Iraq
from: Athar Alhindawi
Iraq,(Arabic: العراق al-‘Irāq, Kurdish: Êraq), officially the Republic of Iraq
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 centre 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 centre 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 civilisation. It was here that mankind first began to read, write, create laws, and live in cities under an organised government—notably Uruk, from which Iraq was derived.
The area has been home to continuous successive civilisations since the 6th millennium BC. At different periods in its history,
Iraq was the centre 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 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 centre 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 civilisation. It was here that mankind first began to read, write, create laws, and live in cities under an organised government—notably Uruk, from which Iraq was derived.
The area has been home to continuous successive civilisations since the 6th millennium BC. At different periods in its history,
Iraq was the centre 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.
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Iraque (em árabe العراق, transl. al - Irāq, em curdo Îraq,
é um país do Médio Oriente, limitado a norte pela Turquia, a leste pelo Irã, a sul pelo Golfo Pérsico, pelo Kuwait e pela Arábia Saudita e a oeste pela Jordânia e pela Síria. Sua capital é a cidade de Bagdá (Bagdad), no centro do país, às margens do rio Tigre.
O nome árabe العراق al-'Irāq tem estado em uso desde antes do século VI. Existem várias origens sugeridas para o nome. Uns datam para a cidade suméria de Uruque (hebraico bíblico Ereque)
O território do atual Iraque foi o berço da civilização suméria (a civilização mais antiga do mundo) por volta de 4 000 a.C. No ano de 2 550 a.C..
O nome árabe العراق al-'Irāq tem estado em uso desde antes do século VI. Existem várias origens sugeridas para o nome. Uns datam para a cidade suméria de Uruque (hebraico bíblico Ereque)
O território do atual Iraque foi o berço da civilização suméria (a civilização mais antiga do mundo) por volta de 4 000 a.C. No ano de 2 550 a.C..
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Capital / Capital
Baghdad
Oficial Languages / Língua Oficial
Arabic / Kurdish
Currency / Moeda
Iraqi dinar
Baghdad
Oficial Languages / Língua Oficial
Arabic / Kurdish
Currency / Moeda
Iraqi dinar
Undefined
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