I was lucky enough to work in Erbil for a month or so...….. its a wild place with magnificent people...….. amazing women which is particular to Kurdistan, even terrifying ISIS.
Said to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the World the main "Old" town sit perhaps 30 mts above the normal ground level. Not a natural entity this elevation is how the city has actually built itself above the desert floor...……… centuries of humanity loving, building arguing living. Its an amazing place.