History of Iraq

The history of Iraq, also known as Iraqi history, is an aspect of world history that is based in the Middle East, focusing around the country of Iraq.

Prehistory

One of the first known sites in prehistoric Iraq is the Shanidar Cave. The region of Mesopotamia was a major part of the Neolithic revolution in around 10,000 BCE.

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  Inside the Shanidar Cave where the remains of eight adults and two infant Neanderthals, dating from around 65,000–35,000 years ago were found.

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  Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler from Nineveh, presumably depicting either Sargon of Akkad, or Sargon's grandson Naram-Sin. The Akkadian Empire was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer.

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  The Assyrian Empire at its greatest extent

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  Ashurbanipal in a chariot, wall relief, 7th century BC, from Nineveh, the British Museum

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  The Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nabonidus (r. 626–539 BC)

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  A partial view of the ruins of Babylon

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  The story of the ancient nations - a text-book for high schools (1912) (14766210391)

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  The Sasanian Empire at its greatest extent in c. 620 under Khosrow II

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  Map of expansion of Caliphate