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The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, historically known as Mesopotamia, is most often referred to as humanity's cradle of civilization. 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. It's nations were major players in Biblical times.

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  • The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, historically known as Mesopotamia, is most often referred to as humanity's cradle of civilization. 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. It's nations were major players in Biblical times.
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  • The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, historically known as Mesopotamia, is most often referred to as humanity's cradle of civilization. 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. It's nations were major players in Biblical times. 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. 2 major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run south through the center of Iraq and flow into the Shatt al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. These rivers and canals provide Iraq with significant amounts of fertile land, which is firther enhanced by irrigation. Most of the major towns are found on or next to these rivers. Iraq's people are mostly Shiite and Sunni Muslims. They are of a mixed Semitic, Turkic and Iranic stock. They also speak the Iraqie Baghdadi, Mosul, Kirkuck, Basra Arabic dialects, along with some Kuwaiti and Gulf Arabic. Some also speek Persian, Turkoman, English, Turkish and Kurdish to varying degrees. Arabic is the offical and majority language, with Kurdish in second place and recognised as a regional language.
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