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Abbasid dynasty, 39, 93 See also Islam Abdulillah (regent), 49, 52, 53 ibn Abdullah, Muhammad. See Muhammad agriculture, 22, 28, 79–81 Akashat, 79 Al-Diddibah (plain), 27 Al-Kadhimain Mosque (Baghdad), 89 Al Qurnah, 22, 23 Al Thawrah Dam, 24 Alexander the Great, 35–36 Ali, 39, 97 See also Shia Islam bin Ali, Hussein, 44, 45 Ali al-Gharbi, 26 Allawi, Iyad, 119, 123 An Najaf, 39, 40, 97, 102 Arab-Israeli conflict, 50–51, 107 Arab Revolt, 44 Arab Union, 53 Arabian Gulf. See Persian Gulf Arabic language, 87–88 Arch of Ctesiphon, 93 , 94 area, 21, 25 Arif,Abd al-Rahman, 57, 58 Arif,Abd al-Salam, 53–54, 55 , 56–57 See also Free Officers arts, 88–91 As Sulaymaniyah, 88 Assyrian Empire, 34, 95 See also history Assyrians, 75, 84 See also Christianity Atatürk Dam, 23–24 Baath Party, 54–55, 56–61, 75, 101, 104, 113, 117, 118 See also political parties Babylon, 33, 34–35 See also history Baghdad, 13, 19, 22, 30, 39, 40–41, 44, 46, 47, 53, 57, 58, 71, 78, 79, 93–94, 112, 114

Mongol sack of, 40, 94 al-Bakr,Ahmed Hassan, 57, 58–59, 60 Basra, 26, 27, 41, 43, 66, 78, 79, 93, 95–96, 112 Battle of Karbala, 39 See also Islam Bayji, 78 Blair,Tony, 119 Bremer, L. Paul, 100 , 114, 118 Bush, George H.W., 65–66, 69 Bush, GeorgeW., 18–19, 71, 99, 103, 108 , 111, 112, 114, 117, 121 Christianity, 36, 38, 46, 48, 75, 84, 95 See also Islam Clemenceau, Georges, 45 climate, 25 , 30–31 Clinton, Bill, 16, 69, 70 Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), 114, 117 Code of Hammurabi, 33 “cradle of civilization.” See Mesopotamian civilization currency, 80 economy, 51, 77–81 See also oil Egypt, 50, 51–52, 54, 113 Euphrates River, 19, 21 , 22–24, 34, 108 See also Tigris River Fahd (Crown Prince), 105 Faisal I (King), 45, 46 , 47, 48 Faisal II (King), 49, 52, 53 Fallujah, 113 family life, 86–87 foreign relations, 104–109 and Iran, 101–103 and Turkey, 101, 103–104 and the United States, 13, 76–77, 99–101 Dahuk, 88 Dawrah, 78

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