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Answer
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Who was the dictator of Iraq between 1979–2003?
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Saddam Hussein
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To what political party did the above belong to?
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Ba'ath
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What city was supposedly home to the Hanging Gardens?
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Babylon
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What historical conquerer died in that city in June 323 BC?
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Alexander the Great
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What king of the above city's code of laws called for "an eye for an eye"?
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Hammurabi
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What country did Iraq invade in 1990?
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Kuwait
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In what war did a U.S. led coalition liberate the country above?
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Gulf War
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What 2001 event precipated the Iraq War, even though it had almost nothing to do with Iraq?
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September 11 attacks
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What group captured and sacked Baghdad in 1258?
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Mongols
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What legendary sailor of the seven seas hailed from Basra?
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Sinbad
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What brutal Mesopotamian empire conquered Israel in 722 B.C. and deported 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel?
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Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What country did Iraq fight a bloody war against in the 1980s?
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Iran
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What group of axis is Iraq part of, according to George W. Bush?
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Axis of Evil
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In what former prison were detainees abused by personnel of the U.S. Army and CIA?
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Abu Ghraib
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What autonomous region, with its capital at Erbil, was established in the country's northeastern part after the Iraq War?
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Kurdistan
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What was the first civilization in Mesopotamia (Led by Sargon the Great)?
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Sumer / Akkad
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In what two-letter Biblical city was the patriarch Abraham said to be born?
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Ur
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What "golden" age of cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing was Baghdad the center of between 8th–14th centuries?
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Islamic Golden Age
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What epic poem is regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature?
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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What name was given to the Mesopotamian pyramids with steps?
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Ziggurat
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