The Abbassid Caliphate had its capital in BAGHDAD.
Baghdad. Before the Abbasids, it was Damascus, but once the Abbasids took over they changed it to Baghdad.
Baghdad.
They moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad for the benefits of better control of trade routes and information.
The abbasids were rulers of the Islamic Empire back in the 700s to 1200s.
Baghdad was the capital city of the Islamic empire in the Abbasi age.
The Abbasids
The Abbasids moved their capital to Baghdad because they wanted to move it closer to Damascus during the time when Umayyad's capital was Damascus. In which means that the Abbasid empire wants to overthrow the Umayyad empire.
in around 762 A.D.
Baghdad.
no the umayyads ruled damascus as there capital the abbasids took Baghdad as there capital...
No, the Seljuk Turks didn't build their capital at Baghdad on the Tigris River. The Abbasids built their capital at Baghdad on the Tigris River.
They moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad for the benefits of better control of trade routes and information.
The Abbasids persecuted the Fatamis, which caused them to flee.
The Abbassids moved their capital to Baghdad because their base of support was among the Persians and Mesopotamian Arabs (as opposed to Damascus, which was the base of support for their Umayyad rivals).
Arabs
In 762 AD, the Abbasid Caliphate under Al Mansur built a new capital at Baghdad.
The abbasids were rulers of the Islamic Empire back in the 700s to 1200s.
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