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Baghdad Then and Now in a Desert Route Journey
A narrator recalls Baghdad through a traveler’s lens describing ancient ruins such as Sineweh and the Tower of Dhate, the Tigris crossing by coracle, irrigation methods, social scenes in markets and coffee houses, and European burial gardens. The piece notes Baghdad’s diverse population including Turks Arabs Chaldeans Jews Armenians Greeks and Leventines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Niven
Comebers
Gaghdad
Filidhold
Quaid Wien
Dialesion
Sineweh
Tower
Dhate
Fare
Liemie
Jilie
Algumer
Moses
Jerome
Demert
Evervax
Erie Bagtidad
Geld
Baghdad