Recent Iraqi History

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The writer of this article examines the recent history of Iraq. The writer provides a discussion of the rise of the modern state of Iraq as a colonial creation of the British. The writer looks at the importance of Iraqi oil. Saddam Hussein is discussed in this paper. The writer also looks at American occupied Iraq.

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"The modern state of Iraq is the site of the earliest human civilization. The Sumerians built the world's first cities in the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Since that time, the region has been the scene of nearly constant warfare with successive empires, controlled by Akkadia, Babylonia, Mittani Assyria, Persia, Macedonia under Alexander the Great, Muslim Turkmen, Ottoman British and currently American forces contesting for dominance. The appeal of the area has shifted over ... "

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