Medicine and pharmacologyThe book is known for its description of contagious diseases and sexually transmitted diseases‚[46] quarantine to limit the spread of infectious diseases‚ and testing of medicines. Ibn Sīnā adopted‚ from the Greeks‚ the theory that epidemics are caused by pollution in the air (miasma).[47] It classifies and describes diseases‚ and outlines their assumed causes. Hygiene‚ simple and complex medicines‚ and functions of parts of the body are also covered. The Canon agrees with Aristotle (and
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Foreign Destination Research Project Laura Telutki HTT/200 February 9‚ 2014 Ed Gaeraths Foreign Destination Research Project When I was a young girl‚ I fantasized about becoming a stewardess so that I could travel the world and visit exotic places. Unfortunately‚ in order to be a stewardess‚ one of the many qualifications years ago‚ was that you had to be at least 5’8” tall and I was only 5’5”. My dream of becoming a stewardess was shattered; however‚ it did not stop me from wanting to travel
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The strong military‚ organized government and religious tolerance all pointed that Mongols are civilized; therefore‚ they should not be called as barbarians which have no humanity‚ cruel‚ violent and are lack of managements. The Mongols were used to be small clans which often fight with each other for supplies. Around 1200‚ Temujin‚ Genghis Khan‚ defeated his enemies one by one and united the Mongols. He led the Mongols and found the largest connected land empire in the history‚ the Mongol Empire
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dynasty‚ the Chinese created a recipe called “Kulfi” which was milk ice mixed with pistachio. It was believed to be the archetype of today’s ice-cream. In the 13th century‚ Marco Polo visited China and fell in love with the frozen desert‚ so he took the technique of making ice cream back to Italy. During his journey‚ Marco Polo created his own recipe by adding a few ingredients such as yak milk with snow. After he introduced the delicacy to the Italians‚ it became very popular and soon spread to France
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Pres. Marcos called for a dialogue in Zamboanga City from April 17-30.Those invited in this dialogue were : Marcos-handpicked Muslim leaders Government officials Rebels The Sixth Islamic Foreign Ministers Conference convened in Jeddah. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on July 12-15‚ 1975.This conference approved the nine-point proposal for the resumption of talks and urged both the MNLF and the Philippine government to resume the negotiation. Dr. Karim Gaye of Senegal -told Pres. Marcos of the
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in Islamic history‚ education and scholarship flourished. Muslim scholars achieved many important innovations and discoveries in a wide range of studies and interests including zoology‚ astronomy‚ herbal medicine‚ hospitals‚ algebra‚ irrigation and polo. Zoology is the study of animals. One of the accomplishments in this field was the famous Book of Animals‚ written by Al-Jahiz. An encyclopedia of seven volumes‚ it contained not only scientific information but also poetry‚ proverbs‚ storytelling
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had some creative preventions for plague‚ stretching as far as to drink Armenian clay. Travelers were at the most risk from the plague as they made contact with many areas‚ any of which could hide their infection. One of these such travelers was Ibn Battuta‚ a Muslim who traveled from the kingdom of Mali to Mecca on his hajj. He said that the people who wished not to be struck with plague assembled in the Great mosque and spent the night there in prayers‚ demonstrating that‚ even from a non-religious
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trade. The Mongols needed traded with other countries because they didn’t settle down to make their own goods‚ instead they would steal from others. Document 8 is written from the point of view of one of the Great Khan’s ambassadors‚ Marco Polo. The way that Marco Polo regards everything about Kubilai Kahn is not surprising considering he
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recommended during the pilgrimage to Mecca. When giving it away‚ the gold helped provided resource for any one person or village‚ which gave the people ease in the sense that they didn’t have to struggle hard to keep their village alive. According to Ibn Battuta (3)‚ Taghaza is described as a desert-like place. The only things there are salt mines‚ which make the village survive. Based on belief‚ Mansa Musa didn’t do much with the village‚ as it was a barren and desolate place. According to Verses from
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BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY (BASED ON SYSTEMATIC APPROACH) 1. Physical Geography (i) Geomorphology Is devoted to the study of landforms‚ their evolution and related processes. (ii) Climatology Encompasses the study of structure of atmosphere and elements of weather and climates and climatic types and regions. (iii) Hydrology Studies the realm of water over the surface of the earth including oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers and other water bodies and its effect on different life forms including human life
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