What historic events happened in Iraq?

Answer 1

Somewhere between 100,000 and 46,000 BC, civilization began in Iraq. 8000 BC saw the first farming in Nimrik. Kish was founded about 5000 BC. Gilamesh was written about 2600 BC. 1800 BC, they used multiplication and division. They also used the system of hours and minutes to measure time. Assurbanipal attacks Egypt in 664 BC. Nebuchadnezzar destroys the temple in Jerusalem in 538. In 331, Alexander the great conquers Babylon. Around 146 BC, Mesopotamia is the center of the Silk and Spice route. The Arab army under Muhammed starts to take over the area in 662 AD. Bagdad becomes the Caliphate and is a center of trade and culture in 750 AD. The Ottoman Empire takes Bagdad in 1536 AD. and were turned out in World War I. In 1927, oil is discovered. The UK invades Iraq in 1941. In 1977, a pipeline takes oil from Iraq to Turkey. In 1990, Iraq invades Kuwait and the US and UN troops liberate Kuwait. The US launches air strikes in 2003 and they capture Saddam Hussein. He is executed in 2006.