The human heritage and historical monuments, a precious treasure in the land of Iraq, were not spared by day and night air raids and gun shots. Such an aggression can only demonstrate that if the technical and material advance is not raised to an elevated and sublime level, it will result in annihilation and ravages.

The monuments and historical landmarks of Iraq have long been attached a wide-range attention throughout the world, as Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilizations well steeped in history which marked the human history, and left as a legacy, a cultural, legal and architectural heritage, which influenced civilizations and cultures in other parts of the world.

The examples that will be presented show the greatness of the cultural and civilizational heritage that flourished and thrived on the shores of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. All historians, researchers and archaeologists, through their respective enquiries, in addition to archaeological monuments, authenticated that the Mesopotamia is the oldest centre of cultural and human heritage and mature civilization. From this heritage originated the spring of knowledge, literature, and arts, that influenced the rest of the ancient world.

Such a grandeur is reflected in a myriad of monuments and sites- more than 25,000 historical sites in major metropolises, in addition to the real treasures of the human civilization which are preserved in museums.

The history of the Iraqi civilization dates back to the fourth millennium B.C., as the Mesopotamia witnessed a succession of the most prominent human civilizations, including among others the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian civilizations and the Arab Islamic civilization.

Aware of the value of the Iraqi civilization and cultural heritage; in accordance with its charter which enjoins protection of the heritage and culture of Member States; holding to its responsibility in shoring up their efforts in standing up to their rights, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in protecting their civilizational and cultural heritage; in fulfilment of the mission with which it is entrusted in preserving the traditional, cultural and civilizational aspects of the Islamic identity; the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- devoted its website to the presentation of the major landmarks of cultural and civilizational heritage of its Member States, where it exhibited the Iraqi monuments to provide the international community with a record of this great civilizational heritage, the historical sites, religious and cultural monuments in Iraq, which all stand as a cultural treasure for the overall humanity that cannot be abandoned or left without protection.

ISESCO's aim through this website is to show the extent of the damages that are perpetrated through the unfair attacks against the Iraqi people and their precious heritage. If the whole world stood against the destruction of the Buddha statues in Afghanistan, it should likewise stand against the destruction of the Iraqi heritage and civilization, that represent a major part of the human heritage.