02798nam 22005654a 450 991045525950332120200520144314.01-282-40931-X97866124093180-313-06129-7(CKB)1000000000807250(EBL)497161(OCoLC)85435164(SSID)ssj0000338632(PQKBManifestationID)11252285(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338632(PQKBWorkID)10298730(PQKB)10648664(MiAaPQ)EBC497161(Au-PeEL)EBL497161(CaPaEBR)ebr10349836(CaONFJC)MIL240931(EXLCZ)99100000000080725020050715d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe history of Iraq[electronic resource] /Courtney HuntWestport, Conn. Greenwood Press20051 online resource (153 p.)The Greenwood histories of the modern nations,1096-2905Description based upon print version of record.0-313-33414-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-121) and index.Series foreword / Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline of historical events -- The land and people of Iraq -- The cradle of civilization -- Babylonia -- The Muslim conquest -- The Ottoman Empire -- The British occupation -- The kingdom of Iraq and the revolution of 1958 -- A decade of revolutions and the rise of Saddam -- A decade of wars: the Iran-Iraq war and the first Gulf War -- Sanctions, the second Persian Gulf War and Iraq today -- Glossary -- Notable people in the history of Iraq -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.Since the early 1990s, Iraq (and its former dictator, Saddam Hussein) has been a fixture in Western media. However, few American adults know or understand the rich cultural history or the political forces that have shaped modern Iraq. As the future of Iraq is now being written, a clear understanding of the country's history is crucial in our new global environment. Through ten narrative chapters, Hunt delves into the rich history of this land from the earliest settlements in Mesopotamia, the introduction of the Muslim faith, and the conquest of Baghdad by the Ottomans in 1534 to the institutioGreenwood histories of the modern nations.IraqHistoryElectronic books.956.7Hunt Courtney981555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455259503321The history of Iraq2240256UNINA01494nas 2200469- 450 991014630280332120210111030331.22083-4799(DE-599)ZDB2503676-2(OCoLC)320146626(CKB)1000000000439201(CONSER)--2015207025(EXLCZ)99100000000043920120090504a20019999 s-- aengurcn|nnnuuauutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAdvances in materials scienceGdańsk, Poland :Gdańsk Scientific Society,2001-1 online resourceRefereed/Peer-reviewedTitle from display title screen (viewed May 4, 2009).1730-2439 Adv. Mater. Sci.Materials sciencePeriodicalsMaterialsDeteriorationPeriodicalsMaterialsDeteriorationfast(OCoLC)fst01011800Materials sciencefast(OCoLC)fst01011957Periodicals.fastMaterials ScienceMaterials scienceMaterialsDeteriorationMaterialsDeterioration.Materials science.Gdańskie Towarzystwo Naukowe.Polskie Towarzystwo Materiałoznawcze.JOURNAL9910146302803321Advances in materials science2172500UNINA