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Iraq, the land /

By: Fast, April, 1968-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Lands, peoples, and cultures series: Publisher: New York : Crabtree, c2010Edition: Revised edition.Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780778792796 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper); 077879279X (reinforced library binding : alk. paper); 9780778796497 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0778796493 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Iraq -- Juvenile literature | Iraq -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature | Iraq -- Geography -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 956.7
Contents:
Cradle of civilization -- The founding of Iraq -- A tale of two rivers -- From mountains to plains -- A hot, dusty land -- The people of Iraq -- Ancient cities -- Cities north and south -- Crops and livestock -- Trade and industry -- Wildlife.
Summary: Discover Iraq in this newly-revised book, from the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates to hot and dry deserts and mountains. Learn more about the land that was home to the first cities and civilizations, a land now scarred by three decades of war and strife. Explore the old and new cities of Baghdad, Basra, Ur, and Babylon and pay homage at the holy city of Karbala. Meet the Arabs and Kurds and learn about Iraq's economy, trade, industry, agriculture, and wildlife.
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"A Bobbie Kalman book"

"Third edition"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Cradle of civilization -- The founding of Iraq -- A tale of two rivers -- From mountains to plains -- A hot, dusty land -- The people of Iraq -- Ancient cities -- Cities north and south -- Crops and livestock -- Trade and industry -- Wildlife.

Discover Iraq in this newly-revised book, from the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates to hot and dry deserts and mountains. Learn more about the land that was home to the first cities and civilizations, a land now scarred by three decades of war and strife. Explore the old and new cities of Baghdad, Basra, Ur, and Babylon and pay homage at the holy city of Karbala. Meet the Arabs and Kurds and learn about Iraq's economy, trade, industry, agriculture, and wildlife.

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