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Baghdad

Founded 762 CE · Iraq

The Abbasid capital became a major center of administration, scholarship, manufacturing and exchange.

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How the setting appeared

The original round city enclosed palace and congregational mosque; rapidly expanding suburbs, markets, canals, gardens and bridges spread along both banks of the Tigris.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAGHDADCIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGECIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET Setting and material context · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Dense neighborhoods organized around markets, baths, mosques and households of varied language, religion and status.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAGHDADCIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGECIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET Lifeways and community · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Scribes, scholars, translators, merchants, textile workers, builders and river laborers served a vast urban economy.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAGHDADCIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGECIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET Work, tools and exchange · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Mosques and Islamic institutions predominated while Christian, Jewish and other communities maintained their own worship and learning.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAGHDADCIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGECIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Post-classical networks
Region: West Asia · Iraq
Languages and scripts: Arabic
Important people: al-Mansur
Events and changes: The Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founded Baghdad as an imperial capital in 762 CE.; The Abbasid court moved to Samarra from 836 to 892 CE while Baghdad remained a major urban and commercial center.; Buyid forces entered Baghdad in 945 CE.
Evidence confidence (generic fallback): No record-specific confidence statement is registered. This generic fallback identifies a metadata gap; it is not an evidence assessment.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAGHDADCIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGECIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET Dates, place, language, people and events; missing confidence metadata disclosed · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAGHDADCIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGECIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-BAGHDAD

Baghdad: record evidence guide

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abba/hd_abba.htm

metmuseum.org

CIT-CORE001-BAGHDAD-CAMBRIDGE

Baghdad, an imperial foundation (762-836 CE)

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-world-history/baghdad-an-imperial-foundation-762836ce/BF772E2AAF4E5677A881AB43FFBB79F2

Cambridge University Press

CIT-CORE001-ABBASID-ART-MET

The Art of the Abbasid Period (750-1258)

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/the-art-of-the-abbasid-period-750-1258

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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