"العراق والخليج الفارسي" [ظ‎‎٧] (٨٦٢/١٩)

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V. HISTORY 206
Sumerian and Babylonian Period (206): Sumer and Akkad
(206)—Supremacy of Babylon (210)—Egyptians and Hittites
(212)—Rise of Assyria (213)—Assyrian Empire (216)—Fall of
Assyria (219)—Babylonian Way of Life (220)—Persian
Achaemenid Empire (224).
Classical Period (227): Alexander and Seleucid Empire (227)
—Parthian Empire (229)—Parthian Mesopotamia (231)—Com
merce and Trade Routes (233)—Sassanid Empire (234)—Wars
(236)—Religion (237).
Arab Caliphates (239): Moslem Conquest (239)—Omayyad
Caliphate (240)— Abbasid Caliphate (242): Seljuks and Turks
( 2 45)—Non-Moslems (246)—Civilization (248).
Ottoman Empire (254): Mongols and Turkomans (254) —
'Furko-Persian Conflicts (256)—Internal Affairs (258)—Mamluk
Pashas (259) Arab Tribes (261)—Wahhabis of Nejd (261)—
Dynasties of Kurdistan (262)—European Trade (263)—Re
formed Administration (265)—Tribal Policy (267)—Foreign
Relations and the Persian Gulf (268)—The War of 1914-18
(270).
Modern Iraq (285): From Mandate to Independence (285) :
Iraqi Nationalism (286)—Origins of the Mandate (288)—Arab
Revolt (290)- —New Constitution (292)— Anglo-Iraqi Treaty
(293) Working of the Mandate (295) — Independent Iraq
(299) • Political Methods and Crises (300) —Army in Politics
(302)— Anti-Zionism (304)— Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941 (304)—
Minority Problems (307): Kurdistan and Mosul (307)—
Assyrians (312)— Other Minorities (315)—Foreign Relations
(316): Persia (316) Saudi Arabia (318)—Syria and Palestine
.(320).
VI. PEOPLE
Physical Characteristics (324)— Religion (325): Islam (226)—
\ezidis (330)—Sabians (331)—Jews (332)—Christians^ (332)
( ^ a° F 1 LlF ^ (. 335 ) : Arabs ( 335 )—Economic Organization
( 336 ;—Arab Tribal System (337)—Kurds (340)—Social
Organization (341)—Kurdish Tribes and Titles (343)— Daily
Life (344): Food and Fuel (344)—Clothing (345)—Houses and
Villages (347)—Life in the Towns (349).
VII. DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEOPLE
rT-Tp Dist ? ibu tion (352): Density (35 3 )-Urban and
Rural Population (355)—Increase of Population (359)—
DiSTRmuTmN by Tribe and Race (361): Arabs ( 3 6i)-Beduin
Fith^t P m r K ? h ^ teS -n Tl ? beS ( 3 ^ 3 ) Middle and Lower
Euphrates Tribes (364)—Baghdad-Diyala Arabs (368)—Tigris
nbes ( 370 ,—Kurds (371)—of the Diyala Basin (373)—of the
Assyrian Flams and Foothills (374)— 0 f the Mountain Basins
^751 lurkomans, Persians, Indians, and Europeans (378)
Sar™ MaR Y : Moslems (379) Shebeks,
Sams, Kakais, Yezidis, Sabians (381)—Jews, Christians (382)
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