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Baghdad
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The capital and largest city of Iraq, in the center of the country on the Tigris River. Founded in the eighth century, it was heavily damaged by U.S. forces during the Persian Gulf War (1991). Population: 5,670,000. Once the capital of the Abbisad Empire.
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Tigris
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A river of southwest Asia rising in eastern Turkey and flowing about 1,850 km (1,150 mi) southeast through Iraq to the Euphrates River. It was a major transportation route in ancient times.
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Euphrates
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A river of southwest Asia flowing about 2,735 km (1,700 mi) from central Turkey through Syria and into Iraq, where it joins the Tigris River to form the Shatt al Arab. Its waters were a major source of irrigation for the flourishing civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia. perhaps from Avestan huperethuua "good to cross over," from hu- "good" + peretu- "ford."
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Arabesque
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1611, "Moorish or Arabic ornamental design," from Fr. arabesque, from It. arabesco, from Arabo "Arab," with reference to Moorish architecture. As a ballet pose, first attested 1830. Musical sense, in ref. to an ornamented theme, is from 1864, originally the title given by Robert Schumann to one of his piano pieces.
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Mesopotamia
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An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq. Probably settled before 5000 B.C., the area was the home of numerous early civilizations, including Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. It declined in importance after Mongol invaders destroyed its extensive irrigation system in A.D. 1258
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Calligraphy
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The art of fine handwriting.
Works in fine handwriting considered as a group. Handwriting. |
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House of Wisdom
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The House of Wisdom (Arabic بيت الحكمة Bait al-Hikma) was a library and
translation institute in Abbassid-era Baghdad. |
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Abu Jafar al Mansur
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Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur (712–775; Arabic: ابو جعفر
عبدالله ابن محمد المنصور) was the second Abbasid Caliph. |
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Caliph al Ma'mun
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Abu Jafar al-Ma'mun ibn Harun (also spelled Almamon and el-Mâmoûn) (September 14, 786 – August 9, 833) (المأمون) was an Abbasid caliph who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. He succeeded his brother al-Amin.
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