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The Land Between Rivers

All 19th-century British visitors to Mesopotamia knew that it was the birthplace of civilisation. Could steam power revive ancient greatness while also keeping Russia at bay?

Jonathan Parry | Published in History Today Volume 73 Issue 2 February 2023

illustration from Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition carried on by Order of the British Government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, by F.R. Chesney, 1868.
Illustration from Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition carried on by Order of the British Government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, by F.R. Chesney, 1868 © Courtesy Boston Public Library.

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