Week Work Monday Create a model of the Harvard outline using the following words Main topic Sub topic Detail 1 Detail 2 Sub topic 2

Communities Communities: a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage Ex: Milwaukee primarily Americans who live in the municipality of Milwaukee Typically English speaking

Iraq Traditionally a small farming community Post 1950’s a transition from a rural society to an urban society Rural: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country Urban: of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town

Iraq As of % of Iraqi’s lived in urban areas The capital of Iraq, Baghdad, is the largest urban area Other large urban areas include Mosul, Basra, Irbil, Najaf, and Kirkuk

Baghdad Founded AD 762 by Abu Jafar ak Mansur Originally named Madinat as Salam which translates to the City of Peace Baghdad was center of the Islamic world from

Baghdad In the 1200’s Baghdad was sacked by Mongols It was never rebuilt to its previous glory Ottomans from 1500’s to early 20th Century allowed Baghdad to decline

Modern Day After Iraq’s independence in 1948 a period of construction and modernization began Oil sales in the 1960’s and 1970’s spurred growth Iran-Iraq War halted construction

Baghdad 800 square miles 1/4 of Iraq’s population Mosque, Shrines, Cultural Capital On Tigris river

Center of Industry

Center of Government

Harvard Outline Baghdad Description

Week Work Tues Why is Baghdad the largest urban center in Iraq? What is the original name of Baghdad? What is the difference between rural and urban?

Mosul Second largest city Located in north West bank of Tigris Famous for textiles

Mosul In ancient times known as Ninevah Inhabited for over 6,700 years Inhabited: occupied; lived in or on Most prosperous city under Ottoman rule

Mosul Nebi Yunus a Mosque is believed to contain the tomb of Jonah Near Tikrit the birth place of Saddam Hussein

Harvard Outline and a 1 page summary

Wed Week Work Where is Mosul? What was Mosul’s former name? Where was Saddam Hussein born?

Basra Located in S.E. Iraq It’s the main port for the city Located on the Shatt Al Arab 75 miles from the Persian Gulf

Basra Founded in 636 by Caliph Umar Near the ancient city of UR 3rd largest city Near oil fields and center for refining

Basra Destroyed in first Gulf War Shiite revolted against Saddam Republican Guard put down revolt City of strategic importance

BASRA Harvard outline rld/iraq/basrah.htmhttp:// rld/iraq/basrah.htm

Thur Week Work What city is key to oil refining? Why is Basra an important city for Iraqi shipping? What ancient city is near UR?

Find a newspaper article on each of the following cities Basra, Mosul, Baghdad Write 8-12 sentence summary of the articles Post your summaries on

Week Work Friday Choose either Basra, Mosul,or Baghdad write 8-12 sentence description of the city

Irbil Served as capital of Kurdistan 50 miles east of Mosul Large commercial region Population 865,000

Kirkuk Population 756,000 Located in the North west Most residents are Kurds 5,000 years old Economic importance bc it is located on an oil pipeline

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