English subtitles for clip: File:Die Gründung Bagdads im 8. Jahrhundert (CC BY-SA 4.0).webm

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Baghdad in present-day Iraq

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was built on an important trade
route in the 8th century

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between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

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The plan was probably to design 
the metropolis as a round city.

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The neighborhoods were arranged 
on a circular plan

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and all roads led to a big square 
in the center,

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where the ruler's palace 
and central mosque stood.

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Baghdad quickly grew beyond its borders.

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Around 800 AD, the city was
one of the largest in the world

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with almost a million inhabitants.

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A magnet for experts and researchers
from the most distant countries.

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A centre of innovation and scholarship.