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|name=Iraq
|flag=[[File:Flag of Iraq.png|250px]]
|government= Constitutional Monarchy
|population=
|cities=[[Baghdad]] {{C|capital}}
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'''Iraq''' is a country in the Middle East. The region was once called Mesopotamia, along with [[Kuwait]], eastern [[Syria]], and southeastern [[Turkey]].

==Adventures in Iraq==
[[Indiana Jones]] and [[René Emile Belloq]] first met on an expedition in Iraq while studying at the [[Sorbonne]] in [[1922]].<ref>[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (novel)|''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' novel]]</ref>

In [[1934]], Indiana Jones recovered the [[Staff of Aaron]] from the [[Yezedi]], a satanic cult active in the country who had come into possession of the relic some time after its disappearance from the [[Temple of Solomon]].<ref>''[[Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx]]''</ref>

Two years later, Jones and [[Marion Ravenwood]]'s flight to [[Egypt]] from [[Nepal]] included a stop over in [[Baghdad]].<ref>''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''</ref>

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==Appearances==
*{{YIJC|Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye}} {{Edited Into}} ''[[Treasure of the Peacock's Eye]]'' {{C|On map}} {{C|As 'Irak'}}
*{{YIJC|Paris, May 1919}} {{Edited Into}} ''[[Winds of Change]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx]]''
*''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' {{C|On map}}
*[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (novel)|''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' novel]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine]]'' {{C|On map}}

==Sources==
*[[Grail Diary (game documentation)|Grail Diary]]
*''[[The World of Indiana Jones]]''
*''[[Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure]]''
*''[[The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Media Kit]]''
*''[[Colonel Lawrence's War - T.E. Lawrence and Arabia]]'' {{Nf}}
*''[[Lines in the Sand - The Middle East and the Great War]]'' {{Nf}}
*''[[Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide]]''
*[[Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Digital Art Book|''Indiana Jones and the Great Circle'' Digital Art Book]]

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WP|Iraq}}
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