15 jun 800 año - Capital Moved to Baghdad

Descripción:

The Abbasid dynasty moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad. When the Abbasid dynasty ruled over the Umayyads, they moved the capital. They moved the capital to Baghdad because the shift to Baghdad brought support from the Persians to the Abbasids. The shift of the capital to Baghdad was important because it was the capital of Iraq and remains the capital to this day.