Edition |
First American edition. |
Description |
vii, 230 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (1 color) ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230). |
Contents |
Thousands of years of history -- Iraq since the revolution of 1958 -- Baghdad, city of peace -- The last disciples of St. John the Baptist -- Near Baghdad -- From Baghdad to Najaf -- Karbala and environs -- Abraham, prophet and Iraqi -- From Baghdad to Basra, via Kut -- Basra, Venice of the Orient -- From Najaf to Basra -- From Baghdad to Mosul -- Hatra, city of the sun-god -- Mosul and environs -- From Baghdad to Khanaqin (valley of the Diyala) -- From Baghdad to al-Haditha (upper Euphrates Valley) -- From Baghdad to Erbil, via Kirkuk -- The Kurdistan Autonomous Region. |
Subject |
Iraq -- History.
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Iraq -- Guidebooks.
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Added Title |
Guide de l'Irak. English
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ISBN |
1566565138 paperback |
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