lenge is to have Damascus become a prosperous city under the Islamic Rulers and become the new capital for the Abbasid Caliph or a sucessor to it
Would a different versiobn of a Sacking of Baghdad be the preferred way to have this happen?
Um, Damascus did do pretty well under Muslim rule. And while it wasn't a capital under the Abbasids, it had been one earlier.
Really? Was it a Caliphate?
When I meant better, I meant as prosperous as Baghad
Indeed, it was capital under the Umayyad Caliphate. As for the question of prosperity, Baghdad has the advantage of being on a river, which allows river trade as well as land based trade, so it lacks one advantage that made Baghdad rich.Really? Was it a Caliphate?
When I meant better, I meant as prosperous as Baghad
Indeed, it was capital under the Umayyad Caliphate. As for the question of prosperity, Baghdad has the advantage of being on a river, which allows river trade as well as land based trade, so it lacks one advantage that made Baghdad rich.
Could trade be directed to go through Damascus more to compensate?
Plain destroying Baghdad would help.
What would be the reason traders go to Damascus more than OTL?
Short of forcible interference, traders go where they see an advantage, not where the state wants them.