of Muhammad and his original 70 followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 C.E.; journey marks starting point of Islamic calendar House of Wisdom An academic center for research and translation of foreign texts that was established in Baghdad in 830 C.E. by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mamun Ibn Battuta 14th century Arab traveler (1304-1368) who wrote about his extensive journeys throughout the Islamic world Ibn Sina One of the greatest polymaths of the Islamic world (980-1037)‚ a Persian who
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INTRODUCTION In the name Allah‚ The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful‚ all praises to Him because finally we managed to complete this assignment successfully with the help and guidance of our lecturer‚ Madam Maznah binti Mazlan. Without the encouragement and support from our friends and classmates also‚ we may not be able to finish this assignment within the time given. We were given a task on the biography of Islamic scholars and we had chosen Imam Shafi’i because we were mesmerized
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Rise and fall of Islam Intro Arab followers of Muhammad surged from the Arabian Peninsula to create the first global civilization Quickly conquered all of the middle east‚ Greece‚ Egypt‚ and Persia. This conquering spread ideas and trade‚ facilitating global diffusion Birth of Islam The Arabian peninsula was filled with bedoin societies and people. The bedoin were a hunter- gather tribe Although some groups did herd camels and others participated in agriculture‚ showing how diverse this society
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There are many artworks between the cultures of Ancient Near East through the Medieval Era that demonstrate ways political leaders constructed powerful identities‚ including the Emperor Justinian and His Attendants‚ The Maquamat of Al-Hariri‚ and the Stele of Naram-Sin. The Emperor Justinian and His Attendants artwork is from San Vitale‚ Ravenna‚ 547 BCE and is a perfect example to show how political leaders has powerful identities. This mosaic shows power through the style and context of the art
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When I first heard that George W. Bush had not one but two shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist in Baghdad‚ I laughed quite heartily. That was before I realized the gravity of insults involving footwear in Middle Eastern countries. (Then I was still laughing‚ but with a bit of wide-eyed astonishment.) In an increasingly globalized world‚ there seem to be more opportunities for gestures and intentions to be lost in translation. Every culture has its taboos and totems‚ but foreigners are not
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Why did the United States under-estimate the difficulties in bringing order and development to Afghanistan and Iraq? At the start of the twenty-first century‚ the United States engaged in two military interventions‚ the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. What were supposed to be short‚ sharp wars dragged the US into the long and failed missions of reconstructing the Afghan and Iraqi states. Today‚ 97% of Afghanistan’s licit GDP is derived from foreign aid and efforts
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discuss] • Tearing apart by horses (e.g.‚ in medieval Europe and Imperial China‚ with four horses; or "quartering"‚ with four horses‚ as in The Song of Roland and Child Owlet). • Trampling by horses (example: Al-Musta’sim‚ the last AbbasidCaliph in Baghdad). Back-breaking A Mongolian method of execution that avoided the spilling of blood on the ground[2] (example: the Mongolian leader Jamukha was probably executed this way in 1206).[3] Blowing from a gun Tied to the mouth of a cannon‚ which is
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and their pain wouldn’t go away. Muslims also expanded the practice of medical schools and hospitals” The Abbasid Caliph Harun Al Rashid used the Sasanian academy of jundishapur in southwestern Iran as his model when he founded his own hospital in baghdad (ca. 800). Muslim physicians too studied works by ancient Greeks scholars. They improved on Greek medical practices. The greatest Muslim doctor was Ibn Sina‚ known in Europe as Avicenna‚ he wrote books on medicine philosophy and other topics. Others
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AHMED KELLY Born in 1991 with significant disabilities in all four limbs‚ Ahmed Kelly was left at a Baghdad Orphanage where he spent the majority of the first seven years of his life. Then in 1998‚ he met Moira Kelly from the Children’s First Foundation‚ who brought Ahmed and his brother Emmanuel‚ also born with limb deficiencies‚ to Australia for medical treatment. Once in Australia‚ Ahmed and Emmanuel began to live happy‚ fulfilling lives‚ pursuing their passions with gusto. After undergoing
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significantly different life from women in the west. The culture in 1950’s Iraq differs from that in the west in many way‚ and Fatima‚ being a woman from the rural village of El Nahra‚ would be closer to more traditional Iraqi culture than a woman from Baghdad or other cities. She would place a greater emphasis on family‚ a woman’s responsibility to her family‚ and more traditional interpretations of the Koran. Fatima would argue that the position of women in Iraqi culture is superior to that in the west
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