Iraq has a capital called Baghdad.
Answer 1Cairo has been an important capital of the earlier Muslim Province of Egypt. It has also been a famous place of learning and trade centre.Baghdad had been the Capital of Abbasid Caliphate for many centuries. It has seen the Golden period of Islam. It had been the most important centre of culture, arts and learning.Cordoba had been the capital city of Umayyad Caliphate for many centuries.It had been the most important centre of culture, arts, and learning during a period when most of Europe was called wild, wild West.Answer 2The three cities were the capitals of the Fatimid (Cairo), Umayyad (II) (Cordoba), and Abbassid (Baghdad) Caliphates. In each were established great universities, important mosques, large markets, and huge bureaucratic centers.
Canterbury had been the capital of England in the middle ages and still hosts the head of the Anglican Church. Winchester was the capital of England between the 10th and 11th centuries. London is the de facto capital of England and UK since the 12th century.
For a short period (AD43 till some time after AD61) Colchester - then called Camulodunum - was the capital of the Roman province of Britannia. It was destroyed in Boudicea's rebellion in AD61.
Because there's a big wooden sign that says so!
Bagdad
The Abbasid Caliph Abu Jaafar al-Mansour.
Damascus was the capital of the Uymmad Caliphate, the caliphate before the Abbasid one. The first capital of the Abbasid Caliphate was Kufa, then Baghdad, then Samarra, and then Baghdad once more (all four cities located in Iraq).
when the invading Mongol armies captured the Abbasid capital of Baghdad.
The Abbasid Dynasty
Baghdad (currently is the capital of Iraq)
Abbasid caliphate -- Baghdad Ummayyad Caliphate- Cordoba
Fatamid Dynasty
Al-Saffah [721-754] was the first Abbasid caliph. His capital city was Harran, Şanlıurfa Province, southeast Turkey. Al-Saffah ['The Slaughterer' in Arabic] was caliph from 750 to 754. He died from smallpox on June 10, 754.
House of Wisdom
The abbasid caliphs built a huge standing army; they encouraged all people to take part in government; and moved the capital to Baghdad.
the golden age