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Portrait of Saddam Hussein from 1998

Saddam Hussein

Iraq · 1937–2006

Dictator of Iraq

Monument to the mathematician Al-Khwarizmi

Al-Khwarizmi

Iraq · c. 780–c. 850

Mathematician & astronomer

Photograph of Mustafa Barzani

Mustafa Barzani

Iraq · 1903–1979

Kurdish nationalist leader

Bas-relief of Hammurabi from the top of his law code stele

Hammurabi

Iraq · c. 1810–1750 BCE

King of Babylon

Ancient depiction believed to represent Nebuchadnezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II

Iraq · c. 634–562 BCE

King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire