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Understanding Iraq

Understanding Iraq A Whistlestop Tour from Ancient Babylon to Occupied Baghdad

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Publisher's Synopsis

The author provides a history of Iraq, taking the reader on a sweeping tour from the first Sumerian settlements on to the Babylonians, the dramatic advent of Islam, the destructive invasion of the Mongols, centuries of Ottoman rule, into the turbulent 20th century and today's experiements in Western styles of democracy.

About the Publisher

I. B. Tauris

I.B.Tauris has long been recognised as one of the leading publishers on the Middle East and the Islamic World and has a major presence in Classics and Ancient History, History, Geography and Social Sciences, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Religion, Film and Visual Culture, and Fine Art including the internationally recognised Fine Art imprint Philip Wilson Publishers. We also publish the popular Tauris Parke Paperbacks imprint specialising in history, travel and biography.

Book information

ISBN: 9781845111236
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Imprint: I. B. Tauris
Pub date:
DEWEY: 956.7
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 304g
Height: 147mm
Width: 214mm
Spine width: 18mm