Iraq 3/4 th hour Westerlund

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Iraq 3/4 th hour Westerlund This is the flag of IRAQ!!!! Morgan Lavender

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Iraq 3/4 th hour Westerlund. This is the flag of IRAQ!!!! . Morgan Lavender. Culture-Religion. 95% of Iraq people are Muslim. 54% are Shi’ah. 41% are Sunni. And there is a very small population of Jews. A Muslim couple!! . Culture-Language. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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This is the flag of IRAQ!!!!

Morgan Lavender

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95% of Iraq people are Muslim.54% are Shi’ah.41% are Sunni.And there is a very small population of Jews.

Culture-Religion

A Muslim couple!!

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•Other languages are: Turkish, Aramaic, Kurdish, Armenian, and Pertain.•Arabic is the official language.

Culture-Language

Muslim people!!!

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•Jan. 1:New Years Day!!!•Dec.18: Islamic New Year!!!•Dec.27: Ashura!!!•And a lot more holidays!!!

Culture-holidays

Islam's celebrating Islamic New Year!!

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•Women might wear Abayah to cover their faces and all the rest of their body down to their toes.•Majority of men wear Dishdashah.

Clothing-Culture

Here are some women wearing Abayah!!!

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•Southern Iraq at about 5300 BC is where the Sumerians culture began .•In 2125 BC, the Sumerian of Ur in southern Mesopotamia rose up in revolt.•In 2340 BC, the great Akkadian leader Sargon conquered Sumer and built the Akkadian empire stretching over most of the Sumerian city-states and extended far away as Lebanon.

Iraq’s history

This is a picture of a sculpture of one of the Akkadian leader!!!

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•The person in charge is president Jalal Talban.

Politics

This is a picture of president Jalal Talban!!!

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•The population is 28,221,180•The growth rate is 2.562%•Life expectancy for males is 68.32•And for females is 70.99

Facts and Figures

Iraq’s population!!!

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•Iraq= “country of deep roots”•They eat three meals a day!! Ghidaa is what they eat for lunch and they eat what's called Baklava for dessert.

Interesting Information

this is Baklava!!!

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•Absolute location is 35 degrees north and 445 degrees east.•The relative location is= in Asia

Geography

A map of Asia!!!

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•Iraq is a developing country for many reasons on reason is the number of televisions they have 333 per 1000 people. •Another reason is the life expectancy is 69.62 years.•The last reason is they have 115 billion barrels of oil.

Economy

An Iraqi Diner Note!!!

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•“Iraq”cultuergrams.2009.6Marhttp://onlineculturegrams.com•http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

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