History of Iraq

Saddam Hussein was known as a great leader to some but most people know him as a terrorist and a murder. Saddam was born April 28, 1937 in Al-Awja, Iraq and died December 30 2006 in Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was born to a peasant family and later as a teenager Saddam became an anti-British, Arab nationalist ideology of the day. Saddam went to college to study law at the University of Baghdad but later dropped out and joined a party called Ba’ath and the party had a plan to assassinate the Prime…

control of towns which creates a shock value to assure to reach their goals. Most people do not understand ISIS’ meaning. ISIS is an abbreviation for "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria".(Lobe) ISIS refers to themselves as IS which means Islamic State. The reason for IS is the fact that their power is now going farther than just Iraq and Syria, ISIS is power can been seen in Afghanistan. ISIS is the new big terrorist group.…

When it comes to the employment of the military instrument of national power, the ability of airpower to influence the strategic environment has been repeatedly demonstrated throughout history. Since 1991, the US has turned to airpower to achieve strategic objectives in a variety of ways. While there are numerous examples, we will examine how airpower has been utilized in two general categories: containment and humanitarian rights. The first category will discuss how the US has utilized…

Characterized by warmth, courage, and wisdom, Abu was a great candidate. His knowledge of the genealogical histories of bedouin tribes helped him determine which might agree to alliance, and which could be turned against each other. To the Sunni, Abu was optimal over Ali because they felt the more capable successor was to be chosen, and Ali may have been unable…

Neo-Assyrian Empire and Present Day ISIS: History Appears to Repeat Itself The Neo-Assyrian Empire lasted from 911 to 612 B.C.E., while ISIS is still in power today. Though these two Semitic governments are far apart in regards to time, they are eerily similar in their actions, strategies, and the makeup of their civilization. Northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey was where the Assyrian Empire encompassed, and ISIS is based in the Islamic state of Iraq and Greater Syria, with the largest city…

Neil MacGregor analyzed the Cyrus Cylinder in the context in which it was written, the era it was found, and in a modern middle east. in the original context he look at what it meant to the Persians as saw it as a sign of how they ran a multiethnic state. one in which the rulers must accept that different regions have different religions languages on norms. some of these were inferred by the message on the cylinder letting concurred peoples return to their homes and establishing some basics…

Pilots had out-dated maps so they had to turn to Russia’s old maps of the area. The CIA and Afghanistan have a long history that consists of the rebels fighting the Soviet army in the 80’s, fighting the Taliban years before 9/11, and paid assets in tribes to gain information about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts. The CIA eventually found the precise location of a key lieutenant…

Dispersed ethnic groups throughout history have experienced violence, repression, and have been denied human rights within the government they are residing. Due to the persecution, these groups search for ways to create their own nation and become independent. According to Joseph Stalin, for an ethnic group to become a nation they must be “a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up…

to Shia Islam in Iran in the Shiite Safavid Empire established diplomatic relations forced the Sunni , Shah Ismail was one of three founders . In height , as well as the Safavid dynasty in Iran now , Armenia , Azerbaijan , and also in Afghanistan , Iraq , mostly in Georgia and the Caucasus , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Pakistan , control the whole of what part of Tajikistan . As one of the era's powerful “gunpowder empires”, Safavids of Persia are set back a place as a key player in the economy and…

The role of Major Rivers: The Developments of the Early Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilisations The lands of Egypt, in northeast Africa, and Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, were the homes to two of the earliest civilisations in human history, both of which developed around major rivers. Egypt created a prosperous empire along the thin strip of the Nile River which lasted for thousands of years. Mesopotamia was situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and saw a number of different…