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A view of Erbil, Iraq A view of Erbil, Iraq Goddess Ishtar on an Akkadian Empire seal, 2350–2150 BCE. She is equipped with weapons on her back, has a horned helmet, places her foot in a dominant posture upon a lion secured by a leash and is accompanied by the star of Shamash. Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯). Her primary title is "the Queen of Heaven". She was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple at the city of Uruk, her early main cult center. In archaic Uruk she was worshipped in three forms: morning Inanna (Inana-UD/hud), evening Inanna (Inanna sig) and princely Inanna (Inanna NUN), the former two reflecting the phases of her associated planet Venus. Her most prominent symbols include the lion and the eight-pointed star. Her husband is the god Dumuzid (later known as Tammuz), and her sukkal (attendant) is the goddess Ninshubur, later conflated with the male deities Ilabrat and Papsukkal. (Full article...) List of selected articles Basra International Stadium Sidara Citadel of Erbil Najaf Epic of Gilgamesh Iraqi Turkmen Mesopotamia Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Assyrians Baghdad Babylon Mosul Sargon of Akkad Bull of Heaven Al-Talaba SC On Her Shoulders 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster Basra Iraqi maqam Dumuzid Enlil Akkadian Empire Ninurta Code of Hammurabi List of Mesopotamian deities 2003 invasion of Iraq Sumer Ashurbanipal Kirkuk Iraqi literature History of the Jews in Iraq Samarra Assur Iraqi cuisine Hatra Iraqi art Karbala Petroleum industry in Iraq Iraqi Armed Forces Tigris History of Iraq Invasion of Kuwait Iran–Iraq War Yazidis 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election Mosul Nineveh Economy of Iraq COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Possible depiction of Shalmaneser V during his time as crown prince, from one of the reliefs of his father Tiglath-Pileser III Shalmaneser V (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: [] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help) Salmānu-ašarēd, meaning "Salmānu is foremost"; Biblical Hebrew: שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר‎ Šalmanʾeser) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Tiglath-Pileser III in 727 BC to his deposition and death in 722 BC. Though Shalmaneser V's brief reign is poorly known from contemporary sources, he remains known for the conquest of Samaria and the fall of the Kingdom of Israel, though the conclusion of that campaign is sometimes attributed to his successor, Sargon II, instead. (Full article...) List of selected biographies Louis Raphaël I Sako Rifat Chadirji Nebuchadnezzar II Sennacherib Al-Mu'tasim Al-Mu'tadid Sargon II Justin Meram Gilgamesh Zaha Hadid Ashurbanipal Nabonidus Saddam Hussein Barham Salih Sassoon Eskell Sargon Of Akkad Ilham al-Madfai Kadim Al Sahir Rida Al Abdullah Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi The following are images from various Iraq-related articles on Wikipedia. WikiProject Iraq WikiProject Western Asia The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject: Commons Free media repository Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikispecies Directory of species Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus Discover Wikipedia using portals List of all portals The arts portal Biography portal Current events portal Geography portal History portal Mathematics portal Science portal Society portal Technology portal Random portal WikiProject Portals