Went over maps and had our blog discussion over the Iraq blog
- at different periods of it's history, iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid empires.
- a monarchy was established in 1921
- iraq claimed independence from Britain in 1932
- in 1958, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Iraq was created
- iraq was controlled by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 1968 until 2003
- after an invasion led by american and british forces, the Ba'ath Party was removed from power
- Iraq came under a military occupation by a multinational coalition (led by US)
- power was transferred to the iraqi interim government in June 2004
- a new constitution was then approved by vote and a new government of iraq was elected by the people.
- foreign troops remained in iraq after the establishment of a new government due to an insurgency that developed shortly after the invasion
- in august 2010, the US became the last member of the coalition to cease combat operations in iraq
- in december 2011, the last us troops left the country
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