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Xuanzang

Mesopotamia


The world is in turmoil over the war, but there has been one country affected drastically; and that is the center of it all: Iraq. Iraq’s people have been affected directly by the war with bombings and troops marching all over, but they have also suffered indirectly. The destruction of the Iraqi cultural heritage has been a major issue.
Scholars claim that conflict will “result in devastating and irrecoverable losses to human civilization and to participate in or allow such destruction may inflame resentment and anger throughout the world” (EducationGuardian.co.uk).
Ancient Mesopotamia is indeed ancient, reaching back more that 500 years, and scholars agree that this heritage is as important to the people as their e...

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