Goin to the Fertile Crescent

song by Teresa Kubasak, performed by Awesome Folk Band

Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Iraq

Goin to the Fertile Crescent

The cradle of civilization
Land between two rivers
Goin to Mesopotamia

The law of Hammurabi

The wheel of the Assyrians
Irrigation and the Sumerians
Gardens of the Babylonians

Goin to the Fertile crescent

The cradle of civilization
Land between two rivers
Goin to Mesopotamia

Architecture & geometry

Mathematics & libraries
the vaulted arch & cuneiform
Gilgamesh & Epic poetry

Goin to the Fertile Crescent

Cradle of civilization
Land between two rivers
Goin to Mesopotamia

Tomb of the prophet Jonah

The land of the prophet Jonah

And Abraham & Sarah
Ezekiels shrine
Ezekial & Daniel
People of the Holy Book

Torah:
Jewish holy book

Quran: Muslim holy book

Christian Bible & Rosary beads

Goin to the Fertile Crescent

Cradle of civilization
Land between two rivers
Goin to Iraq

House of Wisdom, universities

translations & calligraphy
3 religions lived in harmony (Islam, Judaism, Christianity)
(Baghdad) And a shining city named for peace

Land of depleted uranium

congenital malformations
children dying of leukemia
isolated, no economy

Water sickness and the stolen air

endless sanctions, how they grind and tear
Mass destructions what weve got here.
for a dozen years the worlds not cared.

Abu Ghraib: U.S. Military tortured suspects

Now weve liberated all that oil.

To the conquerors, belong the spoils.
Weve got shock, and bombs and awe!
Were the greatest terrorist of all.

Now we want to take you with us

As we stand in solidarity
Were Iraqis & Americans
And will work to stop this war

Goin to the fertile crescent

Cradle of civilization
Land between two rivers (Tigris & Euphrates)
Goin to Iraq