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5. Aqarquf: This is an important historical city. It
is one of the cities which were built according
to Sumerian- Babylonian architectural
concepts. It is situated on 30 km west
northwards of the city center. Its building age
th
traces back to the 15 century B. C. according
to an order by the King Qurikalzo the first after
whom it had been named.
Aqarquf was built on a prolonged scheme on
natural limestone. The city took its water from a branch of the River Euphrates
(Baiti Inleel), i. e., God Canal, according to the Babylonian naming. People
dedicated for this God the city biggest temple. It is the creative God and God of
air.
The most immanent thing one can see is the city Ziggurat, as it elevates to 57m
above the plain surrounds it while the base was rectangular.

6. Madaien: This is one of the important historical
cities the ruins of which erect on the eastern
bank of the river Tigris, 30 km southwards the
nd
center of Baghdad. It was built during the 2
century BC. Its most prominent features are its
high arch, a part of a huge palace on the River
Tigris. Its building time goes back to the middle
rd
of the 3 century A. D. This Arch is the biggest
and highest brick built Arch all over the world.
Its building design had been developed from genuine Iraqi style of architecture.
Iwan (Hall) idea was developed from the ancient Iraqi buildings. Cities' entrances
frontages and some Assyrian palaces provide clear order of the development of
the idea of Iwan.