Story of cities #3 : the birth of Baghdad was a landmark for world civilisation | Cities | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/16/story-cities-day-3-baghdad-iraq-world-civilisation
If Baghdad today is a byword for inner-city decay and violence on an unspeakable scale, its foundation 1,250 years ago was a glorious milestone in the history of urban design. More than that, it was a landmark for civilisation, the birth of a city that would quickly become the cultural lodestar of the world.
Contrary to popular belief, #Baghdad is old but not ancient. Founded in AD762 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur “The Victorious” as the new seat of his Islamic empire, in Mesopotamian terms it is more arriviste than grande dame – an upstart compared to Nineveh, Ur and Babylon (seventh, fourth and third millennium BC respectively).
Légende : The round city of Baghdad in the 10th century, the peak of the Abbasid Caliphate. Illustration : Jean Soutif/Science Photo Library
J’en profite pour mettre les deux liens de la très belle série du Guardian sur l’#histoire de #villes du monde entier
►https://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/the-story-of-cities
▻https://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/the-story-of-cities?page=2
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