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Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Arbil, Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Najaf, Karbala, Nasiriyah, Hillah.
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Stefano Rolla died on November 12, 2003, in Nasiriyah, Iraq of terrorist bombing.
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The ancient city of Ur is located in modern-day Iraq, near the city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province. It was a prominent Sumerian city in ancient Mesopotamia.
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The present-day location of the Ziggurat of Ur is in modern-day Dhi Qar Province in southern Iraq, near the city of Nasiriyah. It is one of the best-preserved ziggurats in Iraq and is a popular archaeological site.
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Ur is the modern Tell el-Mukayyar, Iraq. Once a coastal city near the mouth of the then Euphrates river on the Persian Gulf, Ur is now well inland. Currently, Ur is south of the Euphrates on its right bank, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Nasiriyah, Iraq and close to the site of ancient Eridu.
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Honey, Ur ain't no modern city, it's ancient history! Ur was a Sumerian city located in present-day Iraq, near the city of Nasiriyah. So, unless time travel becomes a thing, you won't find Ur on any modern city maps.
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Mauritania50 °C (122 °F)Akjujt
South Africa50.0 °C (122 °F)Dunbrody, Eastern Cape
Tunisia50.1 °C (122.2 °F)El Borma
Egypt50.3 °C (122.6 °F)Kharga
Qatar50.4 °C (122.7 °F)Doha
Morocco50.7 °C (123.2 °F)Semara
Oceania‡50.7 °C (123.3 °F)Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia
Algeria51.0 °C (123.8 °F)Illizi
India51.1 °C (123.9 °F)Purulia, West Bengal
Saudi Arabia52.0 °C (125.6 °F)Jeddah
Iraq52.0 °C (125.7 °F)Basra
Ali Air Base, Nasiriyah
Mexico53.0 °C (127.4 °F)Ciudad Obregón, Sonora,
Pakistan53.5 °C (128.3 °F)Mohenjo-daro, Sindh
Kuwait53.5 °C (128.3 °F)Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait
Asia53.9 °C (129 °F)Tirat Tsvi, North District, Israel
Israel54 °C (129 °F)Tirat Zvi, Israel
Tanzania56.0 °C (132.8 °F)Songea
North America56.7 °C (134 °F)Death Valley, California, United States
Africa/On Earth57.8 °C (136.0 °F)'Aziziya, Libya
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The Hopi's name for themselves in Hopi is Hopituh Shi-nu-mu. This is often translated as the Peaceful Ones or Peaceful little ones. A better translation might be the Righteous, or Civilized or well Mannered Ones. They have lived for 1100 years on three mesas at about 6000ft in the high desert in what is now Arizona. They have matrilineal clans. They are an agricultural people whose principal crop was and is corn. They live in stone and adobe villages that the Spanish called Pueblos. There are about 20,000 Hopi today. They speak a Uto-Aztecan language and today English as well. The Hopi Nation is today 2,531.773 sq mi. They share many cultural traits with other Pueblos people but they resisted the Spanish more successfully and after 1680 when they killed and drove them off they were not colonized until the American period. They are famous for their beautiful pottery and jewelery. The are also known for their kachina carvings and rituals. the Hopi say that the differnet clans came to the mesas after traveling to all the four directions. They say they live their traditional life there in order to keep this fourth world in balance and going. To them the difficult life and many rituals is what keeps them and the whole world of the correct path.
They have repeatedly voted against casinos. They have a radio station, and run hotels and other properties. They receive royalties from the Black Mesa coal mine.
There are many famous Hopi potters and artists. Iris Nampeyo might be the most famous. Num-pa-yu, meaning "snake that does not bite" She was Hopi-Tewa
Specialist Lori Ann Piestewa was killed in 2003 in a famous ambush attack in Nasiriyah Iraq.
Louis Tewanima was an Olympic runner who won the 10,000 m silver in Sweden in 1912. He was also in the 1908 London games.
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