Sacred fate and the lost advantage. Iraq in 2022

"… and its shape disappeared, and there was only his name" Ibn Battuta about Baghdad, 1327. When at the beginning of the XIV century the medieval Arab traveler Ibn Battuta visited Baghdad, he wrote that this city possesses "sacred fate and sublime advantage". In his opinion, it there was a city of "a residence of Caliphs" and "the residence of scientists". But the greatness mentioned by it Baghdad in Islamic history contrasted with a real condition of the city and only Iraq which was found by the traveler. Let's remind that events occurred in half a century after a gain once great Baghdad Mongols. Ibn Battuta quoted...