By the seventh century‚ the Greeks’ medical writings might have vanished Luckily‚ Islamic scholars decided that these writings were worth preserving Ninth-century caliphs of Baghdad established a center where Greek scientific manuscripts were translated into Arabic. Simply keeping these manuscripts in use and making copies available would have been a remarkable achievement for the medieval Islamic world. But Arab scholars were not content just to study information that had already been discovered
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The first chapter of Metcalf and Metcalf’s A Concise History of Modern India‚ addresses the popular assumption that India is a “timeless” country. Because of that misconception‚ people often correlate India’s past directly with the present‚ especially when it comes to the caste and other social organizational systems (Metcalf & Metcalf‚ 3). In reality‚ referring to the Mughal and Sultanate era of India as a stagnant period of time is misleading and incorrect. This underlying theme of the development
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Thomas Madden’s Crusades is an exposition of the crusades‚ which occurred during the Middle Ages. The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character. They remain a very important movement in human history‚ and are hard to understand‚ as they include several themes and they lasted for a long time (about two hundred years‚ and the author covers a period of about eight centuries in his chronological work). Religion is‚ of course‚ the most recurrent theme we think about the Crusades
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J Soh Prof‚ R.man History of America 26 March 2013 The American Revolution: Revolutionary or Nonrevolutionary? Three months ago‚ we had a presidential election in my country. This election also was a showdown between the conservative and the progressive camp. The election was a close-run thing. No one could predict this very close election. We had two strong candidates‚ Guen- hye Park and Jae-in Moon. My parents supported conservative group. And I was kind of attracted to progressive
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it important to Write Clear and Concise Prose? The purpose of writing is to inform and entertain. To do this‚ clear and concise prose is needed to deliver essential points with impact and meaning‚ whilst still sustaining the reader’s attention. To get the point across‚ the text needs to keep to the topic and remain relevant‚ avoiding anything that is unnecessary. An incorrect use of technique such as rambling or jargon can obscure the purpose of the text. A concise style of writing uses a direct
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populations. Modern Latin America has conflict built into its system because that is what it has mostly seen for the past five hundred years. In Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America‚ John Charles Chasteen supports the argument that Latin America’s problems developed due to its violent origins and history of conquest. From the conquest‚ through colonialism and revolutions‚ to modern day‚ violence has always been a main player in the advancement of Latin America. Chasteen has left me
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A Concise History of World Population was written by the professor Massimo Livi-Bacci. Since its first publication in 1992‚ this book has established as the standard history of world population. The book covers a wide range of topics including population growth‚ migration‚ war‚ disease and climate change. According to the author‚ the core purpose of its work is “to encourage humanity’s search for ways to prevent future demographic catastrophes brought by environmental or human agency” Undoubtedly
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The book "A history of women in America" overall I thought was a okay book. I like that the book told about women’s struggle and the situations they endured. Through those struggles they gave us a voice and major goals were accomplished. The women who spoke out and gave all women equal rights really made me feel and have a great pride in being a woman myself with the rights they fought for in present day America. The most interesting information I read in this book was how women basically did
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Police in America Table of Contents I. Introduction 2 II. A History of Racism in America 2 III. The Michael Brown Case 3 IV. Other Cases 5 V. Problems & Causes 5 VI. The Viewpoints 6 VII. Next Steps & Solutions 7 VIII. Conclusion 8 IX. Appendix 9 X. Bibliography 12 I. Introduction It can be seen that throughout history and “across cultures‚ darker people suffer most” (Andre 3000). The United States of America is a country
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people throughout the world. Freedom is the oldest of clichés and the most modern of aspirations. At various times in our history‚ it has served as the rallying cry of the powerless and as a justification of the status quo. Freedom helps to bind our culture together and exposes the contradictions between what America claims to be and what it sometimes has been. American history is not a narrative of continual progress toward greater and greater freedom. As the abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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