BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 LAND -- RELIEF -- ALLUVIAL PLAINS -- AL-JAZIRAH -- DESERTS -- THE NORTHEAST -- DRAINAGE -- SOILS -- CLIMATE -- PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE -- CHAPTER 2 PEOPLE -- ARABS -- KURDS -- LANGUAGES -- RELIGION -- SHI'ITES -- SUNNIS -- RELIGIOUS MINORITIES -- SETTLEMENT PATTERNS -- RURAL SETTLEMENT -- URBAN SETTLEMENT -- DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS -- CHAPTER 3 ECONOMY -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- STATE CONTROL -- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHING -- RESOURCES AND POWER -- PETROLEUM -- OIL PIPELINES -- OTHER MINERALS AND ENERGY -- MANUFACTURING -- FINANCE -- TRADE -- SERVICES -- LABOUR AND TAXATION -- TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- CHAPTER 4 GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- JUSTICE -- POLITICAL PROCESS -- SECURITY -- HEALTH AND WELFARE -- HOUSING -- EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 5 CULTURAL LIFE -- DAILY LIFE AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS -- THE ARTS -- CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS -- SPORTS AND RECREATION -- MEDIA AND PUBLISHING -- CHAPTER 6 HISTORY -- IRAQ FROM C. 600 TO 1055 -- THE ARAB CONQUEST AND THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD -- THE 'ABBASID CALIPHATE -- THE BUYID PERIOD (932-1062) -- IRAQ FROM 1055 TO 1534 -- THE SELJUQS (1055-1152) -- THE LATER 'ABBASIDS (1152-1258) -- THE MONGOL IL-KHANS (1258-1335) -- IL-KHANID SUCCESSORS (1335-1410) -- THE TURKMEN (1410-1508) -- THE SAFAVIDS (1508-34) -- OTTOMAN IRAQ (1534-1918) -- THE 16TH-CENTURY CONQUEST OF IRAQ AND THE REGIME IMPOSED BY SÜLEYMAN I -- THE LOCAL DESPOTISMS IN THE 17TH CENTURY -- THE 18TH-CENTURY MAMLUK REGIME -- THE FALL OF THE MAMLUKS AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH INTERESTS -- MID-19TH-CENTURY OTTOMAN REFORMS -- THE GOVERNORSHIP OF MIDHAT PASA -- THE END OF OTTOMAN RULE -- IRAQ UNTIL THE 1958 REVOLUTION -- BRITISH OCCUPATION AND THE MANDATORY REGIME -- INDEPENDENCE, 1932-39 -- WORLD WAR II AND BRITISH INTERVENTION, 1939-45.

POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION AND SOCIAL UPHEAVALS, 1945-58 -- THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ -- THE 1958 REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH -- THE REVOLUTION OF 1968 -- IRAQ UNDER SADDAM HUSSEIN -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GEOGRAPHY -- HISTORY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.