A brief history of Iraq

• Main Author: Fattah, Hala Mundhir, 1950-
• Other Authors: Caso, Frank.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Facts On File, c2009.
• Subjects: HISTORY > General.; Iraq > History.; Iraq > Civilization.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

From the Publisher: The story of Iraq is that of a people struggling to overcome the burdens of a turbulent past. From the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations to the 2003 U.S. invasion and subsequent fall of Saddam Hussein, A Brief History of Iraq takes a concise but comprehensive look at the peoples...

Table of Contents:

• List of illustrations
• List of maps
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1: Iraq, the first society (prehistory to 539 BCE)
• 2: From the Persian empire to the Sassanians (539 BCE-651 CE)
• 3: Iraq under the Umayyad dynasty (651-750)
• 4: Abbasid and post-Abbasid dynasty (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: Growth of the republican regimes and the emergence of Baathist Iraq (1958-1979)
• 9: Rule of Saddam Hussein and the difficult legacy of the Mukhabarat state (1979-2003)
• 10: War in Iraq (2003-2008)
• Postscript
• Appendixes: 1: Basic facts about Iraq
• 2: Chronology
• 3: Bibliography
• 4: Suggested reading
• Index.