After World War I, Iraq passed from the failing Ottoman Empire to British control. Kingdom of Iraq was established under the British Mandate in 1932....

The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from...

Iraq is a country in West Asia that largely corresponds with the territory of ancient Mesopotamia. The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic...

There is a long history of the petroleum industry in Iraq. In ancient times Plutarch wrote of oil bubbling from the ground near Kirkuk, but oil exploration...

Ottoman Iraq (Arabic: العراق العثماني) refers to the period of the history of Iraq when the region was ruled by the Ottoman Empire (1534–1920; with an...

river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq about 85 kilometers south of modern day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the...

Mass graves in Iraq have become well known since the 2003 invasion of Iraq toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein. International Experts estimated that...

earned international recognition. The Iraqi modern art movement had a profound influence on pan-Arab art generally. Iraq's art has a deep heritage that extends...

The modern era or the modern period, also known as modern history or modern times, is the period of human history that succeeds the post-classical era...

numerous treaties, the Treaty of Zuhab of 1639 is usually considered as the most significant, as it fixed present Turkey–Iran and Iraq–Iran borders. In later...