#IRAQesque

Best of the current living, culture, traditions & history of Iraqis. How Iraq interacted with the rest of the world since Mesopotamia cradled human civilisation

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Happy Akitu
1st of April
Barley harvest festival.

#akitu6776
New Year Day for Assyrians, Babylonians,
and #akitu7326 Chaldeans.

First & oldest calendars in the history of mankind.
#اكيتو_بريخو
#iraq6776
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[Iman Al Asadi @AsadiIman__]

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Dahina / Daheena
Traditional Iraqi sweet (Halawa)
Mainly sold in Karbala & Najaf cities.
Can be Traced to Abbasid Era.
#IraqiFood
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صورة توثيقية
بغداد
شارع الرشيد عام 1952
#baghdad_salam
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صورة توثيقية جميلة
بغداد عام 1909
ويظهر واسطة التنقل بين بغداد وكربلاء ، بواسطة عربات تجرها الخيول
#baghdad_salam
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[ster @1_khonsu]

@UlyssesFinn In iraq this is also practiced. It's actually a local delicacy. https://t.co/FRwJyT1Uds

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Souq Haraj (Petty Market)
Al-Midan, Baghdad
Counterpart of Sunday markets & car-boot sales but permanent.
Most major cities in the Middle East have similar bazaars.
Used & old (Antique) items of various values are traded with some good deals could easily made.
#IQesque
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صباح الخير من بغداد
Good morning from Baghdad
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The Eternal Fire of Baba Gurgur
Burning 4 the last 2500 years.
Largest known oil field in the world between 1927-1948
Kirkuk
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صور جميلة ورائعة من البصـرة
مدينة الزبير سنة 1951 _ 1954
Busra -Zubair city 1951-1954
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#Baghdad_salam

[Alper Kaan Bilir @AlperKaanAnkara]

@Iraqesque That's how they'd look now but for Bush Sr. and Bush Jr.

[半端ない @Hanpanai_Shop]

@Iraqesque this is how the rest of the world imagines it

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Ashura
Millions of Iraqis commemorate today the annual anniversary of Hussein's massacre in Karbala (Al-Taf Battle) 680AD / 61AH.
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صورة توثيقية
بغداد- احياء ذكرى عاشوراء في بغداد عام 1930.
Commemorating the days of Ashura in Baghdad in 1930s
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صباح الخير من بغداد
Good morning from Baghdad
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#baghdad_salam

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Ivory collection
Neo - Assyrian,
ca 8th century BC
The Metropolitan Museum, New York
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

صباحكم خير وبركة
من مدينة السماوة- المثنى
Good morning
Al Samawa city- Al-Muthana gov
#baghdad_salam
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[#lraqMsptmia @IraqMesopotamia]

Chief Curator of the British Museum
Professor Irving Fingle: Writing began in Iraq around 3500 BC, and certainly before Egypt.
So if someone talks about Egyptian things and hieroglyphs and tries to claim precedence, do not believe it
#IraqMsptmia
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[Baghdad Dar Al Salam @baghdad_salam]

قيراط ذهبي(حلقات اذن)
يعود لعهد الملك السومري شولكي( 2111-2003 ق م )
Gold Earrings new Summarian period (king Shulgi 2111-2003Bc)
موجود في #متحف_السليمانية_ شمال العراق
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Haditha Dam
West of Iraq on river Euphrates.
Over 9 km in length & 57m high.
Constructed between 1977-87
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