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This
city,
located
on
the
Euphrates,
is
about
190
Km
west
of
Al
Raqqa.
It
has
a
very
rich
history
as
it
was
first
founded
and
established
by
Alexander
the
Great
in
the
4th
Century
BC.
It
later
had
quite
an
important
role
under
the
Abbassid
dynasty.
This
is
where
Haroun
Al
Rashid,
the
famous
caliph
who
sent
exclusive
gifts
to
Charlemagne,
used
to
spend
his
summers.
It was rebuilt in 772 AD by Caliph Mansour under the original plan of the Abbassid capital, Baghdad. Some of the Abbassid ruins are still preserved, although not much remains. The Raqqa museum houses a lot of artifacts found in palaces that surrounded the city of Al Raqqa. |
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