Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty. He ruled from 1792 BCE to his natural death in 1750 BCE. His father was Sin Muballit, who abdicated due to poor health. Hammurabi expanded Babylon from a small city state into a major empire. He conquered Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari, and weakened Elam, uniting much…
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Fun Facts and Trivia About Kurdistan
Kurdistan is a region spanning Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, technically belonging to all these countries. Despite not being an independent nation, it covers 151,000 square miles—larger than Germany and the UK combined—and has a population of about 30 million people. Since Kurdistan exists within multiple modern-day countries, its people speak more than just Kurdish….
Fun Facts and Trivia About Yogurt
While yogurt has been independently invented in different cultures throughout history, the first people to do so were probably in Mesopotamia around 5,000 BCE. The key step in making yogurt from milk is the fermentation of sugars, which creates lactic acid—the essential component that makes yogurt possible. Although yogurt is most commonly made from cow’s…
Fun Fact: Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate was the third caliphate to succeed The Prophet Muhammad of Islam. Despite being the third caliphate, it was actually founded by a dynasty sired his paternal uncle Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. Its central location was in present day Iraq but the caliphate at its greatest extent ruled most of the Middle East.
Fun Fact: Where Biblical Scholars Think Abraham Was Born
It is believed by people of faith that Abraham (the important figure of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) was born in what is now Iraq.