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Cities 1: Second largest city in Iraq and a major center of the Assyrian people
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Mosul
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Cities 2: Among the many foreign forces to take this third-largest city include the Mongol Empire, the Portuguese, the Safavids, and the British
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Basra
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Cities 3: Most populous city of the Kurdistan region
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Erbil
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Cities 4: One of the holiest places in Shia Islam, thanks to it being the burial site for Muhammad's son-in-law.
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Najaf
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Artificial Landmarks 1: This mosque, located on the al-Rasheed Street of Baghdad, was a gathering place for Iraqi independence activists
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Haydar-Khana
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Artificial Landmarks 2: Dating from the 21st century BCE, this is the most complete of these Sumerian structures in Iraq.
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Ziggurat of Ur
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Artificial Landmarks 3: The largest cemetery in the world
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Wadi-us-Salaam
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Artificial Landmarks 4: Rectangular fortress built in 775 CE under the Abbasids
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Al-Ukhaidair
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People 1: Babylonian king known for his code.
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Hammurabi
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People 2: Author of the "Book of Optics," which was the first to suggest the brain's central role in vision.
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Ibn al-Haytham
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People 3: First prime minister of Iraq after the monarchy was overthrown in 1958
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Abd al-Karim Qasim
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People 4: Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that this notorious dictator was Satan's ex.
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Saddam Hussein
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History 1: Former wonder of the world allegedly built under Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, although no precise location has been determined
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Hanging Gardens
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History 2: Battle in which Husayn ibn Ali was slain by Umayyad forces, martyring him in Sunni and especially Shia Islam
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Battle of Karbala
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History 3: Great Abbasid library destroyed in the 1258 Mongol invasion
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House of Wisdom
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History 4: Notorious Iraq-war prison where members of the US military were found to have committed numerous abuses and tortures against inmates, earning widespread condemnation
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Abu Ghraib
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Culture 1: The oldest written story in human history, centered on a demigod attempting to earn immortality
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Culture 2: Compilation of folktales narrated by the storyteller Scherezade. Some of its stories, such as Aladdin and Ali Baba, were later added by the French author Antoine Galland, while others, such as the voyages of Sinbad, were originally separate tales.
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One Thousand and One Nights
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Culture 3: Iraqi-Jewish singer nicknamed "Pasha" and one of the most famous Arab singers in history, with the peak of her popularity being from the 1930s to the 1940s.
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Salima Mourad
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Culture 4: Brief movement of manuscript illustration formed during the Abbasid Caliphate that would later come to define much of Iraqi art in the 1900s
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Baghdad School
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Food 1: Fried eggplant dish served alongside various vegetables, bread, and the strong spice sumac
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Baytinijan Maqli
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Food 2: This dish's name in Arabic means "upside-down" because it is flipped upon serving. It features rice, meats such as lamb, and fried vegetables, and is popular throughout the Levant
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Maqluba
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Food 3: One of Iraq's national dishes, this comprises roasted lamb, nuts, and raisins served over rice.
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Quzi
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Food 4: Similar to a dumpling or a crepe, this pastry, filled with either cheese or nuts, is commonly eaten during Ramadan
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Qatayef
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Wildlife 1: Approximately 50% of this species of duck live in the marshes of Mesopotamia
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Marbled Teal
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Wildlife 2: The first of these desert felines to be recorded was found in al-Najaf province in 1858.
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Sand Cat
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Wildlife 3: Mustelid known for its brightly colored coat that is the only surviving member of the genus Vormela, which comes from the German word for "little worm."
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Marbled Polecat
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Wildlife 4: Members of this group of reef-building invertebrates that are found in Iraq have some of the highest heat resistance in their subphylum
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Corals
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Mythology 1: Mesopotamian god of wind and storms, generally viewed as being above the other gods in a role similar to the Greek Zeus
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Enlil
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Mythology 2: Sumerian god of water and knowledge
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Enki
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Mythology 3: Goddess of love and war and an antagonist of the answer to Culture 1
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Inanna
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Mythology 4: Primordial sea goddess slain by the storm and law god Marduk; she shares her name with a famous character in the Dungeons and Dragons franchise.
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Tiamat
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