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Iraq’s civilian death toll drops by nearly 80 percent
June 13, 2018November 17, 2020

Iraq’s civilian death toll drops by nearly 80 percent

Iraq saw an 80% drop in civilian deaths in the first 5 months of 2018 compared to the same period last year, according to reports by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Iraq Body Count database.

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The Iraqi Republic is established
April 10, 1958November 11, 2020

The Iraqi Republic is established

The Iraqi Republic colloquially known as the First Iraqi Republic was a state forged in 1958 under the rule of President Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba’i and Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim.

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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī publishes The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing
March 3, 1003November 11, 2020

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī publishes The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing

Translated into Latin by Robert of Chester in 1145, it was used until the sixteenth century as the principal mathematical text-book of European universities. It also introduced the term “algebra” to European languages.

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Caliph Al-Mansur commissions the construction of Baghdad
February 26, 1003November 11, 2020

Caliph Al-Mansur commissions the construction of Baghdad

After the fall of the Umayyads, the first Muslim dynasty, the victorious Abbasid rulers wanted their own capital from which they could rule. They chose a site north of the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon and also just north of where ancient Babylon had once stood.

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The Abbasid Caliphate begins in the Islamic world
February 25, 1003November 11, 2020

The Abbasid Caliphate begins in the Islamic world

The Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled most of the Muslim world from Baghdad in what is now Iraq, lasted from 750 to 1258 A.D.

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The Assyrians build the world’s first long-distance canal systems
June 18, 1002November 11, 2020

The Assyrians build the world’s first long-distance canal systems

The first sophisticated long-distance canal systems were constructed in the Assyrian empire in the 9th century BCE and incorporated tunnels several kilometres in length.

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Babylonian astronomers create the world's first star catalogues
May 28, 1002November 11, 2020

Babylonian astronomers create the world's first star catalogues

The earliest known star catalogues were compiled by the ancient Babylonian astronomers of Mesopotamia in the late 2nd millennium BC, during the Kassite Period (ca. 1531€“1155 BC).

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Humans in ancient Iraq invent musical notation
May 20, 1002November 11, 2020

Humans in ancient Iraq invent musical notation

The earliest form of musical notation can be found in a cuneiform tablet that was created at Nippur, in Sumer (today’s Iraq), in about 1400 BC.

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Hammurabi establishes his code of conduct, one of the first known examples of law and order
May 1, 1002November 11, 2020

Hammurabi establishes his code of conduct, one of the first known examples of law and order

The code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man.

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The Assyrians build the world's first long-distance canal systems
April 25, 1002November 11, 2020

The Assyrians build the world's first long-distance canal systems

The first sophisticated long-distance canal systems were constructed in the Assyrian empire in the 9th century BCE and incorporated tunnels several kilometres in length.

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