The
recent war on Iraq was not just a war on a people but a war on a rich and vast
heritage. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known in ancient
times as Mesopotamia, has witnessed the emergence of the earliest of
civilizations such as the Sumerians, Assyrians, Acadians, as well as the
Babylonians, and is therefore considered to be the cradle of Western
civilization.
