The Resource Iraq, the culture, April Fast
Iraq, the culture, April Fast
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The item Iraq, the culture, April Fast represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Know the culture of Iraq, from Mesopotamian to modern, as this war-torn country returns to its traditional ways, emerging from years of strife, oppression, and devastation. Read about the Babylonians and Sumerians, witness the birth of Islam, and then explore present-day Iraq with its diverse ethnic groups, languages, festivals, and customs, both old and new. Ornate carpets and handicrafts, miniature paintings, Mesopotamian murals, ancient architecture, and modern buildings come alive in over forty full-color photographs. This book also gives you a glimpse of the society, and art and literature of Iraq, and even retells the ancient epic tale of Gilgamesh!
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Rev. ed., 3rd ed.
- Extent
- 32 p.
- Note
-
- "A Bobbie Kalman Book."
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Thousands of years old
- Religion and worship
- Muslim holidays
- Celebrating history and culture
- Family celebrations
- Music, dance, and theater
- Iraqi art
- Handicrafts
- Buildings old and new
- From a land long ago
- Language
- Storytelling and poetry
- The epic of Gilgamesh
- Isbn
- 9780778792819
- Label
- Iraq, the culture
- Title
- Iraq, the culture
- Statement of responsibility
- April Fast
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Know the culture of Iraq, from Mesopotamian to modern, as this war-torn country returns to its traditional ways, emerging from years of strife, oppression, and devastation. Read about the Babylonians and Sumerians, witness the birth of Islam, and then explore present-day Iraq with its diverse ethnic groups, languages, festivals, and customs, both old and new. Ornate carpets and handicrafts, miniature paintings, Mesopotamian murals, ancient architecture, and modern buildings come alive in over forty full-color photographs. This book also gives you a glimpse of the society, and art and literature of Iraq, and even retells the ancient epic tale of Gilgamesh!
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fast, April
- Dewey number
- 956.7
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS70.7
- LC item number
- .F35 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- The lands, peoples, and cultures series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Iraq
- Iraq
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Iraq, the culture, April Fast
- Note
-
- "A Bobbie Kalman Book."
- Includes index
- Contents
- Thousands of years old -- Religion and worship -- Muslim holidays -- Celebrating history and culture -- Family celebrations -- Music, dance, and theater -- Iraqi art -- Handicrafts -- Buildings old and new -- From a land long ago -- Language -- Storytelling and poetry -- The epic of Gilgamesh
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Edition
- Rev. ed., 3rd ed.
- Extent
- 32 p.
- Isbn
- 9780778792819
- Isbn Type
- (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009034655
- Other physical details
- col. ill.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn433550712
- 1343016
- 1380069
- Label
- Iraq, the culture, April Fast
- Note
-
- "A Bobbie Kalman Book."
- Includes index
- Contents
- Thousands of years old -- Religion and worship -- Muslim holidays -- Celebrating history and culture -- Family celebrations -- Music, dance, and theater -- Iraqi art -- Handicrafts -- Buildings old and new -- From a land long ago -- Language -- Storytelling and poetry -- The epic of Gilgamesh
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Edition
- Rev. ed., 3rd ed.
- Extent
- 32 p.
- Isbn
- 9780778792819
- Isbn Type
- (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009034655
- Other physical details
- col. ill.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn433550712
- 1343016
- 1380069
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