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Iraq (Tourism (Ziggurat of Ur located in Nasiriyah, Iraq the great…
Iraq
Tourism
Ziggurat of Ur located in Nasiriyah, Iraq the great ziggurat was built by Ur-Nammu was dedicated to the moon god Nanna. this temple is made out of smaller platforms that have a solid core of mud brick and covered in burnt brick
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Al-Shaheed Monument located in Baghdad Iraq, is a memorial to all the Iraqis who died in the Iraq-Iran war. Built by Ismail Fatah Al Turk in 1983 is a dome shaped memorial covered in teal ceramic Directions to Al-Shaheed
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National Museum of Iraq was established in 1926 and has over 5,000 years of Mesopotamian history. Located in Baghdad Iraq has relics from Mesopotamian,Babylonian and Persian civilization.
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Baghdad Zoo located in Bagdad, Iraq was once the largest zoo in the middle east the zoo has almost 600 animals. It was established in 1971. The zoo was closed down in 2002 so they could do renovations but opened back up in 2003.
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Food
Kebabs are a traditional arabic food that is cooked in vegetables and marinated fish or meat and is served on a skewer
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Lamb and eggplant stew is a very middle eastern food. Iraq like to eat some of the same things that their turkey eats like lamb. Here's a recipe on how to cook lamb and eggplant Lamb and eggplant stew recipe
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Beef with fruit like other eastern food iraq makes a meal with beef and or chicken and cooks it with fruit or vegetables
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Traditional Celebrations
Army day on January 6th people will get together to see their cadets march in a parade. This event is for the founding of the Iraq army in 1921.
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NoRuz is the mark of the beginning of spring in Iraq. Held on march 21 is the mark the day of the "new month" in the Iranian calendar.
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History
Anglo-Iraqi war During the second world war the British empire set up a campaign agaisnt the rebel government of Rashid Ali Kingdom. This led to an re-occupation of Iraq by the British forces and returned power to the British empire.
Gulf war also known as the Persian Gulf War happened because Iraqs invasion of kuwait. The leader of iraq at the time wanted to invade the kuwait to get there apparent oil reserves
Six day war This war took place in 1967 between Iraq and its neighbors. They had many tension that would lead up to thus war. The biggest tension or cause was the Arab-Isreali war. But the main cause was when isreali settlements crossed the border Israel struck back by shooting down six MiG fighters.
