Iraqi Cuisine It has a long history dating back to 10,000 years to the Sumerians, the Acadians, the Babylonians and the Assyrians. As some of the panels found in the ancient monuments in Iraq show recipes for the preparation of food, which was prepared in the temples during the religious holidays and these plates of the first cookbooks in the world of ancient Iraq, or Mesopotamia was the cradle of many civilizations developed and very advanced in all Fields of knowledge including culinary arts.