August 30 Homework pp. 9-11 2) Premise: It’s easier and inexpensive to buy your friend a paperback copy. Conclusion: What stops many people from photocopying a book and giving it to a pal is not integrity but logistics. 5) Premise: White and Asian students score‚ on average‚ markedly higher than their black and Hispanic peers. This is true for fourth-grade tests‚ college entrance exams‚ and every other assessment on the books. Conclusion: Standardized tests have a disparate racial and ethnic
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Persepolis is a graphic autobiography by Marjane Satrapi that characterize her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. The title is a reference to the ancient capital of the Persian Empire‚ Persepolis. During the 1980s when this book is set‚ Iran was having the largest revolution in the country’s history. We are going to see Marg’s evolution threw out five major themes: religion‚ family‚ friends‚ society and authority. We are going to peruse the pros
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The Basseri Khan | The Basseri of Iran have a formal leader called the Khan‚ or chief. Barth (1961‚ p. 74) describes him as having "great power and privilege‚" with autocratic power over his subjects. The Khan and his relatives form a wealthy‚ elite stratum who conspicuously displays its wealth in a large tent in camp and a large villa in the village. The Khan and his kin reside most of the time in the village‚ having given up their daily nomadic life so that others herd their animals.The Khan
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special and I would not give more than 5/10 for it. You will not regret watching this movie‚ but you should try to find out more information about this incident before watching it‚ because it will help you to get better picture about situations in Iran. In my opinion the movie is not even close to Oscar‚ but it got it‚ probably because of the strong patriotism among US citizens and this story is exactly about that. All in all‚ this movie is a nice way to spend Saturday afternoon‚ but it definitely
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Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day‚ influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture. The principal Islamic architectural types are: the Mosque‚ the Tomb‚ the Palace and the Fort. From these four types‚ the vocabulary of Islamic architecture is derived and used for buildings of lesser importance such as public baths‚ fountains and domestic architecture. * 3.1 Persian
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Study Questions 1. Comment on Khattam-Shud’s remark that inside a story lies a world that can’t be controlled. Why is that important? His belief as the leader of the land is that the world is made for one to control‚ he believes in controlling the way people speak. Without a use for language‚ the people become silent and then they are controlled. The people lose their freedom of speech. 2. Is this a story for children? Why or why not? I don’t think children will fully understand the meaning
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Siyuan Hu Ashley Farmer ENG 100 Similarity between “The Veil” and “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” In “The Veil” by Satrapi‚ she describes her early childhood‚ the background of it and also The Islamic Revolution that took place in Iran. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Anzaldúa‚ she talks about the intertwined issues of her native language and argues for the values of it. Even though these two great works vary not only in genres but also in topics‚ in culture-concerning kind of perspective
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my experience on trust Sharareh Nourzad 25 years old Tehran‚ Iran I am a first year student in Degree program of Design. I moved to Finland 9 years ago and before that I lived in Turkey for 5 years. Living in Turkey and in a poor city thought me lots of thing about trust and human relationships. Through the years I have met with different kind of people with different backstories and living situations. I used to trust everyone because I was very young and I had no experiences in so called
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gold coinage system.|560 BCE and lasted until 330 BCE.|The empire was formed from a nomadic people called the Persians and the Medes‚ both distantly related to the Hittites‚ Greeks‚ and Romans.|Asia Minor to India‚ including present-day Turkey‚ Egypt‚ Iran‚ Pakistan‚ and Afghanistan.|Military force| Assyrians|Created a large empire known for warfare and cruelty; also built large libraries and created important art and architecture; religion adopted from Babylonians|2000-600BCE; Assyrian farmers date
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Silk Road The Silk Road was many things: a connection for the East and West‚ a valuable empire building resource‚ focus of cultures colliding‚ and a strategic trade route. The most important of these is the connection between the East and West. Without this trade route cultures would have developed completely different‚ and the already distant lands would be in seemingly different universes. Geography The Silk Road is not just one road‚ but an interconnected series of trade routes stretching
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