The Wonder City of the Ancient World
... Many of us who refuse and resist reading the Holy Bible say that the Holy Bible is a very dull book. I disagree with the perception that the Holy Bible is a very dull book. On the contrary, the Holy Bible is a very exciting book that has close relevance to our life in this modern world. There are ma ...
... Many of us who refuse and resist reading the Holy Bible say that the Holy Bible is a very dull book. I disagree with the perception that the Holy Bible is a very dull book. On the contrary, the Holy Bible is a very exciting book that has close relevance to our life in this modern world. There are ma ...
Art of the Ancient Near East
... Cylinder seal from the tomb of Pu-abi Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq ca. 2600 B.C.E. approximately 2 in. high ...
... Cylinder seal from the tomb of Pu-abi Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq ca. 2600 B.C.E. approximately 2 in. high ...
Where did Sumerians settle
... What was cuneiform? Sumerian writing Who was Gilgamesh? Most famous Sumerian priest-king Where was Sargon I from? Ruler of Akkad, world’s first empire Define empire. Group of states under one ruler Who was the king of Babylon? Hammurabi What is a way of life? Culture How long did Sargon I rule for? ...
... What was cuneiform? Sumerian writing Who was Gilgamesh? Most famous Sumerian priest-king Where was Sargon I from? Ruler of Akkad, world’s first empire Define empire. Group of states under one ruler Who was the king of Babylon? Hammurabi What is a way of life? Culture How long did Sargon I rule for? ...
Destruction in Mesopotamia
... State Board of Antiquities. The most valuable objects in Baghdad, such as the bronze head of an Akkadian king and the hoard of gold jewelry found in Nimrud shortly before the Gulf War (see p. 42), were placed in a bank vault for safekeeping, where they remain today. The 70-odd pieces too heavy to mo ...
... State Board of Antiquities. The most valuable objects in Baghdad, such as the bronze head of an Akkadian king and the hoard of gold jewelry found in Nimrud shortly before the Gulf War (see p. 42), were placed in a bank vault for safekeeping, where they remain today. The 70-odd pieces too heavy to mo ...
IRAQ:From Babylon to Baghdad - Pittsburgh Post
... schism of Islam in 661 into Shiite and Sunni It is in this region that urban centers first developed, branches, a division that still deeply affects Iraq. including Ur, the city that Abraham left to find Canaan, according to the Bible. The Amorite king Hammurabi Baghdad is born: In 762, Baghdad bec ...
... schism of Islam in 661 into Shiite and Sunni It is in this region that urban centers first developed, branches, a division that still deeply affects Iraq. including Ur, the city that Abraham left to find Canaan, according to the Bible. The Amorite king Hammurabi Baghdad is born: In 762, Baghdad bec ...
Iraq: the cradle of Western civilization
... “Arabian Nights,” the Arab Empire created a new capital, Baghdad. 539 BC Persians from what is now Iran conquer Babylonia and much of the Middle East. 331 BC Alexander the Great ...
... “Arabian Nights,” the Arab Empire created a new capital, Baghdad. 539 BC Persians from what is now Iran conquer Babylonia and much of the Middle East. 331 BC Alexander the Great ...
Hanaa Malallah, 2009
... The region between the two rivers. The region came to be known as Iraq. Largely corresponding to modern Iraq. now as a ruins. As a result of US and UK occupation. ...
... The region between the two rivers. The region came to be known as Iraq. Largely corresponding to modern Iraq. now as a ruins. As a result of US and UK occupation. ...
Fulltext
... language continued to be used for liturgical purposes, but Akkadian became the generally used language all over the realm of the Sumerian-Akkadian Empire and was even used by neighbouring states as a common language of understanding. At the beginning of the second millennium BC the Semitic Amorites ...
... language continued to be used for liturgical purposes, but Akkadian became the generally used language all over the realm of the Sumerian-Akkadian Empire and was even used by neighbouring states as a common language of understanding. At the beginning of the second millennium BC the Semitic Amorites ...
Iraq History Lesson (Part I)
... Soldier death toll etc. With all this attention on Iraq, I decided to find out more about this country. The country of Iraq as we know it today has not been around that long. The region where Iraq, eastern Syria, and southern Turkey is now located was known as Mesopotamia up until the end of World W ...
... Soldier death toll etc. With all this attention on Iraq, I decided to find out more about this country. The country of Iraq as we know it today has not been around that long. The region where Iraq, eastern Syria, and southern Turkey is now located was known as Mesopotamia up until the end of World W ...
Iraq
Iraq (/ɪˈræk/, /ɪˈrɑːk/, or /aɪˈræk/; Arabic: العراق al-‘Irāq, Kurdish: Êraq), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: About this sound جمهورية العراق Jumhūriyyat al-‘Irāq; Kurdish: كۆماری عێراق Komar-i ‘Êraq), is a country in Western Asia. The country borders Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The southern part of Iraq is within the Arabian Peninsula. The capital, Baghdad, is in the center of the country and its largest city. The largest ethnic groups in Iraq are Arabs and Kurds. Other ethnic groups include Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Yazidis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians, and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 36 million citizens are Shia or Sunni Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism, and Mandeanism also present.Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (36 mi) on the northern Persian Gulf and its territory encompasses the Mesopotamian Alluvial Plain, the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run south through the center of Iraq and flow into the Shatt al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. These rivers provide Iraq with significant amounts of fertile land.The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, historically known as Mesopotamia, is most often referred to as humanity's cradle of civilization. It was here that mankind first began to read, write, create laws, and live in cities under an organized government—notably Uruk, from which Iraq was derived. The area has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian empires. It was also part of the Median, Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate.Iraq's modern borders were mostly demarcated in 1920 by the League of Nations when the Ottoman Empire was divided by the Treaty of Sèvres. Iraq was placed under the authority of the United Kingdom as the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. A monarchy was established in 1921 and the Kingdom of Iraq gained independence from Britain in 1932. In 1958, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Iraq was created. Iraq was controlled by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 1968 until 2003. After an invasion by the United States and its allies in 2003, Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party was removed from power and multi-party parliamentary elections were held in 2005. The American presence in Iraq ended in 2011, but the Iraqi insurgency continued and intensified as fighters from the Syrian Civil War spilled into the country. 450 US soldiers were deployed to Iraq 10 June 2015.