Successor to the great past

BAGHDAD-suffering land along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were home most of the ancient civilizations. Today, the successor to the great past is the capital city of Baghdad, Iraq, which is filled with many mysteries and historical events. Lifetime is not enough for you to realize the greatness of Persian culture. Today Baghdad is only a pale reflection of what he had in the past. Military conflicts recently had a negative impact on the appearance of the city and the country as a whole. Baghdad - the largest settlement of Iraq and the second largest city after Tehran South-West Asia. Baghdad is situated in the heart of western Iraq and is on the Tigris River. From the Euphrates River town separated only 50 miles away. The population of the former capital of the caliphate abassidskogo today is 7.5 million people. Title Baghdad derived from the Persian Bagh-dad, which means "god-given" or bug-To-Doo, which means "Garden of God." Center for History in Baghdad Baghdad begins approximately in the XIII century. According to legend, the second caliph of Iraq's Abu Jafar al-Mansur wanted to build a new city where once there were ancient civilizations of Sumer and Babylon. For this difficult task took the most famous artist of the time. The designer invited his master to fulfill the plan of the city to form a circle. This geometric shape provides the same distance of all homes from the palace of the Caliph, who was at the center. Thus, there was Baghdad, which consists of two parts - the royal side in the center and shopping districts surrounding the palace area and located between the walls of the palace and city walls. Medieval Baghdad became the capital of Abassidskoy empire. Approximately in the X century Baghdad's population was 1.2 million. Baghdad was at the crossroads of the major strategic and trading routes. Here, connector roads of Syria and Egypt, northern Iraq and Persia. Exotic Indian Spices and beautiful Chinese fabrics were delivered to Iraq by sea from India and China. Al-Nida Mosque Masjid central market in Baghdad, or as it is called "copper market," always full of people and goods. You must visit this place, where you can find any kind of fruit, vegetables, fabrics and local craft products on which you just can not take our eyes. Neighborhoods of Baghdad, located on the west bank of the river, is much richer than the east. Despite the fact that in many parks and green areas, sand storms are not uncommon. Mosque Arahman today at the National Library in Baghdad was almost nothing left of those treasures, which she owned in the past. Thousands of ancient manuscripts of the National Library were destroyed in 2003, the same year during the invasion of coalition forces has been sacked by the National History Museum. One of the most striking impression of the buildings in Baghdad is Abassidsky palace. 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