Iraq is a place.
Iraq . The capital , and largest city , is Baghdad . Iraq has a coastline measuring 58 km on the northern Persian Gulf and encompasses the Mesopotamian Alluvial Plain , the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range , and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert . These rivers provide Iraq with significant amounts of fertile land . Iraq was the centre of the Akkadian , Sumerian , Assyrian , and Babylonian empires .