Ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi was born was born about 790 AD near Baghdad. and died about 850 AD. He was known as a mathematician and astronomer who was a faculty member at the "House of Wisdom" established in Baghdad by Al-Mamun the Seventh Khaliph of Abbasid Empire. As a scholar at the House of Wisdom‚ al-Khwarizmi‚ directed and engaged in intellectual interests ranging from algebra and geometry to astronomy and the translation of Greek scientific manuscripts . Introducing the Numeric Numbers: Al-Khwarizmi
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi Al-Razi was one of the greatest eastern scholars‚ he made a lot of contributions which have a great impact on eastern society and many sciences. He was born in Rayy‚ Iran in the year 865 AD (251 AH)‚ and died there in 925 AD. During his life Razi was physician‚ philosopher‚ and scholar who made fundamental and enduring contributions to the fields of medicine‚ alchemy‚ and philosophy‚ he wrote more than 184 books and articles in various fields of science‚
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The al-Qaeda of today is a vastly different entity from the al-Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden towards the end of the Afghan war against the Soviets in 1988 (Alexander and Swetnam‚ 2001: 37). The evolution‚ or as Burton (2006) has termed it “devolution”‚ of al-Qaeda‚ is partially linked to its terrorist acts‚ and‚ in particular‚ the counter-terrorist measures employed by governments to deal with them. This is most evident in reference to the single most expensive‚ in terms of life lost and economical
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hyAl Capone Biography Al Capone Biography By: Taylor Nelson The person I chose to do a biography about was Al Capone‚ and the book I read was Uncle Al Capone: The Untold Story from Inside His Family‚ written by Deirdre Marie Capone. The infamous Chicago gangster Alphonse “Al” Capone was born in Brooklyn‚ New York on January 17‚ 1899 and died on January 21‚ 1947 of a stroke. He was the fourth of nine children from his Italian Immigrant parents‚ Theresa and Gabriele Capone. As one of the most
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Al Capone Research Paper Did you know that Al Capone was one the greatest gangsters in the whole United States? Al Capone joined the group‚ James Street Boys Gang. The group sold alcohol illegally. Al Capone is an influential person because he was a famous American gangster‚ he controlled elections in Chicago‚ and he was able to illegally sell alcohol in the United States. Al Capone came from a hardworking family‚ but became one of the most well-known gangsters of all time. He was born in Brooklyn
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Another strategic mistake of Al Qaeda related to its expansionist vision because the attempts to spread ideology through violence turned out to create more enemies to the organization. In many instances‚ their strategies have just transformed neutral countries into opponents. Those strategies were grounded for many reasons. After attacking the United State the organizations continually expanded their theater of operation to gain a greater portion of the world and “assume that most people in the
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Critical Analysis #3: The Internet Should Have Killed Weird Al If you examine the pop charts from 30 years ago‚ it is hard to identify many artists who’ve managed to stay relevant into today’s generation. Weird Al‚ is one artist that has been active in the music industry since the mid 1970’s and has been able to keep up with the times way before the dawn of social media‚ online media‚ and vlogging. For his most recent album‚ Weird Al designed a creative advertising strategy for the digital age
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Al Capone Biography Mrs. McDonagh By: Jackson Spriet Alphonse Gabriel Capone (also known as “Scarface”) was a successful Italian-American gangster who obtained fame during the Prohibition Era. Capone was a big part of organized crime in Chicago and was the leader in the Italian Mafia. However‚ this would all change for Capone when he was arrested in 1931. Al Capone’s father Gabriel Capone left Naples‚ Italy and arrived in New York in 1894 alongside many other poor Italian immigrants‚ but the
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The Current State and Future of Al Qaeda United States President Barack Obama announced on May 1‚ 2011 that “Osama bin Laden‚ the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world‚ was killed in a firefight with the United States forces in Pakistan.” The death of Osama bin Laden is certainly a major blow to the Al Qaeda terrorist network causing many of its leaders to go underground. Yet‚ the threat of Al Qaeda still exists and many intelligence
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that kept coming up was Al Capone. They questioned him but he had an air-tight alibi. He was in Miami at the time trying to escape Chicago’s brutal winter with his family so he was safe. McGurn‚ the brains of the operation‚ also had an alibi stating that he had been at a hotel with his blonde girlfriend from 9p.m. on February 13 through 3 p.m. on February 14. Nobody was ever tried or convicted for the murders. Though the police did not possess enough evidence to convict Al Capone‚ everyone knew that
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