Iraq Then and Now: A Guide to the Country and Its PeopleBradt Travel Guides, 2008 - 371 pages This new Bradt title responds to huge public interest in both Iraq and its people and is less a travel guide certainly for the time being and more of an objective account of Saddam s regime as a whole, and the build-up to the recent conflict.Focusing on developments in post-Saddam Iraq, without ignoring the horrors which have occurred in the aftermath of the war, the author highlights the country s positive progression, with chapters such as Iraqi Voices describing the hopes, fears and ambitions of Iraqis and Post-Saddam Iraq where we get to hear the views of prominent politicians on the war and how it was handled. When Bradt published the first edition of its travel guide to Iraq, the country was slowly breaking free from the shackles of sanctions, Western tourists were returning in small numbers and it looked as if the fledgling tourist industry would grow. As in that travel guide, this new book introduces the magnificent ancient Iraqi civilisations and provides a historical background to the country, as well as providing updated practical information on which places are still open to visitors." |
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... Sunni - Shia divide 13 IX 3 PART TWO IRAQ THEN 19 Chapter 2 The Ancient Kingdoms 22 21 Chronology 21 , Early Mesopotamia 22 , Before Sumer 24 , The Sumerians 25 , Babylon and Hammurabi 31 , The Assyrians 32 , Babylon revisited 39 ...
... Sunni - Shia divide 13 IX 3 PART TWO IRAQ THEN 19 Chapter 2 The Ancient Kingdoms 22 21 Chronology 21 , Early Mesopotamia 22 , Before Sumer 24 , The Sumerians 25 , Babylon and Hammurabi 31 , The Assyrians 32 , Babylon revisited 39 ...
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... Sunni Triangle Historical background 185 , The 2003 war 201 , Baghdad today - a divided city drenched in blood 203 , The Sunni west , the Shia east and north 203 , The Green Zone - a fortress in the centre of Baghdad 207 , Sadr City - a ...
... Sunni Triangle Historical background 185 , The 2003 war 201 , Baghdad today - a divided city drenched in blood 203 , The Sunni west , the Shia east and north 203 , The Green Zone - a fortress in the centre of Baghdad 207 , Sadr City - a ...
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Contents
Historical sketch 3 Geography 5 Climate 6 Flora | 9 |
PART | 19 |
Chapter 3 | 45 |
Chapter 4 | 63 |
PART THREE | 79 |
Chapter 6 | 93 |
PostSaddam Iraq | 113 |
The North Iraqi Kurdistan | 137 |
Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle | 185 |
The South | 227 |
Culture | 277 |
Archaeological Sites | 293 |
Iraqis in Exile | 319 |
Postscript | 333 |
Further Information | 352 |
358 | |
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