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Trade flourished under the Abbasids at first because they moved the capital of the Muslim empire to the newly created city of Baghdad in central Iraq in 762. The city was located on key trade routes that gave the caliph access to trade gold, good, and information about.

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The Abbasids used something similar to a banking system. People invested in long distance trade and goods were bought on credit.

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