This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of Iraq, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.
Civilizations that ruled these lands (9)
Historic cities (16)
Events on this geography (top 80)
- 680 CEBattle of Karbala
- 1916 CESykes-Picot Agreement
- 539 BCEPersian Conquest of Babylon
- 1258 CESiege of Baghdad
- 1980 CEIran-Iraq War
- 2020 CEassassination of Qasem Soleimani
- 729 BCEAssyrian Conquest of Babylon
- 1933 CESimele massacre
- 1978 CECinema Rex fire
- 2003 CEIraq War
- 2003 CEIraqi insurgency
- 2005 CEHaditha massacre
- 2016 CEJuly 2016 Baghdad bombings
- 661 CEassassination of Ali
- 762 CEAlid revolt of 762–763
- 1991 CEAmiriyah shelter bombing
- 2003 CECanal Hotel bombing
- 2006 CEMahmudiyah killings
- 2007 CENisour Square massacre
- 2007 CE2007 Yazidi communities bombings
- 2010 CE2010 Baghdad church attack
- 2014 CECamp Speicher massacre
- 2014 CESinjar massacre
- 2016 CEIskandariya suicide bombing
- 4000 BCEInvention of the Plough
- 4000 BCERise of Sumerian City-States
- 4000 BCEFirst Cities: Eridu & Uruk
- 3500 BCEUruk Period — First Major City
- 3500 BCEInvention of the Wheel
- 3400 BCEDevelopment of Cuneiform Writing in Uruk
- 3300 BCEBirth of Cuneiform
- 3200 BCEInvention of Writing
- 2334 BCESargon of Akkad
- 2334 BCEFounding of the Akkadian Empire by Sargon
- 2100 BCECode of Ur-Nammu
- 1792 BCEOld Babylonian Period — Rise of Hammurabi
- 1754 BCECode of Hammurabi
- 612 BCEFall of Nineveh
- 539 BCECyrus the Great Conquers Babylon
- 539 BCECyrus Cylinder
- 331 BCEAlexander conquers Persia
- 331 BCEBattle of Gaugamela
- 636 CEBattle of al-Qadisiyyah
- 750 CEAbbasid Revolution
- 762 CEFoundation of Baghdad
- 830 CEFoundation of House of Wisdom
- 1258 CESiege of Baghdad
- 1534 CESuleiman's Safavid Campaigns and the Conquest of Iraq
- 1924 CE1924 Kirkuk massacre
- 1959 CEKirkuk massacre
- 1991 CE1991 Altun Köpru massacre
- 2003 CEImam Ali Mosque bombing
- 2006 CE2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
- 2006 CE23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings
- 2007 CE2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
- 2007 CE3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing
- 2007 CE18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings
- 2008 CE1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings
- 2008 CE2008 Dujail bombing
- 2009 CE2009 Taza bombing
- 2009 CE2009 Kirkuk bombing
- 2009 CE25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings
- 2009 CEJune 2009 Baghdad bombing
- 2014 CEBadush prison massacre
- 2015 CEBarwana massacre
- 2015 CE2015 Baghdad truck bombing
- 2015 CE2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing
- 2016 CEApril 2016 Baghdad bombing
- 2017 CE2017 Mosul airstrike
- 5500 BCEIrrigation Canals
- 3500 BCECylinder Seal
- 2154 BCEFall of the Akkadian Empire
- 2112 BCEThird Dynasty of Ur — Sumerian Renaissance
- 2004 BCEFall of Ur III Dynasty
- 1595 BCEHittite Raid on Babylon under Mursili I
- 614 BCEMede-Scythian Alliance, Fall of Assyria
- 600 BCEHanging Gardens of Babylon (tradition)
- 586 BCEBabylonian Exile
- 539 BCECyrus Conquers Babylon
- 820 CEAl-Khwarizmi: Algebra and Algorithm
Architectural sites (14)
Sıkça sorulan sorular
- Which civilizations lived on the lands of Iraq?
- Abbasid Caliphate, Achaemenid Empire, Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Parthian Empire, Sasanian Empire, Seleucid Empire, Sumerian Civilization.
- What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Iraq?
- Nineveh (6000 BCE), Eridu (5400 BCE), Nippur (5000 BCE), Lagash (4500 BCE), Uruk (4000 BCE), Ur (3800 BCE).
- How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Iraq?
- 16 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Iraq.