His goal consisted of using money from the country's oil industry to make Iraq a modern version of Babylon. Babylon is and ancient capital of the mighty Babylonian Empire, which had been centered in Iraq. Saddam has even rebuilt sections of Babylon's ruins to be a symbol of Iraq's glory and power. (" The Persian Gulf War", Don Nardo). ...

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1. Cuneiform - Cuneiform is defined as a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets. The earliest use of cuneiform writing dates back to early Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C.E. Sumerian writing ranged from concrete objec...

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