reveals that Abd al-Rahman believed that cities and countries had more depth and areas of influence than what the average person may have believed (Doc 7). Document 10‚ which depicts a drawing of the round city of Baghdad‚ illustrates the reason behind the unique architecture of Baghdad. In addition to a cultural role‚ cities and urban areas conducted a religious role as well. Ibn Jubayr‚ the Spanish Muslim traveler and geographer‚ also stated that Damascus was an important religious city because
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World History: Mr. Ricky Waldon | Iran – Iraq War | Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) The Iran-Iraq War permanently altered the course of Iraqi history. It strained Iraqi political and social life‚ and led to severe economic dislocations. Viewed from a historical perspective‚ the outbreak of hostilities in 1980 was‚ in part‚ just another phase of the ancient Persian-Arab conflict that had been fueled by twentieth-century border disputes. Many observers‚ however‚ believe that Saddam Hussein ’s decision
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The division secured the eastern half of Baghdad in six days with a total of 76 casualties‚ four KIA and 72 WIA. The division’s fire discipline and judicious use of supporting arms in this densely populated area avoided a potentially catastrophic toll among the civilian population and minimized collateral damage. During the fight for Baghdad‚ the division seized key facilities‚ including the Rasheed Military Complex‚ the Atomic Energy Commission‚ the Baghdad University‚ Tariq Aziz’s residence‚ the
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dynasty. Only slightly the Abbasids expanded their empire by conquest. Instead of conquering new lands the Abbasids were focusing on creating a government that would be able to rule ethnic and cultural groups. The caliphs built a new city called Baghdad were all central authority came from. The Islamic culture had a formal education that stresses the study of the Quran and the Sharia. The caliphs maintained a standing army‚ and they established bureaucratic ministries in order to keep in charge
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traditionally viewed the Mongolian invasion of the Khwarazmia and the Abbasid Caliphate as destructive to the Islamic identity‚ because Islamic world-empires suffered a loss of political power‚ economic wealth‚ and human life; and the destruction of Baghdad resulted in the loss of Islamic multicultural and social cohesiveness. Recent studies‚ however‚ indicate that the Mongols facilitation of trade led to the spread Islam‚ which made it the global religion seen in present day. While the Mongols destroyed
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old when I started to hear the explosions. Soldiers came to each house to search for weapons. As a child living in Baghdad living through a war adversely affected me. The city was very dangerous‚ so my parents decided to move to another town where all my family gathered together in one big house. My family and I were very frightened by what had happened and what would happen in Baghdad. After a while‚ when the violence subsided‚ we returned‚ but everything was different. Most of the houses had been
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Muslim scholars (people who study‚ students) and scientists during the period from approximately 750 to 1050 A.D. This period is called a "Golden Age" of the Islamic World. Great advances were made in the Abbasid Islamic Empire (with its capital in Baghdad) even up to 1258 when the Mongols invaded the empire and destroyed its capital. Great achievements also continued in Muslim Spain‚ in Cairo‚ Egypt at later time periods‚ but the glorious "Golden Age" was the best period for science and mathematics
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region because of its alleged pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. The conflict began when US‚ British and small numbers of Australian and Polish soldiers invaded Iraq. The major fighting ended about three weeks later after US troops entered Baghdad and toppled the Hussein regime. The military campaign was short and one-sided‚ but hard fought. The US forces‚ however‚ were plagued by a morass of supply shortages‚ radios that could not reach far-flung troops and virtually no reliable intelligence
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SILSILA ALIA NOORBAKHSHIA Noorbakhshia is a Sufi order like the other orders of suffism. It has being called by different names in different era. Silsila Zahab‚ Marufia‚ Junadia‚ Sehrawerdia‚ Kubruwia‚ Hamadania and Noorbakhshia are the different name of this Silsila in different periods. However‚ it is known as Noorbakhshia after Shah Syed Muhammad Noorbakhsh. The Sufi leader of this order was the great vice-regent of Allah. They were adorned with the knowledge of Shariat‚ Tariqat‚ Marifat and Haqiqaat
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Walter Dean Myers wrote the book and it is called “Sunrise over Fallujah.” It is about a military unit before‚ during‚ and after the battle of Fallujah‚ the Iraqi war included the genocide of Saddam Hussein‚ invasion of Kuwait‚ WMD’s‚ the battle of Baghdad‚ and the battle for Fallujah. The war in Iraq all started because the Iraqi army went into Kuwait because the Iraqi government had thought they took oil that supposedly belonged to Iraq. This ended bad for the Iraqi army because the U.S. coalition
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