Iraq

Iraq Introduction Modern Iraq occupies the area of the Middle East that has a long history of civilization—from Sumer to Chaldea to Babylonia and Assyria to Medes-Persians to the Greeks and Romans—four thousand years, in the land governed by the ebb and flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (Harris 9-14, Metz 3). Iraq is a land of diverse people, both in terms of ethnic origins and in religious beliefs. It is an ancient land that has existed under a variety of governments. A Brief History Modern Iraq had its beginnings coming out of the breakup of the Ottoman Turk Empire after World War I. The area was placed under a British Mandate by the League of Nations (Harris 1). In 1921, Iraq became a separate nation under British control (Baram 1, Farouk-Slugett 11-12). An Arab, Prince Faysal ibn Husayn of the Hashimite house of Hijas, was elected king and coronated August 1921 as King Faysal I (Baram 1). Upon entry into the League of Nations, Iraq became an independent country, but still under considerable British influence, in 1932 (Farouk-Slugett 13), Using the British political system as a model, a constitutional monarchy was established (Harris 114), The Iraqi iraq, party, iraqi, metz, british, land, harris, ba’th, power, oil, king, husayn, farouk-slugett, between, years, under, qasim, production, over, farouk-sluglett, became, world, political, arab, war, prime, people, out, opposition, next, government, electors, during, control, baram