It was the rotting Ottoman remains that the British occupied (a big eye on the oil) and started modernising (that Blairish word) after the first world war, with largely unsuccessful results that culminated in Saddam Hussein, from a pro-Nazi clan in Tikrit, a city now occupied by Isis.
Her research on terrorism and its causes culminated in her acclaimed 2006 book What Terrorists Want, described by the New York Times as an "essential primer on terrorism and how to tackle it".
It all culminated in two metal-framed circular dance floors, of which the latter played the hardest, most annoying techno I have ever heard.
The relationship began dissolving horribly and culminated in Van Gogh slicing off part of his ear.
His output was astonishing for an artist of any age: from thousands of tiny doodles on his iPhone and then iPad to behemoth landscapes of the Wolds, notably the 40ft by 15ft Bigger Trees Near Warter, which culminated in a triumphant survey at the Royal Academy in 2012.
That intimacy ended after the tripartite model of economic management – government, business and unions – fatally hit the buffers in the winter of discontent (the piles of rubbish much exaggerated in The Iron Lady movie) and led to the Thatcher counter-revolution of 1979, which culminated in the defeat of Arthur Scargill's foolhardy strategy for the 1983-84 minerstrikeike.
Rodgers had been under pressure after a dismal end to the season that culminated in a 6-1 loss at Stoke City, no silverware for the third year of his reign and failure to qualify for the Champions League, despite a £117m investment in new players.
The shock of Labour's inner circle form part of the most complete account of Ed Miliband's five-year leadership, which culminated in a disastrous election night that saw the party lose 26 seats and achieve 30.4% of the vote, while the Conservatives achieved an overall majority.
"We believe that the work that the commission conducted during the course of almost three years, which culminated in this report, was thorough, careful and meticulous.
The only goal of the second half was a lovely combined effort that culminated in a classy finish by Wayne Routledge.
Following the fire on March 16, the kingdom declared a week of mourning that culminated in prayers on Friday.
