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The Mesopotamian campaign or Mesopotamian front [9] (Turkish: Irak Cephesi) was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the Allies represented by the British Empire, troops from Britain, Australia and the vast majority from British Raj, against the Central Powers, mostly the Ottoman Empire.
Art of the Middle East. Mesopotamian; Egyptian; Hittite; Persian; ... Most modern art movements were international in scope. ... Art Nouveau – 1890 – 1914, France
The British Army In Mesopotamia, 1914–1918. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-7049-5. Qureshi, M Naeem (1999). Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics: A Study of the Khilafat Movement, 1918–1924. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-11371-1. Perry, James M. (2005). Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals ...
After Mesopotamia fell to the Persian Achaemenid Empire, which had much simpler artistic traditions, Mesopotamian art was, with Ancient Greek art, the main influence on the cosmopolitan Achaemenid style that emerged, [102] and many ancient elements were retained in the area even in the Hellenistic art that succeeded the conquest of the region ...
First invasion of Mesopotamia; Second invasion of Mesopotamia. Battle of al-Qādisiyyah; Battle of Nahāvand; Persian Rebellion 649-51; Arab- Turgesh wars Day of Thirst in 724; Battle of the Defile in 731; Arab–Khazar wars; Abbasid Caliphate conflicts Abbasid revolt Battle of the Zab 750; Arab–Byzantine wars 780–1180 Battle of Krasos 804/ ...
The main Ottoman position was at a place the British called Sahil. The Ottomans had 4,500 soldiers dug in near some palm groves and an old mud walled fort. On November 19, the British advanced with two brigades of British and Indian infantry, some artillery and cavalry. Their advance was hampered by a rain storm, which made movement difficult.
During World War I, an invasion of the region was undertaken by British Empire forces and was known as the Mesopotamian campaign. Fighting commenced with the Battle of Basra in 1914 and continued for the duration of the war.
The British had captured Basra Vilayet near the start of the war in 1914, and had now taken the provincial capital of Baghdad Vilayet. Although good news for the British forces, this caused a great deal of bureaucratic fighting between the British government in London and the British government in India over how to manage the region.