Ancient History

• From earliest time Iraq was know as Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

• The people built advanced irrigation systems, developed cereal agriculture, and invented the earliest form of writing. They created a math system which our system is based on today as well as the wheel and first plow

Iraq land mass: 437,367 sq km

• Desert• Mid-cool winters• Dry/hot/cloudless summer• Extensive floods caused by Near by mountain

Population :31,129,225

The people of Iraq

What is the difference between the Sunni and Shia

• Iraqi Muslims are split in two groups, The Sunni and the Shia.

• They share the fundamental Islamic beliefs• Main difference is political• When the Prophet Mohamed died, the Sunni beleved

anyone could be the religious leader, while the Shia believe only descendents of Mohamed could.

• Shia is the majority in Iraq, but the minority in the middle east.