Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia Quiz
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over ancient Mesopotamia. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
NBC
Msnbc: Saddam's Legacy of Violence and War
MSNBC offers a breaking news story on the capture of Saddam Hussein also tells of his rise to power.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Iran Iraq War
Collection of Iraqi documents translated and made available by the Conflict Records Research Center about the 1980 to 1988 conflict also known as the First Persian Gulf War.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: Assyria
Resource provides a collection of art from Assyria with links to see examples and descriptions of ancient Assyrian art.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Learning module in which students use multi-media resources to analyze U.S. policy toward Iraqi refugees and gain an understanding of the causes and scope of the Iraqi refugee crisis, exploring firsthand accounts of Iraqi refugees'...
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Iraq
The BBC provides a general overview of the country of Iraq. Content includes a focus on Saddam Hussein, Iraq's press and media, an Iraqi timeline of key events, and much more.
BBC
Bbc: Sunnis and Shias
A quick guide to discovering the differences between Sunnis and Shias, both members of the Muslim religion. Describes what each branch believes in; both their shared beliefs and their differences.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Iraq
Offers a virtual destination guide and country profile of the Middle East nation of Iraq, background details, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...
The Washington Post
The Washington Post: Politics
The Washington Post provides the latest news, issues, and events surrounding U.S. politics today. The wealth of information found here includes top stories, transcripts, party perspectives, poll watchers, video, audio, and more. PLEASE...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Uruk
Nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the world's first major city sprang up in a fertile region of land called Mesopotamia. This article discusses the kings, writing, monumental temples and palaces, specialized occupations,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Special Topics in Art History: Seeing America
A course on looking at American history through art. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: Period 9: 1980 Present: The Gulf War
Learn about how the United States led a UN coalition to liberate Kuwait from Iraq in 1991.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Sleb Settlements, Sociopolitical Organization, Religion and Expressive Culture
Sleb camps are currently small and scattered, sometimes even consisting of a single family, with one or two tents. In the nineteenth century, however, camps of fifteen to twenty-five tents, with twenty to thirty families per tent, were...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Iraq: Introduction
Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Iraq located in the Middle East.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mandaeans
The Mandaeans are a group of people defined primarily by their religious affiliation, which differs from that of their mainly Muslim neighbors in Iran and Iraq. Today they live along the rivers and waterways of southern Iraq and...
Lizard Point Quizzes
Lizard Point: Iraq: Provinces Quiz
Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the provinces of Iraq.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Iraq
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Iraq, including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create the entry.
PBS
Pbs: Over a Barrel
This site focuses on the importance of the concentration of oil in the Middle East to world politics. Read the backgrounder by Charles Krause before reading this transcript of Online Newshour.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Iraq
Click-through facts-and-photo file about the geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government of Iraq. Includes a map of this Asian country that pinpoints its location in the Middle East.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Iraq
Find all the basic data on Iraq on this page. Contains a clear map from "MapQuest", flag and facts in a list format. Categories include languages, religions, life expectancy, currency, GDP, industry, agriculture and more.
USA Today
Us atoday.com: Strain of Iraq War Showing on Bush
This article discusses the Iraq War and Bush's presidency.
University of Chicago
Univ. Of Chicago: Lost Treasures From Iraq Slideshow
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago has assembled a collection of resources aimed at helping to recover treasures from Iraq's National Museum that were looted in the spring of 2003. This slideshow contains examples of...
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Iraq
Has information about Iraqi history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view. The information covers up to 1993.
BBC
Bbc: Saddam Hussein in Pictures
A slide show that shows images of Saddam Hussein throughout his life. Gives a brief description about each of the pictures. (14 December 2003)