Iraq Capital Baghdad

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Iraq Capital Baghdad

• This is a presentation about Iraq which also the
  city I was born in Baghdad, Haya

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Iraq is located in the Middle East, bordering the
Arabian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
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Babylon

• Babylon, is the most famous city in the world.
• It is also the oldest civilisation in the world.
• It was the kingdom of King Hammurabi (1792-1750
  BC)

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Iraq was the first for

• Writing
• Music
• Maths
• Engineering
• Civilisation
• Reading

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Holy places in Iraq

• Iraq is the place of many holy cities such as
• Al Najaf and Kerbella

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Al-Malweyya in Samarra
52 m High Built by Caliph Al-Mu'tasim in 835 AD
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Climate in Iraq

• The average temperatures in Iraq range from
  higher than 48 degree C in July and August to
  below freezing in January. A majority of the
  rainfall occurs from December through April and
  is more in the mountains

As you can see from the chart, the average
temperatures can reach a minimum of 2 C and can
reach a maximum of just over 40 C in summer.
Average rainfall can be around 25 mm max with no
rain in summer
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Food in Iraq
YUM YUM
LAHAM IB AJEEN
DOLMA
KABAB
Tamor (Dates)
KUBBA
BAMIA
FASOOLIA
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Rivers
Nahar Digla (TIGRIS)
Al Forat (Euphrates)
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Mosques
There are many mosques in Iraq known mostly for
their domes and minarets, such as al-Hadba'
Minaret in Mosul, Sheik Marouf Mosque and
Khafafin Mosque. There are also many new mosques,
such as 14th Ramadhan Mosques, the Martyrs
Mosque, Bunnieh Mosque and Um al-Ma'arik Mosque.
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hatra

• It is an ancient Arab city about 80 km to the
  south west of Mosul and 296 km north west of
  Baghdad. In many people's opinion its the
  loveliest ancient monument in Iraq from any
  period in that country's immensely long history.

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Nineveh
The ancient city of Nineveh is situated just
outside Mosul on the east bank of the River
Tigris. Nobody knows exactly when it was
inhabited for the first time, but it was a
cultural settlement in the 6th millennium BC,
right through Sumerian and Babylonian periods. In
fact, the name of Nineveh is of Sumerian origin.