Portal:Iraq/Did you know

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• ...that Iraq is divided in three large ethnic groups?
• ...that the oldest known writing system, known as cuneiform, was developed in southeastern Iraq by the Sumerian civilization?
• ...that the desert between Kuwait and Baghdad consists of a clay silt that swells when wet. This creates a water resistant layer of soil that keeps following rain on the surface where it quickly evaporates.
• ...that the oldest laws were written in Iraq by the Sumerian King Ur-Nammu.
• ...that Iraq was the site for four great ancient civiliations: Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian.
• ...that Iraq is second only to Saudi Arabia in oil reserves.