colored material such as glass or tile stuck onto a surface. Arabesque: ornate design: an intricate and often symmetrical design incorporating curves‚ geometric patterns‚ leaves‚ flowers‚ and animal shapes. 1.) It was a library and university in Baghdad. During the Abbasid period‚ scholars made advances in a variety of fields. The caliph’s dream was that he met Aristotle‚ and plied him with questions about ethics‚ reason‚ and religion. After‚ his dream inspired
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impact. First‚ let’s discuss their empire. The Mongol empire extended into north China and into Europe. There they took control of Moscow‚ Kievan Russia‚ and they looted cities in Poland and Hungry. Then‚ the Mongol conquered northwest into Iran and Baghdad. Later‚ the Mongols took the rest of China and controlled provinces in Korea to the east‚ destroying Yunnan and going further south taking what is now northern
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Turks who had converted to Sunni Islam in 1000 B.C. They had migrated into the Abbasid Empire while it weakened‚ and were named the Seljuks after their leader’s family. (1) They were a large‚ yet somewhat short-loved empire. (2) The Seljuks inhabited Baghdad by 1055 B.C. (3) They treated their subjects fairly and gained the support of the Persians by doing so. Toghril Beg‚ who founded the Seljuk Dynasty‚ wanted a Persian city named Isfahan to be the capital‚ plus Persians were made government officials
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exist‚ and who is to blame because they are so narcotized at the information being filtered and broadcasted to them “The movie ran through me / The glamour subdued me / The tabloid untied me/ I’m empty please fill me / Mr. Anchor assure me / That Baghdad is burning / Your voice it is so soothing / That cunning mantra of killing / I need you‚ my witness / To dress this up so bloodless / To numb me and purge me now / Of thoughts of blaming you…With precision you feed me / My witness I’m hungry / Your
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WWI Research Paper “Pung!” a bullet was shot on a field of peaceful grassland. Immediately‚ a hailstorm of bullets followed‚ thousands of soldiers burst out for not only the pain from the bullets but also the enormous anger towards their opponent. All of a sudden‚ the battlefield was quiet again; but the peaceful grassland no longer existed‚ and huge piles of dead bodies were remained… What actually happened to break out this violent‚ nonsensical war? The World War I was caused by the initial
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How the Islamic Golden Age helped save Europe The Golden Age of Islam is characterized as being a period of great achievement‚ in the fields of science‚ mathematics‚ education‚ medicine‚ and art. Strides and discoveries made in these fields would later change Europe and the world forever. During the time of this tremendous period of growth‚ stretching from 750-1258 AD during the rule of Abbasid Empire‚ Europe was in what is commonly known as “The Dark Ages.” A period characterized by plague
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Outline a key issue for obedience‚ discuss by using theories/studies from obedience for what happened in Abu Ghraib The Abu Ghraib prison is a notorious prison in Iraq‚ located in Abu Ghraib‚ near Baghdad. US soldiers were told to abuse and humiliate the prisoners by their leaders; this included chaining them up‚ treating them like dogs‚ and sometimes sexually harassing them. In April 2004 the abuses at Abu Ghraib were exposed with photos and videos showing US soldiers abusing naked Iraqis. On the
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existence seems staggering. Had he really existed and constructed a metropolis at least closely resembling the descriptions of Herodotus‚ Berossus‚ or even the Bible‚ then the ruins of his palaces should certainly be visible in the vicinity of modern day Baghdad – the site of ancient Babylon. Yet‚ the only thing visible there was an immense desert with a large dusty mound that the Arabs traditionally call Babil. Accepting this Babil as the remnants of ancient Babylon was a difficult task even for the more
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In the High Middle Ages of the year 1095‚ Seljuk Turks stormed into Baghdad taking Jerusalem with them. They ravaged the towns and conquered all of Asian Minor from the Byzantine Greeks. Christian lands were burned and pillaged by an accursed race. The Byzantine emperor was in a state of emergency and requested help to fight against these people. The pope responded with a new kind of fighters to defend the lands. He called on the knights of Christendom to form a crusade. Their mission was to rescue
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andis befriended by The King befriends Sinbad and one daySinbad’s ship docks at the island‚ and he retrieves his stuff and gives it to the king. In return the king gives him rich presents that Sinbad sells for a great profit. Sinbad then returns to Baghdad where he resumes a life of ease. The second voyage he gets bored in his leisurely life and set sail and is again accidentally abandoned by his shipmates. He finds himself in a valley of giant snakes. The third voyage he uses his wit s to fight
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