[PDF] Up The Tigris To Bagdad eBook

Author : Frederick Charles Webb
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781022094475

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In this thrilling travelogue, Frederick Charles Webb recounts his journey up the Tigris River to the ancient city of Baghdad. Filled with colorful characters, narrow escapes, and breathtaking landscapes, this book takes readers on an unforgettable adventure through one of the oldest and most fascinating regions in the world. A must-read for armchair travelers and history buffs alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Frederick Charles Webb
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 28,66 MB
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780371247280

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This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Author : Barbara Nimri Aziz
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813031446

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"Aziz's vantage point is unique: she is a journalist, an anthropologist, and an Arab woman. As a freelance journalist, she exposes the mainstream press's failure to cover the embargo and offers insights into the embargo history. As a social anthropologist, Aziz examines every aspect of Iraqi culture that was systematically attacked and destroyed by both the embargo and the invasion. And as an Arab, she understands the extraordinary will of the Iraqi people and their deep-seated love for their country."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Justin Marozzi
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0141948043

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In Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood, celebrated young travelwriter-historian Justin Marozzi gives us a many-layered history of one of the world's truly great cities - both its spectacular golden ages and its terrible disasters 'Justin Marozzi is the most brilliant of the new generation of travelwriter-historians' - Sunday Telegraph Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions which have brought terrible bloodshed. This is the history of its storytellers and its tyrants, of its philosophers and conquerors. Here, in the first new history of Baghdad in nearly 80 years, Justin Marozzi brings to life the whole tumultuous history of what was once the greatest capital on earth. Justin Marozzi is a Councillor of the Royal Geographic Society and a Senior Research Fellow at Buckingham University. He has broadcast for BBC Radio Four, and regularly contributes to a wide range of publications, including the Financial Times, for which he has worked in Iraq, Afghanistan and Darfur. His previous books include the bestselling Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, a Sunday Telegraph Book of the Year (2004), and The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus.

Author : Walid A. Hindo
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1480834033

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When Walid A. Hindo joined the Military Advance Surgical Group of the first division in Iraq in the 1960s, he knew he was on his own. His father was one of Iraqs highest ranking army officials under the old regime, but Hindo went against his fathers wishes to serve in the north, where there was actual hostility. He soon learned that where you ended up in the army was based on your ethnicity, religion, and tribal relationship. Fortunately, he reported to Dr. B. Boghossian, who helped him escape Iraq by granting him a leave of absence to visit his sick grandfather in Syria. From there, he went to the United States where he began working at a small hospital in Yonkers, New York. As an intern in the surgery department, he had the chance to ride on ambulance calls, earning $15 per ride. Hindo reveals his unlikely rise to become one of the Unites States most successful doctors, from his early years in Iraq to his time as chairman of the Department of Radiology at Chicago Medical School in From Baghdad on the Tigris to Baghdad on the Subway.

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780674725218

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Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's great enduring metropolises. In this unusual anthology, Reuven Snir offers original translations of more than 170 Arabic poems--most of them appearing for the first time in English--which represent a cross-section of genres and styles from the time of Baghdad's founding in the eighth century to the present day. The diversity of the fabled city is reflected in the Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets featured here, including writers of great renown and others whose work has survived but whose names are lost to history. Through the prism of these poems, readers glimpse many different Baghdads: the city built on ancient Sumerian ruins, the epicenter of Arab culture and Islam's Golden Age under the enlightened rule of Harun al-Rashid, the bombed-out capital of Saddam Hussein's fallen regime, the American occupation, and life in a new but unstable Iraq. With poets as our guides, we visit bazaars, gardens, wine parties, love scenes (worldly and mystical), brothels, prisons, and palaces. Startling contrasts emerge as the day-to-day cacophony of urban life is juxtaposed with eternal cycles of the Tigris, and hellish winds, mosquitoes, rain, floods, snow, and earthquakes are accompanied by somber reflections on invasions and other catastrophes. Documenting the city's 1,250-year history, Baghdad: The City in Verse shows why poetry has been aptly called the public register of the Arabs.

Author : Betsy Rathburn
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2024-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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Located on the Tigris River, Baghdad has held many important roles in history. Curious readers can learn about everything from the cityÕs scholarly start to its recent struggles through informative narrative text and colorful illustrations with this beginning title. A timeline reinforces the sequence of events, while special features prepare readers for learning and push them to think beyond the text. Young students will love checking out this ancient city with this engaging title!