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13 February 1258 - Baghdad, then a city of 1 million, falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed, ending the Islamic Golden Age.
Baghdad, founded in the 8th by Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, was a hub of learning & commerce during that Golden Age. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLf8DnuWYAMgDwb.jpg