A Brief History of Iraq
A Brief History of Iraq
Editor/Author
Fattah, Hala and Caso, Frank
Publication Year: 2009
Publisher: Facts On File
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-4381-2931-0
Category: History - World history
Image Count:
52
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Covering 6,000 years of history--from the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations to the fall of Saddam Hussein and the current war in Iraq. A Brief History of Iraq is a comprehensive look at the changing landscape of this interesting country.
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Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Iraq, the First Society (Prehistory to 539 B.C.E.)
- 2 From the Persian Empire to the Sassanians (539 B.C.E.-651 C.E.)
- 3 Iraq under the Umayyad Dynasty (651-750)
- 4 Abbasid and Post-Abbasid Iraq (750-1258)
- 5 Turkish Tribal Migrations and the Early Ottoman State (1256-1638)
- 6 Imperial Administration, Local Rule, and Ottoman Recentralization (1638-1914)
- 7 British Occupation and the Iraqi Monarchy (1914-1958)
- 8 The Growth of the Republican Regimes and the Emergence of Baathist Iraq (1958-1979)
- 9 The Rule of Saddam Hussein and the Difficult Legacy of the Mukhabarat State (1979-2003)
- 10 The War in Iraq (2003-2008)
- Postscript
- Appendixes
- 1 Basic Facts about Iraq
- 2 Chronology
- 3 Bibliography
- 4 Suggested Reading