1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in
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Video Notes: “Inside Islam” (The History Channel‚ 2002) Streaming segments c. 10 minutes each Part 1 of 9: Intro and basic facts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAjsu1ATrts Islam means Peace and Submission (The peace that comes from submission‚ the attention to God that comes from peace.) Allah Akbar means “God is great.” Sunni = 85% of Muslim population; Shia = 10%; Sufi less than 5% Islam is not only a religion of the Middle East: largest population of Muslims is in India. Largest Islamic
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Suleiman’s claim that David killed Goliath therefore his followers have God’s mandate to kill herdsmen is populism and barbarism. Intentional killing has never been trendy or fantastic any time. We are in an enlightened age of the 21 century where law and order have taken over the places of whim and primitivism. Religion plus ethnic supremacy are hotcakes in Nigeria. We should
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changed some of the important traits‚ which took away the true understanding of the characters. In the book‚ Khaled Hosseini states that Hassan is a descendant of Mongol heritage‚ which was an indicator of his status in society. As a Hazara young Hassan’s actor in the movie‚ blended in with the rest of the actors‚ as he did look like a Mongol. Another obvious flaw in Hassan’s character in the movie was the fact that he did not have a harelip‚ which represented the fact that he was a Hazara and had
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For ones settlement to be considered a civilization it has to have writing‚ art‚ and social order. Uncivilized people are not actually uncivilized‚ they either just choose to not be part of society or flee it. The Mongols are a prime example of this. The Mongols flourished in the arts and had writings but never had a permanent settlment. Uncivilized people just live outside of the social order that we consider necessary for a civilation to be
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Marx and Weber: Critics of Capitalism In spite of their undeniable differences‚ Marx and Weber have much in common in their understanding of modern capitalism: they both perceive it as a system where "the individuals are ruled by abstractions (Marx)‚ where the impersonal and "thing-like" (Versachlicht) relations replace the personal relations of dependence‚ and where the accumulation of capital becomes an end in itself‚ largely irrational. Their analysis of capitalism cannot be separated
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The Chinese Tributary System: The Guide to Globalization The Chinese Tributary System was by far in a way China’s biggest asset for managing foreign‚ political relationships. China was able to leverage themselves against other empires in a non-violent way by asking for and paying out precious goods all with the idea of establishing a mutual respect. For this reason‚ I have chosen a Japanese screen named "Gift Bearers at the Chinese Court." Painted by Kano Eitoku sometime
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The Rise and Fall of China’s Great Wall The rise and fall of China’s Great Wall: the race to save a world treasure - Special Report Current Events‚ Sept 27‚ 2002 Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It’s free! Save it. MADE OF BRICK‚ STONE‚ and dirt‚ the Great Wall twists and turns across China’s landscape like a giant dragon. It seems to rise out of the sea at Bo Hal gulf‚ a place known to local people as Laolongtou‚ or "the old dragon’s head." The
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which then became the heart of Russia. * The Mongols and the Emergence of Moscow -Kievan Rus’ struggled on into the 13th century‚ but was decisively destroyed by the arrival of a new invader--the Mongols. -In 1237‚ the grandson of Rus’ came into control of the empire‚ this led the Mongols to take an advantage of the new king so they destroyed almost all the cities Rus’ have created in Russia. -War began between the Moscow kingdom and the Mongols. -In the best news of the era for Russia‚ both
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Qutubuddin Aibak’s Slave dynasty (so called because he was once a slave of Muhammad). Under the Khalji dynasty (1290-1320) its control was extended over most of the subcontinent. Alauddin‚ the second Khalji sultan‚ repelled an attempted invasion by the Mongols‚ but in 1398‚ following a period of internal strife‚ the territory of the sultanate was overrun by the armies of the Turkic conqueror Tamerlane. Under the Sayyid (1414-1451) and Lodi (1451-1526) dynasties the sultanate’s power was greatly reduced
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