HISTORY OF IRAQ IRAQ, CALLED THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION, HAS BEEN FERTILE GROUND FOR UPHEAVAL AND CONQUEST.(Wire/National/International)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | February 24, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, `A HISTORY OF IRAQ' BY CHARLES TRIPP,

`THE MODERN HISTORY OF IRAQ' BY RHEBE MARR; COLUMCIA ENCYCLOPEDIA

RESEARCH BY CINDY HOUSE

The country occupies a large part of the region once known as Mesopotamia, which has hosted many cultures over the centuries. Since before 3000 B.C. human civilizations, including the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian cultures, have flourished in this land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia often is referred to as the cradle of civilization, having given birth to both the ...

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