.. .A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRAQ A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRAQ HALA FATTAH WITH FRANK CASO A Brief History of Iraq Copyright © 2009 by Hala Fattah All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced... Sumerians and Akkadians Sargon of Akkad is known primarily for his creation of a superior army; his military pursuits ranged from northern Iraq to Syria (and Lebanon), Iran, and Anatolia At the same... taken in hand by the Baathist-influenced regime of Saddam Hussein and made to conform to a militantly ideological variant of Arab national socialism Before the war of 2003, Iraq was seen as a