Iraq: The Oldest Country on Earth
Intermediate (B1) · Travel & Geography · 14 min · Free
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Iraq is the oldest country in the world. Not one of the oldest. The oldest.
Today we travel to Iraq on the map: where it sits in western Asia, why it is the heart of the Fertile Crescent, and how the agricultural revolution that changed the human story began between its two rivers. The video opens with verses of poetry about Iraq, because a country this old deserves to be introduced in verse.
This is the first stop in a new series about the Arab countries, one by one. Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen are coming.
Slow, clear Arabic with the map on screen the whole time. Follow the map, and the Arabic follows you.
