Iraq: Navel of the World
Map and timeline
| Date | Politics | Places |  |
| 2000 AD | Modern Iraq Ottoman empire Mongol period |
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| 1000 AD | Abbasid empire rise of Islam |
Samarra, Basra Baghdad Kerbala, Najaf |
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| 0 AD/BC | Parthian empire Seleucid empire Persian empire Babylonian empire Assyrian empire |
Babylon Nineveh Nimrud, Ashur |
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| 1000 BC | Amarna age Old Babylonian kingdom |
Babylon Nippur, Larsa |
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| 2000 BC | Empire of Ur Independent city states |
Ur, Umma Lagash Kish, Kutha |
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| 3000 BC | Invention of writing The world's first cities |
Jemdet Nasr Uruk |
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