Founding of Baghdad
- Period
- AD 762–766
- Region
- Middle East
- Category
- Economy
The Round City of Baghdad is the original core of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in 762–766 AD as the official residence of the Abbasid court. Its official name in Abbasid times was City of Peace. The famous library known as the House of Wisdom was located within its grounds.
Sources: Wikipedia — Round City of Baghdad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Earlier and later events nearby
- 331 BCBattle of Gaugamela
- AD 224Founding of the Sasanian Empire
- AD 680Battle of Karbala
- AD 762–766Founding of BaghdadThis page
- c. AD 820Al-Khwarizmi's Al-Jabr
- c. AD 830House of Wisdom
- 1258Siege of Baghdad
Who ruled this land
States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.
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- 3400–2400 BCSumer
- 2300–2200 BCAkkadian Empire
- 2100 BCGutian dynasty of Sumer
- 2000–1800 BCElam
- 1700–1300 BCBabylonia
- 1200–1100 BCAssyrian Empire
- 1000–950 BCBabylonia
- 900–700 BCNeo-Assyrian Empire
- 650 BCAssyrian Egypt
- 600–550 BCNeo-Babylonian Empire
- 500–350 BCAchaemenid Empire
- 300–150 BCSeleucid Empire
- 100 BC – AD 100Parthian Empire
- AD 125Roman Empire
- AD 150–225Parthian Empire
- AD 250–625Sasanian Empire
- AD 650Rashidun Caliphate
- AD 675–750Umayyad CaliphateThis page
- AD 775–950Abbasid Caliphate
- AD 975–1040Buyid dynasty
- 1060–1200Seljuk Empire
- 1220–1240Abbasid Caliphate
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- 1260–1280Mongol Empire
- 1300–1340Ilkhanate
- 1360–1400Jalayirid Sultanate
- 1420–1460Qara Qoyunlu
- 1480–1510Aq Qoyunlu
- 1520–1530Safavid dynasty
- 1540–1600Ottoman Empire
- 1610Safavid dynasty
- 1620Ottoman Empire
- 1630Safavid dynasty
- 1640–1916Ottoman Empire
- 1918–1920British Empire
- 1922–1930British Africa
- 1932–1942Kingdom of Iraq
- 1944British Africa
- 1946British Empire
- 1948–1956Kingdom of Iraq
- 1958Arab Federation
- 1960–2004Iraq
- 2006–2012United States
- 2014 –Iraq