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In Learn More the National Geographic magazine team shares some of its best sources and other information to expand your knowledge of our featured subjects. Special thanks to the Research Division.
Related Links
Baghdad Museum Project
www.baghdadmuseum.org
Take a virtual tour of the Iraq Museum. This site, created after the museum was looted in April 2003, posts a history of Iraq, news of the museum's collection, and Web links. DefenseLINK
www.defenselink.mil Find photos, news, and Web links about Iraq on the website of the United States Department of Defense. ReliefWeb
www.reliefweb.int Follow humanitarian efforts in Iraq and other countries in crisis on this site produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Baghdad Museum Project
www.baghdadmuseum.org
Take a virtual tour of the Iraq Museum. This site, created after the museum was looted in April 2003, posts a history of Iraq, news of the museum's collection, and Web links. DefenseLINK
www.defenselink.mil Find photos, news, and Web links about Iraq on the website of the United States Department of Defense. ReliefWeb
www.reliefweb.int Follow humanitarian efforts in Iraq and other countries in crisis on this site produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Bibliography
Fromkin, David. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. Henry Holt and Company, 1989.
Goldschmidt, Arthur, Jr. A Concise History of the Middle East, 7th ed. Westview Press, 2002.
Mackey, Sandra. The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein. W. W. Norton and Company, 2002.
Weit, Gaston. Baghdad: Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate. Trans. Seymour Feiler. University of Oklahoma Press, 1971.
NGS Resources
Edwards, Mike. "Eyewitness Iraq," National Geographic (November 1999), 2-27.
Severy, Merle. "Iraq: Crucible of Civilization," National Geographic (May 1991), 102-15.
Ellis, William S. "New Face of Baghdad: Iraq at War," National Geographic (January 1985), 80-109.