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When and why was Seleucia ultimately abandoned?
The ancient Seleucia was founded along the Tigris river around the year 305 BC, and abandoned in 165 AD, due to the river mutating its course (Wikipedia).
However in 780 AD the Catholicos ...
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Why didn't America finish Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War?
I have read To Die in Babylon by Harold Livingstone and it shows how powerful USA is, but some parts are not clear to me. Saddam thought Iraq is prepared for the Americans and it turns out not. At the ...
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Are these images from Iran-Iraq war authentic? [closed]
Iranian pilots:
Iraqi pilots:
The images seem to me too similar to represent the opposing countries. The composition, the plane camouflage, the uniforms, even some people on the photos seem to ...
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Past US invovlement in Iran and Iraq
If I remember correctly that the U.S did switch sides between sides supporting both Iraq and Iran at some point due to some sort of Cold War Reason. So my question is did the U.S. back empowerment of ...
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Did Britain briefly recognize Mahmud Barzanji as King of Kurdistan?
I am trying to find out about the Kurds after WWI and the internet so far proved to be disappointing as a reliable source of information on this topic.
The wiki entry on Mahmud Barzanji is very ...
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Who said that Saddam Hussein had WMDs?
To be more specific:
Who said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction in 2003?
By "weapons of mass destruction", I mean atomic, biological, or chemical weapons.
I'm looking for official ...
