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The student comment adds that Baghdad's cultural openness and ability to bridge traditions helped explain Islamic creativity beyond religion alone.
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Baghdad
Jiang applies Doug's point to Islam: when the Islamic empire shifted its capital to Baghdad, it became a multicultural universal empire forced to absorb different traditions and cultures.
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Jiang applies Doug's point to Islam: when the Islamic empire shifted its capital to Baghdad, it became a multicultural universal empire forced to absorb different traditions and cultures.
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"...the talisman that comes afterwards as Professor said it moves through Baghdad. And right now we think of Baghdad and Iraq as a place...."
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"and bridge traditions in a way that isn't or in western Europe you know"
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"...where the new Islamic empire when they shifted their capital to Baghdad they now became a global empire and as such they had to..."
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"...decapitation strike. And so what they did was they went into Baghdad, seized Baghdad, and the regime collapsed, and the war was over."
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"...this theory. I haven't. Right. So 2003, the Americans went to Baghdad and they took control of the government and then access to all..."
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"...to the authority of the Roman Emperor of the Caliph of Baghdad."
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"...consider. One of the greatest civilization in the world, but also Baghdad, another great civilization, okay? But what's interesting is that throughout human history,..."
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"...birth of civilization. It's a cradle of civilization. Over here is Baghdad. Baghdad was the capital of the Islamic Golden Age, the Islamic Caliphate...."
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"...you can farm. And that's why all these major cities, including Baghdad, Damascus, Jerusalem, are situated 33 degrees north. Okay? Also, a place called..."
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"...as you can see, all these major cities, including Babylon, including Baghdad, Damascus, Hiroshima, are all part of 33 degree latitude. Okay? Guess what,..."
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"...But the main cultural center of the Islamic Golden Age is Baghdad. OK. It's not so beautiful now. But back then, it was really..."
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"...well at this particular time in history he was going to baghdad to study from the leading mathematicians of this time and taking their..."
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