ctesiphon

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Ancient ruined city on the Tigris, near Baghdad, in present-day Iraq. Capital of Parthia and later of Sassanid Empire. Abandoned in 7th and 8th centuries

(Elektrik, Elektronik) The imperial capital of the Parthian Empire and the Sasanian Empire

Ancient city, central Mesopotamia. Located on the Tigris River, southeast of modern Baghdad, Iraq, it was first a Greek army camp opposite the Hellenistic city of Seleucia. It was the capital of Parthia in the 2nd century BC. Destroyed by the Romans in the 1st century AD, it was resettled by the Persian Ssnian dynasty in the 3rd century. The Arabs conquered the city in 637 but abandoned it by 763 in favour of a new city, Baghdad. The site is famous for the remains of a gigantic vaulted hall, the q Kisr, which has one of the largest single-span brick arches in the world

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Ctes·i·phon

Etymologie

() From Latin Ctēsiphōn Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphōn).