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the sources credit the second Abbasid caliph
Harun was a later caliph, not the founder
Saladin is twelfth-century, not the founder
Umar died a century before the founding
the sources call it the Round City
the books give a circle, not a square
Baghdad was not a line but an enclosed city
it was the Round City, not a triangle
it gathered translators and scholars in Baghdad
it was a learned institution, not a residence
it was a translation centre, not a market
it gathered scholars, not the young
the sources date Hulagu''s destruction to 1258
that is the Crusades year, not Baghdad''s fall
that is Constantinople''s fall, not Baghdad''s
the city fell to the Mongols in 1258
mathematics, astronomy, medicine and geography flourished
the Jahiliyya is pre-Islamic, not the golden age
the golden age is medieval, not modern
the golden age is Abbasid, not the conquests
the sources record the books thrown into the Tigris
he destroyed the city, not built it a library
the books were cast into the river, not sent
the books were lost to the river, not stored
the sources place the city on the Tigris banks
the Nile is in Egypt, not Iraq
the Euphrates is near, but the city is on the Tigris
the Jordan is in Syria, not Iraq
it gathered learning, translation and trade at a peak
many cities predate it in history
it fell in 1258
the Umayyads ruled from Damascus, not Baghdad
from 762 to 1258 is about five centuries
fifty is far short of its rule
its rule did not reach a thousand
ten is the span of one short caliphate
it carried ancient civilizations into scholarly Arabic
the translation was from ancient languages into Arabic
French was not among the translation sources
it was a learning institution, not worship
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