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000737725 1001_ $$aRobertson, John$$q(John F.),$$eauthor.
000737725 24510 $$aIraq :$$ba history /$$cJohn Robertson.
000737725 264_1 $$aLondon :$$bOneworld Publications,$$c2015.
000737725 300__ $$axiii, 383 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c25 cm
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000737725 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000737725 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-370) and index.
000737725 5050_ $$aIntroduction: The glory and the curse of Iraq's past -- Places, peoples, potentials : the enduring foundations of life in Iraq -- Cradle of civilization -- Cradle of empires -- Cradle of religions, crucible of conflicts -- Iraq, Islam, and the golden age of the Arab empire -- Interlude : from cradle to backwater -- The creation and zenith of modern Iraq -- The long descent -- Epilogue: "Tell me how this ends."
000737725 520__ $$a"In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account of a country and its people explores the greatness and grandeur of Iraq's achievements, the brutality and magnificence of its ancient empires, its contributions to the emergence of the world's enduring monotheistic faiths, and the role the great Arab caliphs of Baghdad played in the medieval cultural flowering that contributed so much to the European Renaissance and the eventual rise of the West"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000737725 651_0 $$aIraq$$xHistory.
000737725 651_0 $$aIraq$$xPolitics and government.
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