2007-11-17 01:30:10 · 10 answers · asked by Aaditya M 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
One is Mesopotamia, which I think means something like land between two rivers in Latin or Greek (the Tigris and Euphrates).
2007-11-17 01:32:46 · answer #1 · answered by Stag S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Original Name Of Iraq
2017-01-09 15:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by holman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iraq's rich history dates back to ancient Mesopotamia. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is identified as the Fertile Crescent—the cradle of civilization—and the birthplace of writing. During its long history, Iraq has been the center of the Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian and Abbasid empires, and part of the Achaemenid, Macedonian, Parthian, Umayyad, Sassanid, Ottoman and British empires.
2007-11-17 01:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by ShICoZ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are becoming increasingly familiar with the topography of Iraq as we watch TV news reports and read newspaper accounts of events unfolding there. Iraq, about the size of California, is ancient -Mesopotamia- , Greek for “in the midst of the rivers.” The rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, played a key role in the development of civilization in this region. The easternmost river, the Tigris, has its headwaters in eastern Turkey and flows past Mosul (ancient Nineveh), Tikrit, Baghdad, Kut and Basra. The Euphrates begins in east-central Turkey and flows past Karbala, Hilah (ancient Babylon) and Nasiriyah.
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2007-11-17 01:34:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
(Iraq) is derived from a word meaning (settler) but pronounced (Uruk) a word that was named by the famous Sumerian city of Warka.
2014-11-07 15:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Haybat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mesopotamia.
2007-11-17 01:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by Nicole B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was it Babylon? Iran used to be Persia.
2014-07-22 15:50:31 · answer #7 · answered by Groovy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Persia
2007-11-17 01:33:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
the ottoman empire.
2007-11-17 14:51:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
persia?
2007-11-17 01:36:59 · answer #10 · answered by Rob 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋