History of the Jews in Iraq
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history-of-the-jews-in-iraq-205-17156966
title:
History of the Jews in Iraq
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The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BCE. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities. The Jewish community in Mesopotamia, known in Jewish sources as "Babylonia", traces its origins to the early sixth century BCE, when a large number of Judeans from the defeated Kingdom of Judah were exiled to Babylon in several waves by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. A few decades later, some had retu
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Ethnic group
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iraq
date created:
2005-07-18T02:59:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:52:25Z
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