#Iraq is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 253 people shared 2,099 posts with it — around 70 a day. Activity is down 11% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 29 with 176 posts.

Posts with #Iraq

Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

6 days ago

Elamite sculpture silver, gold c. 1500 BCE Elamite culture present day Iran An Elamite warrior attacking a Sumerian goddess, probably Ishtar. #art #ancientart #elamiteart #sculpture #silver #gold #conflict #war #warrior #propaganda #sumer #mesopotamia #ishtar #iran #iraq

This silver and gold composition is an Elamite masterpiece from southeastern Mesopotamia, dating to approximately 1500 BCE.
It is currently part of the Al Thani Collection.
The artifact is featured in the Animalia: Bestiary from The Al Thani Collection exhibition.
The Elamites were a rival civilization to the Mesopotamian confederation, and fought many wars over a nearly 2000 year period. I believe that this Elamite sculpture shows an Elamite warrior (king?) about to kill the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar. Sort of war-time propaganda circa 1500 BCE!
A fierce and long-lasting rivalry existed between Elam and the city-states and empires of Mesopotamia for more than two millennia. This relationship swung between intense warfare, plundering, and trade.
Around 2700 BCE, one of the earliest recorded conflicts in human history took place between the Sumerians and the Elamites.
Ishtar also known as Inanna, was a mythological deity woman with horns and wings.
Ishtar, Queen of the night also known as Inanna was the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, sexual desire, conflict, war, justice, and power.

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Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

2 months ago

Tablet with calculation and addition of the areas of five fields clay 3200-2900 BCE proto Sumerian culture Jemdet Nasr, Ancient Mesopotamia present day Iraq #handmade #ancient #ancientculture #ancientwriting #cuneiform #tablet #clay #mesopotamia #sumerianculture #jemdetnasr #iraq #mathematics #art

Ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablets represent one of humanity's earliest writing systems. Developed in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) around 3200 BCE, they began as administrative pictographs on clay before evolving into abstract, wedge-shaped phonetic symbols.
Early tablets like this one were used for administrative purposes to record the storage and distribution of goods, animals and people.
This tablet comes from Jemdet Nasr, the remains of an ancient site in southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).
Tablets such as this list quantities of different commodities using an early form of the cuneiform script, and the circles and half circles that you can see across the document indicate numerals.
This tablet is known as the 'field of the EN. It contains calculations for the areas of five fields. The scribe added these figures together and divided the grand total into thirds.
Two thirds were allocated to a person called the EN, which is Sumerian for 'lord', while the remaining third was divided unevenly among other individuals, including the wife of the EN. It clearly reflects a hierarchical society, with EN as a leading figure.
from the Ashmolean Museum
See it on display in Gallery 19, Level G

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Rhuta Bhayga

@rhutabhayga.bsky.social

5 months ago

#Iran #Iraq

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bin Adamah

@devadasa.bsky.social

5 months ago

A thread 🧵 where I will use maps to try and explain the War on Iran. Hopefully this helps. Our first map is a true size map from truesizeof.com It shows the United States compared to the region. Notice how #Iran is much larger than #Iraq and #Afghanistan and its central location. 1/n

A map of the United States imposed over the Middle East south Asia region. It is centered on our lawn. Is surrounded by Afghanistan Pakistan Oman Saudi Arabia UAE Bahrain Iraq Syria and Turkey and Turkmenistan.

bin Adamah @devadasa.bsky.social

Here's two maps illustrating @leahmcelrath.bsky.social's point. In the first map, red is Sunni Islam, blue is Shia Islam. In the second, red is gas fields and black is oil fields. The largest oil field in the world - al-Ghawar field - can be see as an elongated black line west of Qatar.

Two maps that illustrate that Saudi Arabia's largest oil field is in the region with the largest Shia population.

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NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

5 months ago

Shahed drones struck a French military base in northern Iraq, wounding six French soldiers. Iraqi media reported a military helicopter caught fire in the attack. #Iraq

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Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉

@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social

5 months ago

#SavioursOfWomen #Afghanistan #Iraq #Libya #Iran

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NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

5 months ago

A fire started in Basra, Iraq, as Iranian forces targeted US troops. #Iraq

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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉

@katsikajules.bsky.social

7 months ago

Netanyahu spends time with Trump, Netanyahu's agenda Iran. Quell surprise 'Trump is locked and loaded'. Stay out of domestic issues America, the objective is clear Israel & USA. Look what you did in #Iraq #Libya #Syria #Palestine #Lebanon @lbc.co.uk

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NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

5 months ago

❗️Basra Police have confirmed that a US aircraft crashed within the province, with security forces launching a search operation for the pilot, who was seen ejecting near the Iraqi-Iranian border. Shia groups are also reported to be searching the area. #Iraq

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NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

5 months ago

❗️Iraq's entire electricity grid has shut down across all provinces including airports, the Iraqi Electricity Ministry confirmed. The cause is under investigation, with Iranian cyber activity raised as a possible factor. #Iraq

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NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

5 months ago

Crew members have been evacuated from a vessel that was targeted and set ablaze near the port of Umm Qasr in southern #Iraq.

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NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

5 months ago

Casualties have been reported among Popular Mobilization Forces in the Samawah desert following a US-led attack in Iraq, according to Iraqi channels. #Iraq

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com

US and Israeli airstrikes are hammering Iranian-backed PMF targets across Iraq, with intense strikes on Al-Qaim and Muthanna Province. In Iran, the Electronic Industries complex in Shiraz has been hit again, Tabriz has also been struck leaving parts of the city without electricity. #Iran