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Historical Significance of Iraq
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Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:41:18 GMT
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Just a few positive facts to ponder:
+ Human civilization began over 5,000 years ago in what is now Southern Iraq.
+ Iraq, in ancient times known as Mesopotamia, is located between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers - the cradle of human civilization.
+ Ancestors of the Sumerians created a religious center which later became
on the world's first cities.
+ The first wheel, astronomy, maps, hospital, school, pharmacy, university,
finance, trade, architecture, time measurement, and art all had origins in Iraq.
+ The religion of three-fourth's of the world's people had its origin in
Iraq. Therefore, Iraq has religious significance for three major religions:
Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
+ Iraq was the center of history's first great empires - Akkadian,
Babylonian, Assyrian, and Chaldean - whose capital, Babylon was planned to
be the capital of the universal empire envisioned by Alexander the Great.
+ Some of the towns that exist in Iraq are the oldest continuously inhabited
in the world.
+ Baghdad, around 800 A.D., was one of the first vibrant centers of science
and philosophy.
+ During medieval times, Iraq was the heartland of the Abbasid Empire, which
produced a brilliant civilization covering much of Europe and Asia. The days
of Haroun al-Rashid are celebrated in the famous works, "Thousand and One
Nights."
Dan
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| (...) <snip> Excellent list. It is a real tragedy that this country is currently run by a thuggish gang (which we had too large a hand in putting in place for my taste, and which we could have removed in 1991 were it not for those advocating that we (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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