A Brief History of Iraq

Basic facts, a chronology, a bibliography, and a list of suggested reading make up the appendixes in this invaluable book. Coverage includes: Iraq, the first society The Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and the Sassanians Iraq under the Umayyad dynasty Iraq under the Abbasid dynasty The Mongol invasion and early Ottoman rule Iraq under the Ottomans British occupation and the Iraqi monarchy The growth of the republican regimes and the emergence of Baathist Iraq The rule of Saddam Hussein and