Kirkuk in the Sea of Time

[Akiyama]

To quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkuk

Kirkuk is the centre of the northern Iraqi petroleum industry. It is an historically and ethnically mixed city populated by Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Arabs, and Armenians. It is located at 35.47°N, 44.41°E, in the Iraqi province of at-Ta'mim, 250 kilometres (156 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. The Kirkuk region lies between the Zagros Mountains to the north-east, the Zab River and the Tigris River to the west, the Hamrin Mountains (Arabic: ??? ?????) to the south, and the Sirwan (Diyala) River to the south-east. The population was estimated to stand at 755,700 in 2003.

I guess today the population will also include US troops, oil executives and contract workers.

When would be the most interesting period to ISOT present-day Kirkuk to?

[Psychomeltdown]

1800s. Just cuz. :D

[Romulus Augustulus]

Iran-Iraq War would be interesting, I think.

[Fearless Leader]

1916

Smack dab in the middle of WWI

[fortyseven]

Anything below ground get isot'd?

[SkyEmperor]

send it to the first crusade. things would get real awkward real fast.
Dialogue:
American 1: So... crusades huh.
American 2: Yeah...
American 1: Ya think we should lend a hand?
American 2: Yeah... i guess.
Muslim man: DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DuQuense]

Cotemerary with Mohhamad. Let him see what a mess he made.

[Akiyama]

The early Sixteenth Century might have been an interesting option too - the time of Mehmet the Conqueror, Martin Luther, Henry VIII and the early exploration of the Americas.

I think the Iran-Iraq war would be my favourite though, firstly because of the huge potential for chaos immediately after the ISOT and secondly because once these people's knowledge of the future gets out, history would be bound to change in interesting ways (e.g. how would Gorbachev react to knowing the Soviet Union is going to collapse because of his reforms?).