LEADER 03038oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910959427203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400664939 010 $a9786612409318 010 $a9781282409316 010 $a128240931X 010 $a9780313061295 010 $a0313061297 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400664939 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807250 035 $a(EBL)497161 035 $a(OCoLC)85435164 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252285 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298730 035 $a(PQKB)10648664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497161 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349836 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240931 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497161 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400664939BC 035 $a(Perlego)4170755 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807250 100 $a20240214e20052024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe history of Iraq /$fCourtney Hunt 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2005. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 225 1 $aThe Greenwood histories of the modern nations,$x1096-2905 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313334146 311 08$a0313334145 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [119]-121) and index. 327 $aSeries 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. 330 $aSince the early 1990s, Iraq (and its former dictator, Saddam Hussein) has been a fixture in Western media. However, few American adults know or understand the rich cultural history or the political forces that have shaped modern Iraq. As the future of Iraq is now being written, a clear understanding of the country's history is crucial in our new global environment. Through ten narrative chapters, Hunt delves into the rich history of this land from the earliest settlements in Mesopotamia, the introduction of the Muslim faith, and the conquest of Baghdad by the Ottomans in 1534 to the institutio 410 0$aGreenwood histories of the modern nations. 607 $aIraq$xHistory 676 $a956.7 700 $aHunt$b Courtney$01795240 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959427203321 996 $aThe history of Iraq$94336369 997 $aUNINA