History Of Iraq

Iraq is a land rich in culture, battle, and political imbalance since the start of human civilization up to today’s current events. It is a constantly changing country that are heard about on the news, but are never discussed in depth. Iraq’s rich history all started with Mesopotamia. The Tigris and Euphrates River that border the land gave The Sumerians, Babylonians, and Parthians fertile land and an amble supply of water, which gave made the area thrive as a civilization. By the seventh century, Muslims had conquered the land, and established the largest religion in Iraq. Even with the constantly changing styles of government, their religion has stayed strong in number since the very beginning. The country of Iraq today is mainly desert with sections of fertile land near rivers. Its main food exports in agriculture are wheat and barely, and are sent to other countries. However, it is a LDC so subsistence agriculture is more frequently seen. Although Iraq is landlocked by Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey in the middle east region, it has expanded its influence to the world by providing large exports of petroleum and natural gas. For over 400 years in Iraq’s history, the Ottoman’s ruled the land, but once The Hashemite Family Constitutional Monarchy was installed in 1932, Iraq had turned into a country of major conflict.

The Hashemite family ruled from the 1930’s to the 1950’s, during this time, Prime Minister al-Said and Regent and King ‘Abd al-llah were in power over Iraq. Their downfall was fueled by the Pan-Arab ideas of Gamel Abdel Nasser. He pushed Iraqi citizens to believe The Hashemite Monarchy’s was influenced by Britain, which promoted the idea of a purely Arabic lead state. The idea spread fast through middle cl...

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...western philosophies, and they supported the elimination of all imperial influence from their country. Since the prime minister Nuri al-Said was all for western ways, the fight between Arab nationalist groups was a constant battle that prevented the government from making progress on pressing issues like inflation. Another struggle for the Hashemite monarchy was the rebellion shown by younger generations, who were raised with Pan-Arab ideas. The government still made many strides such as the Baghdad Pact, however they were losing support from their citizens, and they “failed to win public support and, in particular, the confidence of the younger generation.” (Chambers, 3) Overall this general consensus of unrest in the government lead to the revolution on July 14th, and it shows how the culture and social climate of a country can lead to drastic changes.