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Iraq—Profile

(2001 est. pop. 23.3 million). In 1916, Britain invaded the Ottoman provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra; in 1921 it united these provinces and renamed the country Iraq. As a modern state, Iraq is young, but the history of the land and its people dates back more than five thousand years. From 1921 to 1932, the country was known as the Kingdom of Iraq; after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958, the official name was changed to the Republic of Iraq.

History

Here, in ancient Mesopotamia, the Sumerian civilization appeared about six thousand years ago. The lush river valleys of.....

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