Did you know...Modern-day Iraq was the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

history channel documentary Did you know...Modern-day Iraq was the site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. These patio nurseries were worked by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. Like the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the greenery enclosures were devastated by time.Did you know...The nation of Iraq is a full individual from the United Nations and additionally the League of Arab States and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (otherwise called OPEC ). On December 21, 1945, the Arab country was embraced by the UN. In the mid 1980s, Iraq's represetative Ismat Kittani got to be President of the Assembly of the United Nations in New York City, NY.Did you know...The steady presentation of changes in the 1920s prompted freedom from Britain in the mid 1930s, after the World War II , and Iraq turned into a current government.

Did you know...Inspired by Georgina Rizk's triumph in Miss Universe 1971, the Arab country sent a hopeful to the Miss Universe Pageant in San Juan de Puerto Rico in July 1972. Miss Iraq Universe, Wijdan Burham El-Deen Sulyman , touched base on Puerto Rico to an eager welcome, yet she was wiped out in the first round. No other Iraqi lady had ever taken part in it before.Did you know...Feisal II, previous King of Iraq, distributed "How To Defend Yourself ", a book on judo.

Did you know... Subsequent to winning the 2007 Asian Cup and different honors, Younes Mahmoud turned into the toast of his country. In Italy, in November 2007, Iraq's soccer player Younes Mahmoud won the "Facchetti Award", a prize in memory of Giacinto Facchetti, one of Europe's most well known soccer players in the previous century. Facchetti's child Gianfelice has said of Younes: "I considered Younes, on the grounds that he, similar to my dad, has left a wonderful legacy. He has given his kindred comrades trust and hopefulness with the objective which empowered Iraq to win the Asian Cup in the last against Saudi Arabia. He is the competitor who set off the principal genuine festival in his nation following quite a while of ghastliness. He has demonstrated that the will of man is more grounded than a war which began with a falsehood and which has never been clarified".