Iraq (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Area was center of civilization from 10th mill. BCE; Sumerians arrived 3500 BCE; Akkadian empire developed 2350 BCE, then Babylonian (18th century BCE) and Assyrian (7th century BCE); was invaded by Persians, Alexander, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs (7th century) and Ottomans; official language is Arabic, though English is also widely spoken; Kurdish is official language in Kurdish Autonomous Region.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Anderson, Sidney E., papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 14
Content Description
This record contains the personal collection of Sidney E. Anderson, including 7 photographs and two scrapbooks from his deployment in Iran and Mesopotamia [Iraq] from 1943 to 1944. It also contains a pocket guide to Iran.
Dates:
circa 1943 - 1944