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   Geography    Reference    Bibliography    Archives    Materials    Libraries    Biography and Genealogy    Associations    Instruction
   Timelines    History    18th Century    19th Century    20th Century    21th Century
   Topics    Iraq Government    Military History    Iran-Iraq War    Gulf War    Museums

Research Tools
- Geography
  - Maps
    - Country Maps
      - Political 1999 [323Kb]
      - Administrative Divisions [69KB]
      - Relief [323Kb]
    - Cities and Regions
      - Bahdad and Vicinity, 1992 [206Kb]
      - Central Baghdad 1998, by Kenny Hopper [428Kb]
      - Al-Basrah Region [833Kb-detailed]
      - Al Mawsil [Mosul]-Arbil Region, Northern Iraq [927Kb-detailed]
      - Husaybah [Qusaybah] and Iraq/Syria Border [638Kb-detailed]
      - Kirkuk-Arbil Region [676Kb-detailed]
      - East-Central Iraq [181Kb]
      - Northern Iraq [721Kb-detailed]
      - Western Kuwait and Neighboring Iraq [638Kb]
      - Iraqi-Jordanian Border [833Kb]
      - Sulaymaniyah Region [721Kb-detailed relief]
    - Thematic Maps
    - Gazetteers
      - Location of Cities and Towns, getty.edu
- Language
  - Languages of Iraq, from Ethnologue
  - Map of Spoken Languages, from Ethnologue
  - Arabic Dictionaries
  - Arabic Grammar
  - Al-Kitaab. Textbooks in Arabic
  - On-Line Tutorials [scroll down to the section]
  - Download Arabic Fonts
  - Online Arabic Course, from BABEL
- Reference Works
  - ABZU - Ancient Mesopotamia [.pdf]
  - Background Note: Iraq, from the U.S. Department of State
  - Britannica-Mesopotamia
  - Britannica-Iraq
  - Iraq Government Adminet
  - Iraq: BBC News Country Profile
  - Iraq World Factbook CIA
  - Iraq Time Line
  - Country Study, from the Library of Congress
  - Iraq, from Country Reports
  - Iraq, Columbia Encyclopedia, from Bartleby
  - Iraq, A Brief Account, from Atlapedia
  - World Travel Guide
  - The American Iraq
  - Concerns And Position On The Conflict In Iraq, Amnesty International
  - Baghdad, Iraq: US Embassy Site
- Encyclopedias
  - Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Bibliography
- Bibliography including link pages
- Archives
  - Bilder zum Thema Irak
  - Iraq Information Center, Andy Holt Virtual Library
- Libraries
  - Iraq Libraries Damage, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago [photographs]
  - The Destruction of Iraq's National Library and Archives
- Radio & News
  - Al Jazeera English
Biography and Genealogy
- Genealogy
  - Family History Library Catalogue for Iraq
Materials
- On-Line Texts and Document Collections
  - Documents Referring to the Gulf War, from the Washington Post
- On-Line Journals
  - Al Jazeera Magazine
  - Iraq Journal, 2003
- Associations
- Research Institutes
  - The Iraq Foundation
  - Institut Kurde de Paris
Timelines
- Heads of State, from World Statesman
- Encyclopedia of the Orient
- Iraq since 1900
- Iraq in the 20th Century
- Rulers of Iraq Since 1900
History
- Surveys and Overviews
  - An Overview of the History of Iraq
  - Iraq: History, arab.net
  - Encyclopedia of the Orient [Contains numerous historical articles, maps and images]
- Prehistoric
  - Map of Sumerian Neolithic and Chalcolithic Archaeological Sites
- Ancient
  - The Greek Invasions
    - Cross-Link to the Greek Invasions ==>
  - The Seleucid Empire, 320-141
    - Cross-Link to the Seleucids ==>
    - The Seleucid Period, from Gilgamesh
  - The Parthian Empire, 19 BC - 124 AD
    - Cross-Link to the Parthian Empire ==>
    - The Parthians, from Gilgamesh
  - The Sassanids, 224-637 AD
    - Cross-Link to the Sassanian Empire ==>
    - The Sassanian Period, from Gilgamesh
  Islamic Mespotamia
  - 16th Century
    - Iranian Safavid Rule, 1508-1534, from Gilgamesh
    - The Ottoman Period, from LOC Country Studies
    - Overview of Ottoman Iraq, 1532-1918, from Gilgamesh
    - The Conquest of Iraq and S�leyman I, from Gilgamesh
  - 17th Century
    - The Local Despotisms of the 17th Century, from Gilgamesh
  - 18th Century
    - The Mamluks, from Gilgamesh
  - 19th Century
    - The Fall of the Mamluks and the Consolidation of British Interests from Gilgamesh
    - The Reforms of Midhat Pasha, 1869-1872 from Gilgamesh
    - Mid-19th-century Ottoman Reforms from Gilgamesh
  - 20th Century
    - Time-Line of Iraq in the 20th Century British Occupation
      
      Timeline of Iraq in the 20th Century
      The First World War and the End of Ottoman Rule, from Gilgamesh
      The British Mandate, 1918-1932
      
      World War I and the British Mandate
      British British Mandate Territory, from Iraq4ever
    - The Independence Movement
      
      The Independence Movement, 1932-1939, from Gilgamesh
      Gaining Independence, 1932-1939, from Iraq4ever
    - The Hashemite Monarchy, 1932-1958
      
      Iraq as an Independent Monarchy, 1932-1958, from LOC-Country Studies
    - World War II, 1939-1945
      
      WW2 and British intervention, from Iraq4ever
      Reconstruction and Unrest, 1945-1958
      
      Postwar Reconstruction and Social Upheavals, 1945-58, from Gilgamesh
      Postwar era and the Attempt at Reforms, from Iraq4ever
      U.S. Propaganda in the Middle East - The Early Cold War Version , National Security Archive, George Washington University
      
      The Revolution of 1958, from Gilgamesh
    - The First Republic, 1958-1968
      
      Republican Iraq
      Revolution and the Rirst Republic, from Gilgamesh
      The Military Coup of 1963, from Gilgamesh
      U.S.Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Iraq [scroll down]
      The Coup of 1968, The Fall of First Republic, from Gilgamesh
    - Ba'th Government, 1968-2003
      
      Coup of 1968. Ba'th Gains Power, from Gilgamesh
      1970's. The Tigris-Euphrates River Dispute, from ICE
      Economic Development, 1968-1980
      The Marsh Arabs, from ICE
      The Emergence of Saddan Husayn, 1968-1979, from LOC-Country Studies
      Saddam Hussein Gains Power, 1979, from Gilgamesh
    - Iraq under Saddam Hussein, 1979-2003
      The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
      
      Detailed Map
      Map of the War Zone
      The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 from Gilgamesh
      The War, from the Iranian Point of View ==>
      Iran-Iraq War and Waterway Claims, from ICE Case Studies
      Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) [from the Military Analysis Network]
      Lessons Learned: Iran-Iraq War, US Marine Corps Historical Publication, 1990
      The United States and the Iran-Iraq War, by Stephen R. Shalom
      Iran-Iraq War, from Foreign Affairs
      
      22 September 1980-1988 Die Iran-Irak-Konflikt der erste Golfkrieg
      Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984, National Security Archive, George Washington University [Donald Rumsfield, special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad, December 20, 1983 with Saddam Hussein]
      
      Chemical Warfare in the Iran-Iraq War, by Julian Perry Robinson and Jozef Goldblat, from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (1984)
      
      CW Use In Iran-Iraq War, CIA Documents, US Dept of Defense
      
      1991: The Gulf War
      
      Phillip Agee on the Origins of the Persian Gulf War, from the Historical Text Archive
      A Review of the U.S. Policy Vis-a-Vis the Iran-Iraq War, from NetIran
      The United States and the Iran-Iraq War, by Stephen R. Shalom, from Z Magazine (1990)
      Anfal: The Kurdish Genocide in Iraq, by Khaled Salih
      Front Line: The Gulf War, from PBS
      Irak, Kuweit und das Öl: Der Zweite Golfkrieg und die nachfolgenden Krisen
      The Whirlwind War, from the Center for Military History
      The Fog of War, from the Washington Post [the Gulf War of 1991]
      The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991 [from The History Guy]
      Le Journal de guerre d'un jeune lieutenant Irakien
      Retrospection
      
      The United States vs. Iraq -- A Study in Hypocrisy, by William Blum, 1998
      The Mistakes of the Gulf War. The Survival of a Regime, by Jim Marshall
      Overwhelming Force. What happened in the final days of the Gulf War?, by Seymour Hersch, from The New Yorker (2000) [Report of a massacre by the Americans]
      Don't Believe Them, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. {Commentary on the preceding article]
    - Continued US-Iraq Tension 1992-1998
      
      The Iraq Resource Information Centre
      The United Nations Special Commission
      Iraq-US/UK Tension, 1991-
      Years of Tension: 1992-1996, from BBC
      Operation Desert Strike, September, 1996
      Operation Desert Thunder, February-April 1998
      Operation Desert Fox, 16-19 December 1998, BBC
  - 21th Century
    - U.S. Invasion of Iraq 2002-2004
      
      Iraq - The cradle of civilization at risk
      The Gulf Wars, 2002-03
      28 April 2002 U.S. Leaks Plans to Invade Iraq, by John Catalinotto
      Profile: United States' Plans For A Possible Invasion Of Iraq, NPR
      U.S. Phony War on Terror: Iraq Invasion Threat, Afghanistan Murder, By Gerry Foley, from Socialist Action, July 2002
      Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction , National Security Archive, George Washington University
      
      The Third Persian Gulf War, from the History Guy
      Post-invasion Iraq, 2003�2006, from Wikipedia
      Torture At Abu Ghraib [prison], by Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker, May 10, 2004
      War Casualties in Iraq
      
      Legal Standards re: Torture, US Dept. of Justice Memorandum, Dec. 30, 2004 [.pdf]
      
      "The Coming Wars", by Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker, Jan. 24 & 31, 2005
      Under Mars: An online archive of soldiers' photos, [graphic and disturbing images of war with warning page]
      
      Iraq's Toll, 2003-2006, Wall Street Journal On-Line
  - Iraq Government
    - Transfer of Power In Iraq June 28, 2004, Jim Lehrer PBS
    - Jalal Talabani Elected Iraq President, BBC News
    - Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraqi Governing Council [no longer updated due the dissolution of the CPA, available for historical purposes until June 30, 2006.]
    - Iraqi Government Official site in English
    - Iraqis have learned little from the past , Iraq-USA, Editorial, 26 August 2005
    - Al-Jaafari Named to Head Iraq's New Gov't 12 Feb 2006, washingtonpost.com
    - Iraq's parliament approves cabinet of ministers , May 2006, BBC
    - A Higher Power James Baker puts Bush's Iraq policy into rehab, By Robert Dreyfuss, September 2006, The Washington Monthly
    - Henry Kissinger Says Victory In Iraq Not Possible, November 19, 2006, New York Times
    - President George W. Bush on Iraq, whitehouse.gov
    - The Case for Dividing Iraq, by by Yoram East [actually quote is: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."]
    - Ambassador Nominations Complete Iraq Policy Shakeup , 08 January 2007, Voice of America
    - George W. Bush, 2007, Jan. 10; Speech on Troop Levels In Iraq
    - Saudi Prince Offers Lukewarm Support on Iraq Al-Faisal Meets With Secretary Rice; Calls Iraq Situation a 'Morass' , Jan. 16, 2007, Washington Post
    - A road map out of Iraq By Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor to President Carter, Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2007
    - Iraq command changes hands: Gen. David Petraeus Takes Command Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb 2007
  - Trial of Saddam Hussein
    - A year later Saddam yet to stand trial, Times of India, 15 Dec. 2004
    - Iraq: Saddam Hussein sentenced to death 5 Nov. 2006
    - Hanging Saddam Hussein - Burying Western Complicity, by David Edwards, Z-Net
    - Saddam Hussein Topics List, New York Times
    - Saddam Hussein Hanged, 30 December 2006, CNN News
    - War and Occupation in Iraq: June 2007 - Final Release of Major NGO Report, Global Policy Forum, UN Security Council
- Museums
  - Iraq Museum International Baghdad
  - H-Museum: Iraq - The cradle of civilization at risk, Cultural heritage and historical monuments
- Topical
  - The Kurds
    - The Kurds of Iraq; Their History and Culture, by Barbara Robson, 1996 [.pdf]
    - About the Kurds & Kurdistan , Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq

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