Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000-Year History of Iraq by Bartle Bull | Book Club
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Pages to read: 501
ISBN: 9780802165411 (Originally listed edition & Edition Eugene is using)
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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•Where does the name Iraq come from?
•How did Mesopotamia influence the development of civilization?
•What is the story of Who Gilgamesh?
•What kind of governance did Sumer have?
•How did Mesopotamia influence religion?
•Who were the Assyrians?
•Who were the Persians?
•Who are the ‘babblers’?
•Who was Alexander the Great?
•What was the significance of the Macedonian phalanx?
•Who was Seleucus?
•Who were the Parthians?
•What led to the development of mounted knights of medieval Europe?
•Who are the magi?
•What led to the schism in Islam?
•What policies were held in Medina?
•What happened to the Islamic State?
•What was the Umayyad Caliphate?
•What was the Abbasid Caliphate?
•What was the Ottoman Empire?
•How did Iraq come to be?
Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.