Sallahuddin Ayubi \ (c. 1138 – March 4‚ 1193)‚ better known in the Western world as Saladin‚ was a Kurdish Muslim‚ who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria‚ and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power‚ his sultanate included Egypt‚ Syria‚Mesopotamia‚ Kurdistan‚ Hejaz‚ and Yemen. Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi‚ the hero of hundreds of battles‚ was the person who for twenty years braved
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was boastful and took all credit of his armies‚ like that one person in a group project who did nothing but got an A. Michael Wood‚ an archaeologist and Egyptologist wrote “During his conquest‚ Alexander founded nearly 30 cities named Alexandria in his honor… Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ one of the many towns that Alexander founded and named after himself…”. A modest person‚ no‚ a slightly vain and proud king would not do something like that. It’s one thing to name one city after yourself‚ but thirty is where
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Herodotus (father of history) Thucydides ( the better historian) 3 names tower above the Greek Philosophers Socrates Plato Aristotle Other Prominent Writers Hippocrates (Father of Medicine) Aristophanes (playwright who wrote comedies) Euclid (Father of Geometry) HELLENISTIC PERIOD between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and 146 BC Alexander the Great Hellenistic art focused on the real. Translation of the Old Testament into Greek (2nd Century B.C) Septuagint
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have to check for any problems that can occur in proving a theory. However‚ proofs alone are not enough to make sure that a concept is true. In order to consider if a mathematical statement is true or not‚ we can use the formal system‚ developed by Euclid. This model of reasoning includes three key elements: axioms‚ deductive reasoning‚ and theorems. To reason formally‚ you must accomplish these steps in this order. The simplest form of proof is using the axiom system‚ which is a basic assumption
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mathematics today because they did not use what are now our basic symbols like the plus sign (+)‚ minus sign (-)‚ or even the equals sign (=) and they used pebbles to do calculations (Rihll 41). A lot of these finding came during the Hellenistic period. Euclid was a pioneer in geometry- many of the things he contributed to the subject with Elements- still are true today (Rihll 54). Some examples of his postulates are: “[It is possible] to draw a straight line from any point to any point‚ ‘’ to describe
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The High Middle Ages were a time of great advancement and prosperity. The High Middle Ages occurred in Europe and Mediterranean regions during the period of time between 1050 AD to 1450 AD. Catholicism was the dominant religion of Europe as the Catholic Church was the only church in Europe. This period of time is characterized by the rapidly increasing population of Europe‚ which brought about great social and political change. Another sentence. During the High Middle Ages‚ there achievements in
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Chapter 1: * Ancestors came here by river * Each generation after the first of Simon lived and grew cotton with black slaves until the father Atticus decided to study law * Atticus invested his money in his brother john who studied law when it wasn’t worth growing cotton * Extremely hot weather is what the girl first remembers of the town * Lived on the main street in town Atticus‚ jem‚ the girl and the cook Calpurnia (coloured woman) * The girl’s mother died when she was 2
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travels towards the Eastern Mediterranean. First he captured Gaza‚ and then traveled into capture Egypt. This gave him control over the entire eastern Mediterranean coastline‚ where he would establish the City of Alexandria‚ located at the mouth of the Nile River. The city of Alexandria would later become the scientific‚ literary‚ and commercial center of the Greek world. After all his work in the eastern Mediterranean‚ he moved his forces to Babylon. Again‚ he defended Darius‚ now in 331 B.C.‚
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As a result‚ revolts started against the local government. Alexander returned back to Thebes and sacked the revolt (killing 6000 and selling 20000 into slavery). Alexander desired to build the most powerful empire. In 323 BCE he returned to Alexandria after his troops mutinied against his conquering more ground in the Indian territories. He contracted a fever and due to his being weak (from war and being a heavy drinker) he died at the age of 33. Some say he was poisoned‚ some go far even
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Student Counselor Accountability Amy Gill Lamar University Student Counselor Accountability The ASCA National Model supports the significance for accountability by including it as one of the crucial elements which offer structure and framework for the school counselor and counseling program (ASCA‚ 2005). The element of accountability‚ under the ASCA National Model‚ includes the program audit‚ school counselor performance evaluation‚ and results reports. Examining the data acquired through
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