History: Where Should the Capital City Be?

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History: Where Should the Capital City Be?
  1. At first, the expanding Arab Empire was ruled from Medinah.
    1. In 661/40 the Ummayad family took control of & made Damascus the capital.
      1. Almost 100 years later in the 740s/120s, the Abbassids defeated the Ummayads in a civil war. Should they have a different city as their capital?
        1. Damascus
          1. -the base of the Ummayad family -has a magnificent and large mosque -ex-capital of Syria & an important city of the Byzantine Empire -had been an important city for 3000 years -fertile farming area -well established capital with lots of expert government officials.
          2. Mecca
            1. -the most holy city of Islam -the birthplace of Muhammad* -in a safe place if the frontiers were ever attacked -in a desert all food needs importing -could only support a small population
            2. Baghdad
              1. -at the moment a village but ready for development & planning a new city -fertile area because of the annual flooding from the Tigris & Euphrates rivers -rivers provide trade links with the east & west of the empire -good water supply to town from rivers
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