3/29/12

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All different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Atkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid empires.

It came under British control after WW1(1918) as a League of Nations mandate.

A monarchy was established in 1921

Iraq gained independence from Britian in 1932

In 1958 the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Iraq was created

A new constitution was then approved by vote and a new government of Iraq was elected.

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