an illustrated history and guide Munier, Gilles creator text mau Gloucestershire Arris Books 2004 monographic eng

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vii, 230 p. ill. (chiefly col.), maps (1 col.) ; 21 cm. Thousands of years of history -- Iraq since the revolution of 1958 -- Baghdad, city of peace -- The last disciples of St. John the Baptist -- Near Baghdad -- From Baghdad to Najaf -- Karbala and environs -- Abraham, prophet and Iraqi -- From Baghdad to Basra, via Kut -- Basra, Venice of the Orient -- From Najaf to Basra -- From Baghdad to Mosul -- Hatra, city of the sun-god -- Mosul and environs -- From Baghdad to Khanaqin (valley of the Diyala) -- From Baghdad to al-Haditha (upper Euphrates Valley) -- From Baghdad to Erbil, via Kirkuk -- The Kurdistan Autonomous Region. by Gilles Munier ; photography by Erick Bonnier ; translated by David Stryker. Iraq History Iraq Guidebooks Irak Historia 414 DS 70.9 M966i 2004 956.7 1844370186 060907 20230410103852.0 20602