what was the ancient name for modern-day iraq
Ur Ur (Sumerian: Urim;[1] Sumerian Cuneiform: ð’‹€ð’€•ð’†  URIM2KI or ð’‹€ð’€Šð’†  URIM5KI;[2] Akkadian: Uru;[3] Arabic: Ø£ÙˆØ±â€Žâ€Ž) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (Arabic: ØªÙ„ Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù‚ÙŠØ±â€Žâ€Ž) in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate.[4] Although Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the city is now well inland, on the south bank of the Euphrates, 16 kilometres (9.9Â mi) from Nasiriyah in modern-day Iraq.[5]
Prime Minister of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. The Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country's active executive authority. Nouri al-Maliki (formerly Jawad al-Maliki) was selected to be Prime Minister on 21 April 2006.[2][3] On 14 August 2014 al-Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al-Abadi to take his place.[4]