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=== Predecessor states === | === Predecessor states === | ||
Iraq’s territory was part of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and the Abbasid Caliphate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient Mesopotamia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mesopotamia |publisher=Britannica |date=2024-10-15 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> The Ottoman Empire (1534–1918) and the British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920–1932) directly preceded modern Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Mandate of Mesopotamia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/british-mandate-mesopotamia |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=2003-01-01 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> Catholic communities, particularly [[Chaldean Catholics]], thrived under Ottoman rule, with missions supported by [[Dominicans]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraq’s Catholic History |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/iraq-catholic-church |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=2003-01-01 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> | Iraq’s territory was part of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and the Abbasid Caliphate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient Mesopotamia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mesopotamia |publisher=Britannica |date=2024-10-15 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> The [[Ottoman Empire]] (1534–1918) and the British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920–1932) directly preceded modern Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Mandate of Mesopotamia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/british-mandate-mesopotamia |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=2003-01-01 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> Catholic communities, particularly [[Chaldean Catholics]], thrived under Ottoman rule, with missions supported by [[Dominicans]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraq’s Catholic History |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/iraq-catholic-church |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=2003-01-01 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref> | ||
=== Successor states === | === Successor states === | ||