| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Baghdad |
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| Capital of Iraq, located in central Iraq on both banks of the Tigris River. | 1 |
| Baghdad has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world. | 2 |
| It was bombed heavily during the Persian Gulf War. | 3 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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