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‘The new capital city of Baghdad,* founded in 762[ce],** was designed as a round shape with gates at the four quarters to symbolise the central point of an empire which revolved around the caliph in his palace at its heart.’

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*(‘The Abbasid Period 750-940[ce]’)***

**{2048U~768[ce]}

***– ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3:429]

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