Cultural Life in Mesopotamia
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The culture of Iraq is one of the oldest cultures in the world historically. It is the place that was called ancient Mesopotamia and the birthplace of ancient civilizations, which left a clear impact on world civilizations in the invention of cuneiform writing, city planning, and the development of the science of law in the ancient world.
Iraq has a very rich heritage and is known for its abundance of intellectuals throughout history in various specializations.
Unlike many countries in the Arab world, Iraq embraces and celebrates the achievements of its past in the Babylonian, Assyrian, Sumerian and Akkadian eras, where the discovered antiquities confirm an ancient civilization that prevailed and then disappeared in Mesopotamia. Here is an attempt to highlight the pioneering and civilizational role of Mesopotamia through the culture of Mesopotamia and how it affected civilizations and the world as a whole.
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