The Ashmolean

Iraq: Navel of the World

Map and timeline

Date Politics Places map of Iraq
2000 AD Modern Iraq

Ottoman empire
Mongol period



1000 AD
Abbasid empire
rise of Islam

Samarra, Basra
Baghdad
Kerbala, Najaf
0 AD/BC Parthian empire
Seleucid empire
Persian empire
Babylonian empire
Assyrian empire

Babylon

Nineveh
Nimrud, Ashur
1000 BC
Amarna age

Old Babylonian
kingdom



Babylon
Nippur, Larsa
2000 BC Empire of Ur

Independent city states
Ur, Umma
Lagash

Kish, Kutha
3000 BC Invention of writing

The world's first cities

Jemdet Nasr
Uruk

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Writing Worship Country Life City Life Palace Life Buildings Map and Timeline