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The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [83] [84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition , which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein .
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Some important cultural institutions in the capital include the Iraqi National Orchestra (rehearsals and performances were briefly interrupted during the Occupation of Iraq, but have since returned to normal) and the National Theatre of Iraq (the theatre was looted during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, but efforts are underway to restore the ...
Iraq at a Distance: What Anthropologists Can Teach Us about the War is a book length collection of studies by six anthropologists, which provides insight into the impact of the Iraq War on Iraqi citizens since 2003. The book is edited by Antonius C. G. M. Robben and published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2009. [1] [2] [3] [4]
"Culture is important, especially secular culture and especially an institution that documents the cultural and scientific achievements of a nation. The country was on the verge of dismemberment and institutions like us and like the Iraqi Museum ( National Museum of Iraq ) could play a role in the fact that they provide common symbols to all ...
Further information on Iraq's civilization and cultural history can be found in the following chronology of Iraqi history: Nemrik 9 (9800 BC – 8200 BC) Jarmo (7000 – 5000 BC) Sumer (6500 – 1940 BC) Ubaid period (6500 – 4000 BC) Uruk period (4000 – 3000 BC) Early Dynastic period (3000 – 2334 BC) Sumer and Akkad (1900 – 539 BC)