īeginning with the invasion in 2003, a multinational coalition of forces, mainly American and British, occupied Iraq. Throughout its long history, Iraq has been the center of the Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid and Abbasid empires, and part of the Achaemenid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Ottoman and British empires. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is identified as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing and the wheel. Iraq has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. Historically, Iraq was known in Europe by the Greek exonym ' Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers) after the foundation of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932, it became known by its ancient endonym 'Iraq'. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the steppe and desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia. Two major flowing rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the centre of Iraq from north to south.
The capital city, Baghdad ( Arabic: بغداد Baġdād), is in the center-east of the country.
Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (35 miles) on the northern Persian Gulf. Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south.
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