The beginnings of Islamic art [edit] Before the dynasties It is quite difficult to distinguish the earliest Islamic objects from their predecessors in Sasanian and Byzantine art; in fact‚ they utilize the same techniques and the same motifs. There was‚ notably‚ a significant production of unglazed ceramics‚ witnessed by a famous small bowl preserved in the Louvre‚ whose inscription assures its attribution to the Islamic period. Vegetal motifs were the most important in these early productions
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Day 1 Religion‚ calligraphy‚ nationalism‚ diglossia‚ bilingualism‚ illiteracy. Differences in MENA and The Arab World 1. Persian/Farcee is written in Arabic script. Urdu. 2. Muslim does not mean Arab. 3. Turkey/Afghanistan/Iran/Pakistan Only 20% of 1.8 billion Muslim are Arab. Indonesia has more Muslims than the rest of the world. 10% of Arabs are Christian. Kurds are Muslims that do not speak Arabic. They want their language to be official. Amazigh became official in 2011
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Crips and Bloods: Made in America 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Why did black clubs originate in Los Angeles? Why did people join the clubs? How was segregation maintained in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s. Was this legal? Explain. What were the causes of the Watts Riot in 1965? Who labeled it a riot? How did the black community view this conflict? A result of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement was the Black Pride movement. What was black pride and what
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Along those lines‚ Bush’s presidency suffered from other failures that left an impact on the country. As mentioned previously‚ Bush had become dedicated to defeating any form of terrorism while uniting with those who oppose this type of violence. Following the invasion of Afghanistan‚ the U.S. received information of the whereabouts of Iraqi president‚ Saddam Hussein. Operation Red Dawn was a military mission that would lead to the capture of Hussein‚ who would be later hung. Was this‚ however‚ inspired
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Anime is the best thing in the world. For some reason there is a misconception that only nerds and perverts watch anime. This is just wrong .Anime caters to all interests. Whatever your interest‚ they have got you covered. anime generes include Sci Fi ‚ mystery‚ horror‚ comedy‚ slice of life ‚ romance‚ action‚ adventure. That is just the tip of the iceburg. Watching anime you escape from all your troubles into an amazing new world even if its just for a little while. Ahhh how much more do i
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conquest‚ many people were building territories in the Islamic World. Arabians would take over peoples’ territories and make them their own. There were many different campaigns built in different areas. For example‚ there was Mecca‚ Jerusalem‚ Cairo‚ Baghdad‚ Saragossa‚ and many more. There were territories added by the first four caliphs and the Umayyad caliphs as Doc. C says. Document C shows how Islam spread so fast because when the caliphs would build territories at certain places‚ they would talk
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Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent intergovernmental organization of 12 oil-exporting developing nations that coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its Member Countries. It was founded at a meeting held on 10–14 September 1960 in Baghdad‚ Iraq‚ by five oil-producing countries: Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. (These countries are referred to as the Founder Members of the Organization) This unified front was created primarily in response to the efforts of Western oil
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Responses showed how to keep the disease from spreading and staying healthy was to stay away from those who were ill. Document 1 describes an accurate physical description of the smallpox disease based on the head doctor of the largest hospital in Baghdad. Al-Razi uses the words like inflamed lungs‚ redness‚ and restlessness to support how the additonal symptons occur. He says the best thing to do was just to stay away from it. In Document 3 a report in 1350 CE by The Medical Faculty of Paris say
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“algorithm” and “algebra” have in common. R: / the word “Algorithm” or “Algorism” in some other writing versions‚ comes from the name Al-Khwarizmi (c. 780-850)‚ a Persian mathematician‚ astronomer‚ geographer and a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad‚ whose name means “the native of Kharazm”‚ a city that was part of the Greater Iran during his era and now is in modern day Uzbekistan. He wrote a treatise in Arabic language in the 9th century‚ which was translated into Latin in the 12th century
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Every American has their own idea and values of what America is what America stands for. In my America‚ we should not mass torture people and dehumanize them due to the fact that we can. In 2003‚ at Abu Ghraib prison‚ in Baghdad‚ American soldiers violated the rights and tortured Iraqi prisoners. The soldiers made the prisoners strip down and do humiliating acts while not wearing any clothes. What happened at the Abu Ghraib prison is an example of what can happen when one loses sight of their ethical
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