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Iraq Backstory Frames Ongoing Turmoil From Ancient Roots
ARTHUR EDSON notes Iraq’s troubled history from biblical lands to modern era. The piece traces Mesopotamia's cradle of civilization around Nineveh and Babylon, then highlights irrigation decline, deserts, and today’s oil wealth and strife. It blends archaeology with current geopolitics, linking past empires to present tensions.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Iraq
Eve
Mesopotamia
Babylon
Assyria
Chaldea
National Geographic Society
Abraham
Nebuchadnezzar
Mosul
Euclid
Baghdad
Sinbad
Persian Gulf
California
Tigris
Euphrates
Aladdin