The_Revolutionary_Republic_Of_Iraq

The Revolutionary Republic Of Iraq In ancient times the area now known as modern Iraq was almost equivalent to Mesopotamia, the land between two rivers. Mesopotamia was set between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. This area is known as the Cradle of Civilization, because around 4000 B.C. the Sumerian culture thrived. The first written language was developed during the Sumerian culture. After the fall of the Sumerian culture, many different empires invaded and “ruled” Mesopotamia. Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, modern day Iraq is a country of many diverse ethnicities, religions, and beliefs. Seventy-nine percent of all Iraqi people are Arabic, sixteen percent are Kurdish, three percent are Persian, and two percent are Turkish. The majority of the Iraqi people practice the Muslim religion, while only three percent practice Christianity or another religion. These ethnicities and religions make up a nation of more than 22,000,000 people. The people of Iraq have a life expectancy of 66.53 years, where the male lives 65.54 years and the female lives 67.56 years. Iraq is ranked 119th in life expectancy. They are ranked 126th in infant mortality rates with a rate of 62.49 deaths for every 1,000 live births. Iraq has a literacy rate of approximately 60%, with the male population iraq, iraqi, percent, oil, people, rate, power, hussein, dinar, years, united, per, one, gdp, approximately, about, while, three, sumerian, states, ranked, program, president, population, party, makes, land, industry, extensive, exchange, dollars, dollar, culture, capita, because, ba'thists