghdad: 762 Known as "the round city of Baghdad". [2] [7] Darab: 8th century The uncovered imperfect circular perimeter is reportedly a defensive work built in the 8th century, and the city itself was ...

  6. Khuld Palace - Wikipedia

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    The main part of the original city was the Round City, with the first caliphal palace, the Palace of the Golden Gate, at its centre. [1] In 773, [ 2 ] al-Mansur began construction of another palace on an elongated, mile-long stretch of land between the walls of the Round City and the western bank of the Tigris River .

  7. Big City Adventure: San Francisco walkthrough - AOL

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    Match the groups mini-game. Try and create large groups of the same object in order to earn more bonus objects and to get a bigger score. This mini-game can become hard in the later rounds if you ...

  8. Gates of Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    The gates of Baghdad (Arabic: أبواب بغداد) are the several bab, meaning gate in Arabic, connected by walls surrounding the city of Baghdad. The gates and the walls were designed to protect the city from foreign incursions. Some of the components date back to the Abbasid era, while others were preserved and renovated during the Ottoman ...

  9. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst Walkthrough Part 1

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    THE MAPS. Click here to view Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst - The Maps.This set of maps shows you how all of the rooms are connected in the game, and where to find the special tasks ...