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![Assyrian Military Campaign in Southern Iraq](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3042.jpg?v=1618655419)
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Assyrian Military Campaign in Southern Iraq
This wall panel was part of large alabaster wall relief. The whole scene includes a central band of river, the Tigris or Euphrates, that separates two otherwise independent compositions in which the Assyrians attack on a small island and...
![A Pair of Lions from Tell Harmal at the Iraq Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10275.jpg?v=1727082233-1727082251)
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A Pair of Lions from Tell Harmal at the Iraq Museum
Two terracotta lions found at the entrance to the Dagan Temple at Tell Harmal (ancient Shaduppum), in the eastern outskirt of Baghdad, Old Babylonian period, c. 1800 BCE. The temple was a typical Old-Babylonian one, with a short staircase...
![Marble Head, Iraq](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/900.jpg?v=1714005663)
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Marble Head, Iraq
A marble head of a figurine from Iraq, 3rd Millennium BCE. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology).
![Outside View of Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12288.jpg?v=1734279845-1733310016)
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Outside View of Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq
Facade of the Meshed Ali, Najaf, Iraq.
Photo taken in 2003 by U.S. Navy Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson.
![Hatra Gallery of the Iraq Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10291.jpg?v=1599145203)
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Hatra Gallery of the Iraq Museum
This is one of the Hatra Galleries where several statues and artifacts from Hatra are displayed. The Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
![Khalid ibn al-Walid's Invasion of Iraq](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11590.png?v=1705642623)
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Khalid ibn al-Walid's Invasion of Iraq
A map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's (585 - 642 CE) forces during the Islamic invasion of the Sasanian Empire in 633 CE.
![Early Muslim Expansion - Conquest of Syria and Iraq 602-636 CE](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2057_ci_preview.jpg?v=1592987079-1739011936)
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Early Muslim Expansion - Conquest of Syria and Iraq 602-636 CE
In the new Kings and Generals full animated historical documentary, we will describe the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate, its first wars against the Eastern Roman and Sassanid Empires. This first video largely focuses on Khalid ibn al-Walid...
![3D Laser Scan of Ishtar Gate in Babylon, Iraq](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2373_ci_preview.jpg?v=1616911820-1739011936)
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3D Laser Scan of Ishtar Gate in Babylon, Iraq
As part of our ongoing work at Babylon, World Monuments Fund engaged California-based nonprofit CyArk to conduct a comprehensive laser scan of the site's archaeological elements. Based on that data, the University of Florida’s Envision Heritage...
![Wall Reliefs: Apkallus of the North-West Palace at Nimrud](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7287.jpg?v=1729582906-1729582923)
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Wall Reliefs: Apkallus of the North-West Palace at Nimrud
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. (Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right). When it comes to religion, many people...
![Wall Reliefs: Ashurnasirpal II's War Scenes at the British Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7280.jpg?v=1658198285)
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Wall Reliefs: Ashurnasirpal II's War Scenes at the British Museum
The Mighty King 600 of their warriors I put to the sword and decapitated; 400 I took alive; 3,000 captives I brought forth; I took possession of the city for myself: the living soldiers, and heads to the city of Amidi the royal city, I sent...