Timeline 762 AD – The decision to build a great city in Baghdad made. 768 AD – The ‘round city’ finished. 800 AD – The city becomes the largest city in the world. 810 AD – Baghdad becomes a hub for learning and com- merce, great scientific and maths advances made. 900 AD – Paper spreads into the region from China. 930 AD – Cordoba (Spain) overtakes Baghdad as world’s larg- Abbasid Caliphate est city. 950 AD – The decline of the Abbasid caliphate begins and The Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled the Muslim world from their capital, Baghdad was the third of the Islam- continues until the 13th century. ic Caliphates. House of Wisdom 1258 AD – Baghdad destroyed by Mongols. They ruled as caliphs from 750 to 1258 A.D, after hav- REMEMBER THE ANGLO-SAXONS AND VIKING ERA WAS TAK- ing overthrown the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid The famous library known as the House of Revolution of 750 CE (132 AH). Wisdom was located within its grounds. ING PLACE THE SAME TIME! Harun al-Rashid was the fifth ruler of the Abbasid People came from all over the world to learn in caliphate. His reign was considered to be the golden Baghdad. One of the places where people went to age of Islam. learn was called the House of Wisdom. This was a huge library. Baghdad In AD 900 Baghdad had the largest collection of The round city of Baghdad is the original core books in the world. Thousands were destroyed when of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur in the Mongols threw them into the Tigris River. AD 762–767 as the official residence of the Abbasid court. The city walls were thick to help defend the people inside the city. In the centre of the city was a Fall of the Abbasids mosque and a palace. The early 1200s saw the rise of the Mongol Empire Around the outside of the city were markets and in Eastern Asia. The Mongols conquered China and homes. Four avenues of trees spanned out from the then began their march west to the Middle East. centre of the city stretching to each of the four city gates so that people could enter the city from which- In 1258, the Mongols arrived at Baghdad, the capital ever direction they were travelling in. city of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Caliph at the time Year 5—Spring Term 1 believed that Baghdad could not be conquered and Baghdad was on the built on the fertile banks of River refused to meet the Mongols' demands. 100% Sheet Tigris. This location was ideal because lots of trade routes crossed nearby and the fertile land meant that The leader of the Mongols, Hulagu Khan, then set Name: _____________________________ siege to the city. In less than two weeks Baghdad the surrounding area could produce lots of food My Final Quiz Score: _________________ through farming. People came to Baghdad buy and sell had surrendered and the Caliph was put to death. things and also to study. ink? with black run have to said were waters its that Tigris River the into scripts destroyed the city they threw so many manu- many so threw they city the destroyed Mongols the when know you Did.