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Iraq in History; Part Three: From the Golden Age to the Monarchy |
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Wednesday, 05 January 2005 |
THE victors moved their center of power to Iraq and for the first few decades they enjoyed a lot of success, the early Abbassid rulers were very enlightened, and were able to remove a good deal of the discontent which has contributed to the failure of their predecessors. They cared about their people and were interested in everything concerning their health and their prosperity. They loved science and learning and continually sought, patronized and encouraged talented and promising individuals who stood shoulder to shoulder with the previous giants of history a truly golden period which reached its climax in about a hundred years.
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Iraq in History; Part Two: Islam and the Big Rift |
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Monday, 27 December 2004 |
THERE are very few events more interesting and more dramatic in the history of Man than the rise and spread of Islam. In 622 AD, the prophet Muhammed was fighting for his life in Mecca with a small band of devoted followers. A century later the Muslims fired with the message he delivered and his own teaching had reached half the then known world. Islam and the teachings of the prophet has performed a great miracle, they have weld band of peasants and predatory warriors and brigands in Arabia into a compact nation, which swept away ancient kingdoms and brought under one dominion an area nearly as large as that of the roman empire at the peak of its power.
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Iraq in History, Part One: The Mesopotamian Civilization |
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Sunday, 19 December 2004 |
THIS is the first issue of the Hanoudi letter, a weekly email to my American friends in which I will be discussing some aspects of few very interesting topics namely, history, geopolitics, ethnic-religious conflicts, and the situation in this currently very turbulent country. The following is the first installment of a four part essay on the history of Iraq, the second part is called Islam and the big rift, the third will be from golden age to the monarchy and the fourth part is Iraq the turbulent century.
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Introduction: The Hanoudi Letter |
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Friday, 10 December 2004 |
This
dream, The Hanoudi Letter would have never seen the light without the
encouragement, enthusiasm and the unlimited support of three
outstanding persons, a prominent broadcaster and writer, a young very
intelligent officer and one of my nephews a very young computer expert,
to this magnificent trio I am forever in debt and very grateful.
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