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   ocr: - Iraq (ih RAHK) - bleas 4 - - - *ikaor* 4 - Capital Baghdad Currency Dinar Language Arabic Physical Feature The world's - a - - - earliest knowncivilization beganin Sumer - - LA near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers about 5,500 - - years ago, - - - - - - - - Landmark The ancient ruins of - - 5 - 5 Nineveh, the last - - - capital of the Assyrian Empire, are in Iraq. The city was destroyed in612B.C.E. Did you know? Baghdad was once the center of the Arab world. By the year 800 it was a city of more thana million people. -