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1) Iraq
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Iraq was once home to some of the oldest civilizations in history. This book introduces readers to the history and geography of Iraq, as well as its modern festivals, arts, and traditions. Readers will be able to make connections between Iraq's past and present, and will gain a deep understanding of how Iraq's geography affects peoples' ways of life. Eye-catching photographs and high-interest text will engage young readers as they explore Iraq.
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As a new generation of main battle tanks came onto the line during the 1980s, neither the United States nor the USSR had the chance to pit them in combat. But once the Cold War between the superpowers waned, Iraq's Saddam Hussein provided the chance with his invasion of Kuwait. Finally the new US M1A1 tank would see how it fared against the vaunted Soviet-built T-72. On the morning of August 2, 1990, Iraqi armored divisions invaded the tiny emirate...
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This authoritative and gripping narrative plunges the American public into the real and personal story of the United States forces in Iraq, and their successful maneuvers in capturing one of the most vicious dictators of our time.
Hunting Down Saddam contains up-to-the-minute material and provides never-before-heard accounts of the triumphs and frustrations, strategies and attacks, of those who put their lives at risk to track down Saddam Hussein.
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5) Sumerios: Una guía fascinante acerca de la historia sumeria antigua, la mitología sumeria y el im
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Explora la fascinante historia de los sumerios
La gran importancia de la cultura sumeria en toda la cultura mundial es evidente y crucial. Esta civilización es la única responsable de algunas de las innovaciones más importantes en prácticamente todos los aspectos básicos para mantener una sociedad civilizada: incluyendo la religión, la legislación, la arquitectura, la educación, el arte, la literatura y hasta el entretenimiento.
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Igigi unrest leading to the Zu Incident was just a harbinger of other troubles to come-troubles inherent in long-term interplanetary missions, and female companionship was one of the significant problems.The problem was less acute with the Earth-stationed Anunnaki since they contained females from the first landing party (some named and assigned tasks in Enki's autobiography). In addition, a group of nurses led by their daughter of Anu was sent to...
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From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, two-hundred-fifty Marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq during the Multi-National Forces Surge ordered by President George W. Bush. The Marines' mission: to kill or capture anti-Iraqi forces. Their experience: like being in Hell. Now Major Scott A. Huesing, the commander who led Echo Company through Ramadi,...
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There were so many British, American, French, German, and Italian archeologists and scholars that worked at the birthplace of civilization (Mesopotamia) in various ancient sites in Iraq. It is very important to trace the origin of these antiquities and where they are located in museums all over the world. Excavation started in the 18th century when Iraq was a province of the Ottoman Empire and continues until today.
Iraq is home to between 10,000...
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President Bush declared the war in Iraq "Mission Accomplished" in 2005, but Al-Qaeda had other plans. Money, supplies, and soldiers during the 2006 insurgent uprising were easily funneled from Syria along the dangerous highways of Iraq's Al Anbar Province straight into Baghdad, and the sense of victory quickly flipped for the worse during what was tabbed "Operation Iraqi Freedom." The insurgency violently rocked the world with gruesome and horrific...
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The Iraq War is a visual record of the American-led Operation Iraqi Freedom of 2003, which resulted in the dramatic overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein. In a striking sequence of photographs Anthony Tucker-Jones shows how this was achieved by the American and British armed forces in a lightning campaign of just two weeks. But the photographs also show the disastrous aftermath when the swift victory was undermined by the outbreak of the Iraqi insurgency...
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¿Cuánto sabe sobre la «cuna de la civilización»? Explore el legado de los brillantes antiguos mesopotámicos que transformaron el mundo.
El legado de la antigua Mesopotamia fue realmente revolucionario. Dibujos infantiles rayados en arcilla húmeda evolucionaron hasta convertirse en el primer lenguaje escrito. Los mesopotámicos escribieron los primeros poemas épicos, los primeros himnos, las primeras historias y los primeros códigos legales....
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The earliest history of Babylon is little known. Among the many cities flourishing in southern Iraq, the town first appears in texts in the third millennium BC. Until the last century of the third millennium, few references existed to Babylon; however, offerings made to the temple of Enlil in Nippur during this period (when Babylon was part of an empire ruled by Ur) suggest a city already of some size and wealth. From relative obscurity in the middle...
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In 2002, Sam Faddis was named to head a CIA team that would enter Iraq to facilitate the deployment of follow-on conventional military forces numbering over 40,000 American soldiers. This force, built around the 4th Infantry Division, would, in partnership with Kurdish forces and with the assistance of Turkey, engage Saddam's army in the North as part of a coming invasion. Faddis expected to be on the ground in Iraq within weeks, the entire campaign...
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The so-called descendant of the Elder God is often seen as a rival in such relationships. Many of his followers worship elder gods. During his lifetime, Nebo acquired something of a reputation as a god of wisdom, and it may have been because of this that he was able to stand apart from Merodach without becoming absorbed into the cult of the great Deity of Sumer. The writing was credited to him, as it was to all 'wise' gods. His department interpreted...
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Erkunden Sie die fesselnde Geschichte des Königs Gilgamesch und des Epos von GilgameschNur selten überlebt ein Name so viele Jahrtausende wie der von Gilgamesch. Weltberühmte Literaten wie Carl Gustav Jung und Rainer Maria Rilke lobten das altbabylonische Epos über den populären und vielgeliebten sumerischen König.
Zahlreiche literarische Werke wurden von diesem Epos entweder inspiriert oder von Autoren, die nichts als den größten Respekt...
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¿Fue realmente el primer imperio iniciado por un huérfano abandonado que alcanzó la grandeza?
¿Hubo algún imperio más antiguo e importante que el poderoso Egipto? Existieron algunos, pero se cree que el Imperio acadio, nacido en la cuna de la civilización, fue el primero. Y cambió las reglas del juego. Su creación inspiró a conquistadores y otros constructores de imperios a lo largo de la historia y dio lugar a dos potencias mundiales....
17) Mesopotamia
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The current conventional Mesopotamian timeline of dynastic Mesopotamia is impossible. Believing in it means endorsing the idea the Egyptians lagged thousand years behind the Sumerians technologically during the Middle Kingdom. This timeline forces the bronze age Harappan civilization to have existed as recently as 1200 BC, even as an iron age civilization had existed on the Ganges since at least 1800 BC. It is also not what the ancient Sumerians actually...
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Arabic Unveiled: A Comprehensive History of the Arabic Language explores the linguistic landscape of the Arabic language in Arabian Peninsula. This region, known for its vast deserts and nomadic communities, hosted a multitude of tribes, each with its own distinct language and dialect. The linguistic complexity of pre-Islamic Arabia played a significant role in shaping the cultural and social dynamics of the Arabian Peninsula
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During the Sumerian era, intelligent and talented individuals lived in the southern Iraq region. Scholars think that the earliest known human civilization emerged "suddenly," "unexpectedly," and "with remarkable abruptness" in the fertile plain watered by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers roughly 6,000 years ago.It was a civilization to which we owe nearly all the "Firsts" that we believe are necessary for a developed society, such as the wheel and...
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Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. government embarked upon a reconstruction effort which included rebuilding an Iraqi National Police. Retired and former American Police Officers were contracted to travel to Iraq to train this new police force. Dependent on their experience and ingenuity to make life bearable under very austere conditions, and relying on the 'gallows sense...
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