Nimrod was a important man in ancient times, the grandson of Ham and great-grandson of noah Nimrod started his kingdom at babylon gensis10:10 After the Flood as the human population quickly grew, some descendants of Noah built a tower to prevent their dispersion; but God confounded their language Gen. 11:1-8, and they were scattered over the whole earth. until the flood the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. Cush land and father of nimrod ( Nimrod’s cities were accad , Calah and Calneh Erech and Nimrud, and Resen ). Nineveh was also founded by Nimrod (Genesis 10:11). Although Nineveh repented at Jonah’s preaching (Jon 3:5 ) the revival was short-lived.
Nimrod,s the Tower of Babel Gen. 11:19 was not a Jack and the Beanstalk-type of construction, where people were trying to build a structure to get into heaven. Instead, it is best understood as an ancient ziggurat Assyrian“mountaintop” , as the one pictured at ancient Ur of the Chaldees, Abraham's hometown Gen. 11:31 . A ziggurat was a man-made structure with a temple at its top, built to worship the host of heaven .
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." The centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh in Shinar (Genesis 10:8-10).
God said through the prophet Isaiah, ( 19;23-25 ). for iraq. in the bible.( you gotta look it up)
