| Three Kings in Baghdad: The Tragedy of Iraq's Monarchy, 2008 | I loved the focus on archaeology and the work that goes into discovering truths about the ancient past |
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| The Iraqi Revolution of 1958: A Revolutionary Quest for Unity and Security | "The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave" |
Critics may question the book's approach to preservation, especially in light of current controversy; however, the book's depiction of archeology makes it worth adding to library collections.
| George Roux — Ancient Iraq• The Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria | 2, at ; "Radiometric data suggest that the whole Southern Mesopotamian Ubaid period, including Ubaid 0 and 5, is of immense duration, spanning nearly three millennia from about 6500 to 3800 B |
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| Gruber's is a National Geographic series and while it is very informative and descriptive, it does not go into quite as much detail as Roux's Ancient Iraq | We used this book to supplement our first grade unit on Ancient Mesopotamia, and I think I learned as much as my daughter did |