The House of Wisdom The Bayt al-Hikma‚ or House of Wisdom was founded in Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mamun. The goal of the House of Wisdom was to become a wellspring of knowledge by gathering the best scholars and translators to translate the ancient texts from Greece and India‚ and then to further advance Arab sciences. Al-Mamun established the House of Wisdom in hopes that it would bring prosperity to the Muslim empire. In 833 Al-Mamun died and his son Abu Ishaq al-Mutasim ibn Harun became Caliph
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enter the realm of an abandoned house left many years ago‚ and discover what secrets might be held inside. Before entering‚ I took a good observation of the outside. Vines had clung itself to the outer walls of the house‚ while the top floor window looked as if a baseball had been thrown through it. The roof was tattered‚ and a whole was present beside the chimney large enough for the neighborhood birds to nest. Around the house was unkempt undergrowth as if the house had grown up from the very earth
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In the story‚ “A Haunted House” by Virginia Woolf‚ a seemingly haunting‚ but wonderful story is told about a ghostly couple that is seeking out something they had “lost” in their old home from many years ago that another couple lives in now. The ghostly couple spends the night in this house searching high and low for a specific something that they cannot exactly put their finger on. As they search though the house‚ they relive some nostalgic moments that they had in the times they lived there and
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main reason I love this town is the house I grew up in. When I was four my family moved to Amherst from Georgia. We stayed in a little house and then a couple months later moved into the house I live in now. It is a large old house that sits adjacent to a farm‚ a forest and a street. It has always been a comforting environment full of family friends sports teams and other people who stop by. What has been even better though is the neighborhood around my house. Especially the farm and forest. My brothers
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Abandon House 1. Dust lay over every surface like dirty snow‚ pristine dust layer‚ not a foot print anywhere‚ dust bunnies the size of bowling balls tumbled across the floor boards toward unseen skittles‚ free papers piled up to the letter box and cascaded all the way to the foot of the rough wooden stairs‚ old tea cups lay on a coffee table thickly encrusted with dried up mould‚ dust covered mirrors‚ smell of mildew‚ stale air‚ air thick with dust‚ shafts of light bursting through gaps in the boarded
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My presentation is about 2 residential buildings: Eames House and Koshino House. The earlier building is called the Eames House which was created by husband and wife‚ Charles and Ray Eames. The other construction was designed by Tadao Ando and it is named the Koshino House. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ which if you don’t know is located in America. In 1941 Charles married Ray. As a couple‚ they both designed furniture‚ buildings‚ and other objects. In fact‚ during World
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In "The Fall of the House of Usher"‚ Poe uses the life-like characteristics of the decaying house of Usher as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. This not only makes the story act upon the reader in a grabbing way‚ but it also creates an impression of fear‚ mystery and horror‚ typical for Poe’s literary works. For example‚ from the very beginning of the story‚ the reader can tell that there is something unusual and bizarre about the old house. As the narrator approaches the
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you evaluate the School House business model? Ms. Weeks was a Greensboro girl who came to Duke with an interest in fashion and concern for exploited workers in the third world sweat shops which produce much of the world’s clothing. She managed to obtain a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Sri Lanka‚ a small country 10‚000 miles away which was trying to brand itself as a source of clothing that was produced ethically. To make a long story short‚ Ms. Weeks founded School House and launched a factory
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An Analysis of “The House” “The House” by Kim Krupp Pepe is a selection about a girl and her memories of her old house as a child. The main idea is that she is grown up and will never experience the same memories as she once had‚ but she also cherishes her memories of the house that she once lived in as a child. For example‚ in the last paragraph‚ she states that “Now I’m always kind of torn between being sad because I feel like a child and yet knowing I am not and can never be again. Another part
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Dreaming is one thing that keeps us alive and when we stop dreaming it is a time to die. In my dreams I built a house that I live in with my beloved little family. I like to live in a relaxing environment with fresh air away from noisy cities and crowded places. Therefore‚ I want my house to be a beach house located on beautiful white sand beach. It has three floors and the entire house is built up above the ground level. All the rooms are designed and decorated in beach style with gleaming hardwood
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