The following is a passage from william stearns davis, ed., readings in ancient history: illustrative extracts from the sources, 2 vols.
"baghdad was a veritable city of palaces, not made of stucco and mortar, but of marble. the buildings were usually of several stories. the palaces and mansions were lavishly gilded and decorated, and hung with beautiful tapestry and hangings of brocade or silk. the rooms were lightly and tastefully furnished with luxurious divans, costly tables, unique chinese vases and gold and silver ornaments." --medieval sourcebook. paul halsall, fordham university, 1998.

the depiction of the city of baghdad by the author highlights the islamic empire’s

scientific developments
impressive architecture
trade accomplishments
evidence of slave labor

Trade accomplishments

Explanation:

In the excerpt, the author highlights the trade accomplishments of the medieval Islamic caliphate by depicting its capital city: Baghdad. This city was one of the most important political, economic, and cultural centers in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages. It was a thriving city due to the fact that it worked as a remarkable node of trade networks that encompassed from Eastern Asia and the Middle East to North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. For this reason, the elites of Baghdad built beautiful palaces and mansions of marble, with Chinese vases and silk, gold and silver ornaments got from the Silk Road and from trade with distant markets.

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a proxy war which functioned as a training field for wwii

republican democratic goverment

national side, leaded by the fascist general franco

the spanish civil war took place between 1936 and 1939 and was fought after a military coup undertaken on the 17th july 1936 by a group of generals that had seceeded from the spanish republican army, under the leadership of general franco, and who aimed to expel the democractically-elected republican goverment from power.

this war became a proxy war in which european powers tested their military equipment. on one side, urss and mexico supported the left-wing republican spanish goverment, while nazi germany and fascist italy supported the national fascist side.

franco managed to win the war in 1939, with the significant contribution of the foreign military support, and became the dictator of spain until his death in 1975.

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