Mongol siege of Baghdad

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:abbasid_caliph gptkb:Al-Musta'sim_Billah
gptkbp:abbasid_response failed negotiations
gptkbp:aftermath mass executions
gptkbp:casualties hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:cultural_impact destruction of libraries
loss of knowledge
gptkbp:date 1258
gptkbp:defense gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkbp:duration approximately 13 days
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Mongol_conquests
gptkbp:historical_source gptkb:Juvayni
gptkb:Marco_Polo
gptkb:Ibn_al-Athir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mongol siege of Baghdad
gptkbp:impact cultural loss
gptkbp:leader_of_the_mongols gptkb:Hulagu_Khan
gptkbp:location gptkb:Baghdad
gptkbp:mongol_alliances with local tribes
gptkbp:mongol_brutality documented by historians
gptkbp:mongol_intelligence gathered before the siege
gptkbp:mongol_legacy establishment of new power dynamics
gptkbp:mongol_military_organization highly structured
gptkbp:mongol_siege_aftermath establishment of Mongol rule in Persia
gptkbp:mongol_siege_consequences displacement of populations
gptkbp:mongol_siege_cultural_effects long-term impact on Islamic culture
gptkbp:mongol_siege_demographic_effects population decline in Baghdad
gptkbp:mongol_siege_duration from January to February 1258
gptkbp:mongol_siege_economic_effects disruption of trade routes
gptkbp:mongol_siege_engines used in the attack
gptkbp:mongol_siege_historical_context part of the larger Mongol invasions.
gptkbp:mongol_siege_historical_interpretation varied among historians
gptkbp:mongol_siege_historical_significance marked the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate
gptkbp:mongol_siege_legacy influenced future military strategies
gptkbp:mongol_siege_military_leadership Hulagu Khan's command
gptkbp:mongol_siege_military_technology use of catapults
gptkbp:mongol_siege_outcome complete conquest
gptkbp:mongol_siege_political_ramifications rise of new powers in the region
gptkbp:mongol_siege_religious_effects impact on Islamic scholarship
gptkbp:mongol_siege_significance shift in power in the Middle East
gptkbp:mongol_siege_social_consequences changes in social structures
gptkbp:mongol_siege_strategic_importance control of trade routes
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Mongol_Empire
gptkbp:political_impact end of Abbasid power
gptkbp:result destruction of the city
gptkbp:significance end of the Islamic Golden Age
gptkbp:strategy fortifications of Baghdad
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:psychological_warfare
not applicable
siege warfare
surrounding the city
over 150,000 troops
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Subutai
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5