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The Iraqi people are Sumero-Akkadians. descendants of ancient Sumer and Akkad (Babylonia and Assyria). They speak Mesopotamian Arabic.

Iraq is the oldest civilization on Earth. The Iraqi people have 12,000 years of cultural history. They invented the hallmarks of civilization - writing, the wheel, agriculture, mathematics, astronomy, literature, monumental architecture, religion, sexagesimal, Astrology, zodiac, banking, scientific method, and much more. Iraq is the cradle of civilization.

Here are some references:

Asimov, Isaac, "Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery", Harper & Row, 1989. ISBN 0-06-015612-0

De Bono, Edward, "Eureka! An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer", Thames & Hudson, 1974.

Gowlett, John, "Ascent to Civilization", McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992. ISBN 0-07-544312-0

Kramer, Samuel Noah, "History Begins at Sumer - Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History", University of Pennsylvania Press, 1956.

Platt, Richard, "Eureka!: Great Inventions and How They Happened", 2003.

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