A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

IRAQ

Sun, 17 Mar '24
Where dinars are spent
Sun, 18 Feb '24
Home to the Great Ziggurat of Ur
Tue, 4 Jul '23
Second-greatest oil producer in OPEC
Thu, 29 Sep '22
Setting for Operation Red Dawn
Sat, 11 Dec '21
Where the Noah's Ark story is thought to have occurred, today
Mon, 16 Aug '21
Baghdad's land
Mon, 8 Mar '21
Baghdad's land