The Mesopotamian Marshes, also known as the Iraqi Marshes, are a wetland area located in Southern Iraq and southwestern Iran as well as partially in northern...

The Mesopotamian Marshes were drained in Iraq and to a smaller degree in Iran between the 1950s and 1990s to clear large areas of the marshes in the Tigris-Euphrates...

to create the Mesopotamian Marshes, which include permanent lakes, marshes, and riparian forests. The hydrology of these vast marshes is extremely important...

day—are Arabian inhabitants of the Mesopotamian marshlands in the modern-day south Iraq, as well as in the Hawizeh Marshes straddling the Iraq-Iran border...

of Akkad around 2350 BC, characterized the subsequent 2,000 years of Mesopotamian history, marked by the succession of kingdoms and empires such as the...

The marshes are home to 40 species of birds and several species of fish, plus they demarcate a range limit for a number of bird species. The marshes were...

got rid of, affecting the health of millions. The Mesopotamian Marshes, also known as the Iraqi Marshes, saw a considerable decrease during the 1980-1988...

Urban dialects Rural dialects Marshland dialects of the Marsh Arabs of the Mesopotamian Marshes Baghdadi Arabic is Iraq's de facto national vernacular...

Setting poles are also used widely on the Mesopotamian Marshes to propel the mashoof canoes used by the Marsh Arabs. These poles are called marda (مُرْدِيّ...

The Hawizeh Marshes are a complex of marshes that straddle the Iran–Iraq border. The marshes are fed by two branches of the Tigris River (the Al-Musharrah...

Urban dialects Rural dialects Marshland dialects of the Marsh Arabs of the Mesopotamian Marshes Qeltu dialects include: Qeltu Anatolian Qeltu Mardin dialects:...

and four wetland areas of the Mesopotamian Marshes: Huwaizah Marshes Central Marshes East Hammar Marshes West Hammar Marshes Uruk Archaeological City Ur...

The Mesopotamian Marshes were drained in Iraq and to a smaller degree in Iran between the 1950s and 1990s to clear large areas of the marshes in the...

also had a detrimental effect on the ecologically already fragile Mesopotamian Marshes and on freshwater fish habitats in Iraq. The inundation of large...

one side of the ziggurat or by a spiral ramp from base to summit. The Mesopotamian ziggurats were not places for public worship or ceremonies. They were...

and Bad-tibira. The southern area of the governorate is covered by Mesopotamian Marshes. Governor: Yahia Nasseri Deputy Governor: Ahmed al-Sheik Taha Governorate...

infantrymen crossed the Hawizeh Marshes using speedboats in an amphibious assault. This took the Iraqis by surprise, since the marshes were considered impenetrable...

first permanent structures were built) to the 6th century BC. Among the Mesopotamian architectural accomplishments are the development of urban planning,...

Mesopotamian religion was the original religious beliefs and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria...

away from the marshes in retribution for a failed Shia uprising in 1991. Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes directly affected the Marsh Arabs, forcing...

numbers, many with complex and detailed scenes despite their small size. Mesopotamian art survives in a number of forms: cylinder seals, relatively small figures...

Middle East steppe, Mesopotamian Marshes, Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests, Arabian Desert, Mesopotamian shrub desert, and...

the Mekong River and Delta, as well as the Louisiana bayous and Mesopotamian Marshes. The characteristic flat-bottomed design of the airboat, in conjunction...

of the Mesopotamian Marshes occurred in Iraq and to a smaller degree in Iran between the 1950s and 1990s to clear large areas of the marshes in the Tigris-Euphrates...

or Qurna Marshes are a large complex of wetlands in Iraq that, along with the Hawizeh and Hammar marshes, make up the Mesopotamian Marshes of the Tigris–Euphrates...

also various religious groups living in the Mesopotamian Marshes who were called the 'Sabians of the Marshes' (Arabic: Ṣābiʾat al-baṭāʾiḥ). Though this...

millennium BC, and soon after in various parts of the Near-East. An ancient Mesopotamian poem gives the first known story of the invention of writing: Because...

being the first and second driest recorded years, respectively. The Mesopotamian Marshes in southern Iraq, an ecosystem important to animals and humans alike...

Central Marshes. Further downstream, two other distributary channels branch off (the Al-Musharrah and Al-Kahla), to feed the Hawizeh Marshes. The main...

in his book The Marsh Arabs, notes that cats were allowed free entry to community buildings in villages in the Mesopotamian Marshes and were even fed...