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The 10 pages that link to Ctesiphon, each with the reason it gives.

• BaghdadRelated: Its nearby ruins connected Baghdad’s setting to older Mesopotamian imperial centers.

• Parthian EmpireBroader topic: Its location and repeated capture made it a focal point of imperial power and Roman campaigns.

• Roman–Persian WarsBroader topic: Roman campaigns repeatedly targeted this imperial center without securing lasting control.

• Muslim conquest of PersiaBroader topic: Its capture transferred the Sasanian capital and its treasury to the conquerors.

• Roman–Parthian relationsRelated: Roman expeditions repeatedly targeted this political center, though occupation proved difficult to sustain.

• Roman–Parthian War of 161–166Broader topic: Roman forces captured and sacked the Parthian capital during the war.

• Mithridates II of ParthiaRelated: Its rise illustrates the Mesopotamian heartland central to Parthian expansion.

• Yazdegerd IIIRelated: Arab forces captured the capital in 637, forcing Yazdegerd to flee east.

• Al-BuhturiRelated: The ruins there inspired one of Al-Buhturi’s best-known descriptive poems.

• Shapur IIRelated: It was a central seat of the court and administration Shapur inherited.