The Way Baghdad Was
Even before the United States set its sights on Baghdad, people began to note its decline. Long considered to be the intellectual capital of the Islamic world, in the early 1900s the Iraqi city had already begun its transformation into a “once was”. Centuries of Ottoman rule and over a...
By Savannah Cox
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Jul 24, 2014
The Way Baghdad Was
Even before the United States set its sights on Baghdad, people began to note its decline. Long considered to be the intellectual capital of the Islamic world, in the early 1900s the Iraqi city had already begun its transformation into a “once was”. Centuries of Ottoman rule and over a...
By Savannah Cox
•
July 24, 2014