Baghdad

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Baghdad () is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. It is the second-largest city in south-west Asia after Tehran, with the 2003 population estimated at 5,772,000. Situated on the Tigris River at , the city was once the center of Islamic civilization.

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The city of Baghdad was founded on the west bank of the Tigris on 30 July 762 by the Abbasid dynasty, led by Caliph al-Mansur. The city was probably built on the site of an earlier Persian village. This city replaced Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Empire (which is located ca. 20 miles southeast of Baghdad), and Damascus, as the capital of a Muslim empire stretching from North Africa to Persia. The origin of the city's name is uncertain: some believe it is from the Persian for "God-given" derived from "bagh" (God) and "dad" (given), while others believe it is from an Aramaic phrase for "sheep enclosure." A circular wall was built around the town, and Baghdad became known as the "Round City."

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