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Lower Mesopotamia, the Cradle of Civilization stretches south of Iraq's Baghdad Belts to Kuwait, in the Land between the Rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris.

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• Al Diwaniyah
• Al Hillah
• Amarah
• Basra — the major city of the south, a large port town on the Shatt-al-Arab River just northwest of the Persian Gulf.
• Karbala
• Kut
• Najaf
• Nasiriyah

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• Babylon
• Ur

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The entirety of Karbala Province is located here, and is notable as the place of Martyn Imam Husain, where he fought war with Yazid, then Emperor of the region, who claimed himself to be god. Imam Husain sacrificed his life for the truth. The place has the tomb Imam as well as his armies Commander-in-chief and brother Abbas Allambardar. The Imam Husain's army had 96 warriors including women's and children were called Ahlebait. The total deaths in Ahlebait was 72. The place has the tomb of all the martyrs. It is considered a sacred place for Shi'a Muslims.

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