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A 6 page paper discussing Baghdad, one of the largest cities in the Middle East. Baghdad’s population represents approximately 25 percent of Iraq’s total population. A “typical” modern city that also serves as a nation’s capital city, conditions in Baghdad are such that all standards of living are represented there. Baghdad exhibits characteristics common in the process of urbanization, though the progress has been altered by war and international sanctions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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largest cities in the Middle East, Baghdads population represents approximately 25 percent of Iraqs total population. A "typical" modern city that also serves as a nations capital city, conditions
in Baghdad are such that all standards of living are represented there. Baghdad exhibits characteristics common in the process of urbanization (Geo-2000). History
The area that now includes Baghdad has been inhabited at least since 4000 B.C., when the area was part of ancient Babylonia. Persians, Greeks, and Romans controlled the
area from the 500s B.C. to the A.D. 600s. Islamic dynasty Abbasid took control of the area in 750; Abbasids leader Abu Jafar al-Mansur chose Baghdad to be the
new capital of the Arab Muslim empire, which at the time extended from western North Africa to western China. Designation as the capital of the empire created rapid growth
in the city, and by 800 it held nearly a million inhabitants. As the capital of the Islamic empire, Baghdad also served as the center of education and Islamic
culture and continued to attract new inhabitants. The Islamic empire of the Abbasids declined between the 11th and 13th centuries, corresponding with the
westward movement of conquering Mongols. The Mongols destroyed Baghdad and took control of the area in 1258; Mongols, Persians, or Turks controlled it until it became a possession of
the Ottoman Empire in 1638. Wars, fires and floods kept the city in nearly-continuous chaos in the interim, and as it was no longer the seat of an empire
there was little reason for people to remain there. By the end of the 18th century, Baghdads population had diminished to only about 15,000. The Ottoman Turkish government
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