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Baghdād, Iraq |
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| Baghdād became the capital city of the newly created kingdom of Iraq in 1921, but the city’s history dates back many centuries more. Built in ad 762 on a fertile plain next to the Tigris River in central Iraq, Baghdād is the country's largest city and its center of transportation and manufacturing. In 1991, however, heavy bombing during the Persian Gulf War destroyed much of the city's industry and transportation network. | ||||||
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| Barry Iverson/Woodfin Camp and Associates, Inc. | ||||||
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