Reminder that medieval Baghdad, a.k.a the round city, was the

>>3242844
No Singapore is vastly better

>>3242844
Was it really built like this or is this an exagerated picture of it?
Because if not it looks really aesthetic.

>>3242849
its not lah

>>3242879
yeah but actually it wasn't just empty plains around it, but there were miles of suburbs and planned avenues, and farms and villages etc. What's pictured is an artist's rendition of the "inner city", which was the administrative district, and it had a circular wall.

It was based around the fortresses of the Assyrians.

>>3242913
>It was based around the fortresses of the Assyrians.
You mean Sassanid Persian city masterplan
>The circular design of the city was a direct reflection of the traditional Persian Sasanian urban design. The Sasanian city of Gur in Fars, built 500 years before Baghdad, is nearly identical in its general circular design, radiating avenues, and the government buildings and temples at the centre of the city.

>>3242844
Was that before the White-Gold Tower was built?

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>>3242844
Baghdad was apparently a city inhabited largely by squid...

>>3242849
Singapore is a fine city

The Mongols destroyed bigger cities in China.

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>>3242844
Baghdad was built around the same time when Chang'an was busy being the New York of all Asia.

So no.

>>3243124
Even Kyoto is a copy of Chang'an, no one give a single fuck on sandniggers

>>3242844
i mean even the byzantines were like "dayum that is a nice city"
and byzantines were little cunts with sticks up their asses that never liked anything foreign

>>3243124
Looks like shit desu