The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Baghdad
- city
- Abbasid Islamic
The round city on the Tigris that became the royal seat of the Abbasid caliphs. In Gibbon's later chapters it stands for the wealth, learning, and political center of the Islamic empire.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Abbasid Islamic
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 210
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The round city on the Tigris that became the royal seat of the Abbasid caliphs. In Gibbon's later chapters it stands for the wealth, learning, and political center of the Islamic empire.
Appearances
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