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State | Baghdad Governorate |
Country | Iraq |
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Population | 7216040 |
Baghdad (; Arabic: بَغْدَاد [baɣˈdaːd] (listen)) is the capital of Iraq and one of the largest cities in the Arab world. Located along the Tigris, near the ruins of the Akkadian city of Babylon and the ancient Iranian capital of Ctesiphon, Baghdad was founded in the 8th century and became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Within a short time, Baghdad evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as hosting a multiethnic and multireligious environment, garnered the city a worldwide reputation as the "Centre of Learning".
Baghdad was the largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age, peaking at a population of more than a million. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through many centuries due to frequent plagues and multiple successive empires.
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Ulmer is a German surname meaning "from Ulm". Notable people with the surname include:
Christian Ulmer (born 1984), German ski jumper
Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), Austrian-American film director
Fran Ulmer (born 1947), first woman elected as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
Georg Ulmer (1877-1963), German entomologist
Gregory Ulmer (born 1944), professor of English and of Electronic Languages and Cybermedia
James Ulmer (born 1942), American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
James Ulmer (journalist), entertainment journalist
Jason Ulmer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
Jeff Ulmer (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
Jeffery Ulmer (born 1966), American sociologist
Kristen Ulmer (born 1966), American extreme skier
Layne Ulmer (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
LaMonte Ulmer (born 1986), American basketball player
Sarah Ulmer (born 1976), New Zealand cyclist and 2004 Olympic champion
Thomas Ulmer (born 1956), German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg
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