This is the online dictionary of Iraq developed by Free Light Software. By clicking on an Arabic word, you can find Iraq related sites from Arabic search engines. By clicking on a globe icon, you can display the locality on a map of Iraq. |
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Iraq
alternative words: Republic of Iraq, Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Iraqiyah, Irak keywords: state related topics: Baghdad , Kuwait , Ottoman Empire , Euphrates river , Tigris river related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq , http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Iraq.htm explanation: Country surrounded by, in clockwise from north, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Jordan and Syria, its land covers that of the Mesopotamian civilisation. The modern Iraq was borne from a dismantlement of Ottoman empire in 1920. British mandate state until 1932, then a monarchy which was overthrown in 1958 to become a republic. Baath party took power in 1963. Iraq means "between 2 rivers", i.e. Euphrates and Tigris in old Semite language. Population: 24 millions, surface: 437,072 km2, capital: Baghdad. | |