Iraqis
Mesopotamia's modern population
Iraqis are the people of Iraq, the Middle Eastern nation centered on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
The term covers the country's diverse population—Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians, and others.
As an adjective, Iraqi describes things relating to the country: Iraqi cuisine, the Iraqi government.
Many Iraqis fled during the war.
Iraqi seat of government
- BasraIraqi port city
- MosulIraqi city on Tigris
- TikritIraqi provincial capital
- FallujahIraqi city near Baghdad
Ramadi · Tigris · Euphrates · Mesopotamia · Kurdistan · marshlands · desert · Nineveh
Earliest known civilization
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
- BabylonianOf ancient Mesopotamian empire
- AssyrianAncient Mesopotamian people
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
Gilgamesh · Hammurabi · Nebuchadnezzar · ziggurat · cuneiform · ancient · civilization · cradle
Armed struggle between groups
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- sectarianRigidly devoted to faction
militia · displacement · reconstruction · sanctions · embargo · siege · casualties · survivors
Semitic ethnic group member
- KurdishIranian language group
- TurkmenPerson from Turkmenistan
- AssyrianAncient Mesopotamian people
- ChaldeanAncient Mesopotamian people
Yazidi · Aramaic · bilingual · tribal · clan · Sunni · Shia · Christian
Baghdad
Iraqi seat of government
Fallujah · Ramadi · Tigris · Euphrates · Mesopotamia · Kurdistan · marshlands · desert · Nineveh · Green Zone
Sumerian
Earliest known civilization
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
- BabylonianOf ancient Mesopotamian empire
- AssyrianAncient Mesopotamian people
Ottoman · Gilgamesh · Hammurabi · Nebuchadnezzar · ziggurat · cuneiform · ancient · civilization · cradle · Ur
war
Armed struggle between groups
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
sectarian · militia · displacement · reconstruction · sanctions · embargo · siege · casualties · survivors · trauma
Arab
Semitic ethnic group member
Chaldean · Yazidi · Aramaic · bilingual · tribal · clan · Sunni · Shia · Christian · minority
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
- oudAromatic heartwood or plucked instrument
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
cuisine · dolma · dates · chai · dinar · folklore · wedding · mourning · Muharram · pilgrimage
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- exileBanishment from homeland
- displacedShifted from proper location
immigrant · asylum · resettlement · expatriate · Dearborn · London · Amman · Damascus · abroad · return
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- Iraq vetMiddle East war veteran
- Iraq War vetFormer soldier, 2003 conflict
- Iraqi heritageAncestry from modern Mesopotamia
- Iraq invasion2003 war in Mesopotamia
- Iraqi Freedom2003 U.S. military operation