Baghdad City Trivia

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Clue	Answer
Ancient capital located 85 km due south of Baghdad	Babylon
Gardens of the above that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World	Hanging Gardens
Historical ruler who died at the age of 32 in that city in 323 BC	Alexander the Great
River on which Baghdad is situated	Tigris
Common name for the "International Zone" of Baghdad	Green Zone
Baghdad was the world's biggest city during this age	Islamic Golden Age
Foreign invaders who sacked Baghdad in 1258 - thus ending that age	Mongols
Name of the "Grand Library of Baghdad"	House of Wisdom
Baghdad was the capital of this caliphate between 892–1258	Abbasid Caliphate
Former U.S. prison where detainees were abused	Abu Ghraib
Leader who died in 2006 in the neighbourhood of Kadhimiya	Saddam Hussein
High rank Iranian military officer who was assassinated by the U.S. in January 2020	Qasem Soleimani
This legendary sailor of the seven seas was said to live in Baghdad	Sinbad
Ancient name for the region in which Baghdad is situated	Mesopotamia
Kathryn Bigelow movie in which a bomb disposal team are targeted by insurgents	The Hurt Locker
Type of pyramids with steps, such as Dur-Kurigalzu and Etemenanki in Baghdad	Ziggurat
Another version of Aladdin, set in Baghdad	The Thief of Bagdad
Cities in the Arab world that are more populous than Baghdad	Cairo \| Riyadh
The two hands at the "Victory Arch" hold two of this object	Sword
The U.S. began its invasion of this district on the day known as "Black Sunday"	Sadr City

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