Culture and Customs of Iraq

Ghazi Nassir (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

210 Seiten

2020
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-33722-2 (ISBN)

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This book provides comprehensive and accurate information on the culture and customs of the Iraqis as well as candid, insider knowledge regarding their daily lifestyles.

Iraqi culture stems from three main sources: family, religion, and language. To understand the Iraqi people, one must understand these three components as well as know Iraq's long history, which incorporates the influences of many great civilizations—Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Persian and Armenians.

This reference text contains factual information essential for students of Iraqi studies and enlightening for anyone interested in the cradle of world civilization and the daily life of Iraqis. Culture and Customs of Iraq covers a wide range of topics, including Iraq's land, people, economy, history, religion, and education, as well as art, architecture, cinema, cuisine, dance, literature, music, traditional dress, gender roles, and social customs.

• Contains photographs of contemporary Iraq

• Provides a chronology history of Iraq

• Includes a map of Iraq

Ghazi Q. Nassir is associate professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at the American University of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2020
Reihe/Serie	Cultures and Customs of the World
Zusatzinfo	25 Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-313-33722-5 / 0313337225
ISBN-13	978-0-313-33722-2 / 9780313337222
Zustand	Neuware