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Article: Key dates in Iraq's history.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- January 31, 2003
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These are some key dates in the history of Iraq:
5000-2000 B.C. _ Sumer culture.
2000-500 B.C. _ Babylonia.
A.D. 750-1258 _ Abbasid Caliphate rules eastern Muslim world with headquarters in Baghdad.
1258-1335 _ Mongol invasion.
1534-1918 _ Ottoman Empire.
1912 _ Founding of Turkish Petroleum Co. (controlling Iraq reserves).