The earliest of the city states of the ancient Near East appeared at the southern end of the Mesopotamian plain, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.

古代近东地区最早的城邦出现在美索不达米亚平原的南端，该地区位于底格里斯河和幼发拉底河之间，也就是现在的伊拉克境内。

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He died at the age of 33 of a high fever in Babylon, in what is now Iraq.

他在33岁的时候因为高烧死在巴比伦，就是现在的伊拉克。

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Now Iraq is importing more and more grain. Farmers along the Euphrates say, with anger and despair, that they may have to abandon Anbar rice for cheaper varieties.

而现在伊拉克正越来越多的进口粮食。伴着气愤又绝望的情绪沿岸的农民说他们不得不放弃安巴尔大米而选择其他更便宜的食物。

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Iraq moved up two places this year and is now ranked fourth from the bottom, along with Sudan.

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He says,Iraq must also determine how to cooperate and coordinate, beginning now and until the end of 2011.

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"Well now we're starting to get out of Iraq, what does it mean to get Afghanistan right?

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Most importantly, the memories of Vietnam, and now Iraq, continue to shape all policymaking decisions.

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Where that has not happened, you find unsuccessful states, like Yemen, for example and now Iraq.

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Now Iraq has inked a contract for another batch of 18 F-16 fighters from the United States.

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