“By the Waters of Babylon We Sat and Wept”
“By the Waters of Babylon” by Don McLean Iraq, once known as the “cradle of civilization” may soon come to be known as the “graveyard of civilization.” The first laws, writing, astronomy and math were all gifts that Mesopotamia gave to advance civilization. The most famous Mesopotamian from Ur of the Chaldeans, was Abraham, the patriarch of the three great religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Today the land is being torn apart by religion and foreign intervention. After the creation of Israel, most of the once large and thriving ancient Jewish community in Iraq fled. My father came from Iraq to… Keep Reading