The Islamic City that Made the West

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  @ThePresentPast_ · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  Go to <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2t89yduu">https://tinyurl.com/2t89yduu</a> to check out the A1 from BambuLabs!<br><br>Sources: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WB1_jQxDwaaA3zZ83u3kZ2BaYZyqsjTg/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=104998619253366435476&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WB1_jQxDwaaA3zZ83u3kZ2BaYZyqsjTg/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=104998619253366435476&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true</a>

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  @lgabe76 · 1 year ago

  In Portuguese (Brazil at least), it&apos;s a common expression to say &quot; Pra lá de Baghdad&quot; (lit: &quot;beyond Baghdad&quot;) when referring to something amazing. &nbsp;Positive or negative connotation comes from context: can be wonderful, hard to imagine/understand or something exotic, mysterious or even strange. &nbsp; Legend or truth, the city has an impact. &nbsp;And as they say, when the legend becomes the truth, print the legend. &nbsp;Keep up the good work mate.

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  @Adad_91 · 1 year ago

  Baghdad fell twice to the Mongols. The first time, at the hands of Hulagu, which led to the destruction of the Abbasid state in Iraq. The second time, at the hands of Timurlane, which led to the fall of the Jalayirid state . Timurlane perpetrated a massacre of the people of Baghdad no less brutal than Hulagu. Contemporary historians not only recounted the events, but also depicted these massacres. There are contemporary paintings of Timurlane making mountains of skulls in Baghdad. The Mongols were more brutal than we can imagine.

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  @Adad_91 · 1 year ago

  he issue doesn&apos;t just concern Baghdad, but almost all Iraqi cities, from the Sumerian and Akkadian eras to the modern era. Only modest ruins remain, despite the fact that Iraq was the center of Mesopotamian, Iranian, Greek, and Arab civilizations and empires. The reason is simple: Iraqi architecture is made of &quot;building bricks,&quot; which come from clay, not stone, and clay only lasts a short time and then fades away. <br> <br>I believe the only civilization that left such strong traces was the Assyrian one, because it was located in northern Iraq, near the mountains, and therefore used rock instead of clay in construction. Therefore, most of the architectural monuments are Assyrian, not Babylonian, Sumerian, or Akkadian.

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  @blususpect · 1 year ago

  I think playing AC Mirage might be the closest thing to experiencing the ancient city of Baghdad, the developers did an amazing job the city to life, it breaks my heart knowing what the mongols did to it

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  @ojitr · 1 year ago

  As an Iraqi, I hope that the matter remains hidden and no one tries to explore it because the government is corrupt and will steal and sell everything

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  @iamleoooo · 1 year ago

  The video ends in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03eoaPlEyyc&amp;t=778">12:58</a> hmm…

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  @amiir66 · 1 year ago

  I played AC Mirage, and Baghdad is just beautiful

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  @adampleasants2078 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Oh my god I love the way you presented the story of the foundation of Baghdad as a father telling a story to his daughter, to reflect the narrativized nature of the history as it has come to our time. It&apos;s so beautiful and so human, I love it.

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  @NekoThePaw · 1 year ago

  Maybe &quot;Attack on Titan&quot; author took inspiration from Bagdad

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  @mrmedia_99 · 1 year ago

  Beautiful! Baghdad is my Roman empire, would&apos;ve loved to experience it. Still want to visit sometime

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  @Khalid-wn1zv · 10 months ago

  A Historian named ibn al-Athir one of the little lucky people to flee the massacre by the Mongols in Baghdad says, <br><br>&quot;I wish my mother had never given birth to me, and that I had died before it happened and been forgotten, completely erased from memory.&quot;<br>&quot;يا ليت أمي لم تلدني، ويا ليتني مت قبل حدوثها وكنت نسيًا منسيًّا&quot;

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