Individual #Iraq__Republic_of_Iraq__Al-Iraq__Irak a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
instance of: Asian_country
member: Iraqi
member of: Arab_League Organization_of_Petroleum-Exporting_Countries
part of: Middle_East Asia
part: Baghdad__Bagdad__capital_of_Iraq capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Moslem world"
part: Basra__Basia an oil port in southern Iraq
part: Mosul a city in northern Iraq on the River Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
part: Mesopotamia the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
part: Babylon the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
part: Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
part: Tower_of_Babel__Babel (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
part: Babylonia an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Prophet Daniel became a counselor to the king)
part: battle_of_Cunaxa__Cunaxa battle in 401 BC when the Persian King Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
part: Sumer an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
part: Ur an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
part: Assyria an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
part: Assur__Asur__Ashur an ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
part: Nineveh an ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq
part: Babylonia an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Prophet Daniel became a counselor to the king)
part: Sumer an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
part: Assyria an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
part: Assur__Asur__Ashur an ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
part: Nineveh an ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq
part: Euphrates_River__Euphrates a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
part: Tigris_River__Tigris an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
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