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