Dhaka City Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of mosques and muslin. Its fame attracted travelers from far and near throughout the ages. Today it has grown into a mega city of about 8.5 million people‚ with an area of about 1353 sq. km. becoming the hub of the nation’s industrial‚ commercial‚ cultural‚ educational and political activities. Today’s Dhaka has a long story of evolution
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Lamu and Zanzibar‚ two ancient towns on the coast of East Africa Historical Perspectives of East Africa Assignment Lecturer: Mr Bagaja Student Number: TTM-08-13 Student Name : Mutunga Katia Date Submitted: 23/ 10/ 2010 Lamu “The oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa “ World Heritage Site List Background The island of Lamu is situated on the north coast of Kenya. Lamu town is the largest town on Lamu Island‚ which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya
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East Pakistan became and independent entity named Bangladesh on 16‚ December‚ 1971‚ following civil war in which India actively supported the East. Bangladesh is the second largest Muslim country in the world. Dhaka‚ with 2000 mosques‚ is known as the city of mosques. Tribal Shanti Bahini guerrillas fighting for autonomy in the Chittagong Hill Tracts surrendered in Feb 1998‚ ending as 25- year insurgency that claimed more than 8500 lives. In May 1997 cyclone battered Bangladesh coast killing over
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directions for prayer also display the amount of emphasis on practice. Salat must be performed five times daily‚ at specific times of the day: early morning‚ noon‚ mid-afternoon‚ sunset‚ and evening. Each Friday a congregational service is held at the mosque and every male is required to attend. Before prayer‚ four ritual aspects are required: ritual purification‚ proper covering
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praying centre‚ has a fascinating market called Chandni Chowk. It is Asia’s largest wholesale market. It is one of the oldest and busiest markets in central north Delhi‚ the Laal Quila (The Red Fort) and FatehPuri Masjid‚ along with the most famous mosque of Delhi Jama Masjid in the vicinity. An outlet in this area
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basin. In South India the people traded more because they had access to the Indian Ocean basin and used the monsoon winds to travel oversea. Hindu temples served as banks and gave loans‚ invested in business‚ and invested in commercial ventures. Mosques only served for religious purposes. Economically North and South India are different. India had many kingdoms with similar political ruling and ideas. Both north and south were first ruled by Indians. North and South India were ruled by kings in
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Name: Section: Instructions After downloading this file‚ type your answers right into the document (using your word processor). Once you have completed the worksheet‚ keep a saved copy for yourself and then upload your work to BrainHoney by clicking the “open” button at the bottom of the “reflection worksheet” page for the current lesson. Save and upload this file only as a .doc or .docx document. This worksheet is due by Saturday evening of the week in which it is assigned. Grading will be
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secure medical attention for Johnson Henton. Malcolm X later took the city of New York to court and won the largest police brutality settlement in the city’s history. In addition to this Malcolm X was also responsible for setting up Muslim schools and mosques which taught children math‚ science‚ history and Arabic. Muslim women were taught nutrition‚ child rearing and how to care for their
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Religion creeps into and influences the society of America Religion creeps into and influences the society of America. America is the most diverse and democratic country of the world with 1st amendment of the constitution prohibiting congress from passing any law that would establish any religion in the state‚ but the traditional-deism of Americans has changed the meaning of law in its entirety. I am going to illustrate this point by examining the influence of religion on culture‚ politics‚ and
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Ramadan‚ Eid and Eid-el-haj. Each year all the Muslims go to Mecca. Muslims believe women should not show their bodies‚ this keeps the men from sinning. Muslims holly book is the Qur’an. All Muslims pray five times a day and every Friday go to mosque. Muslims must pray in Arabic. Judaism was founded in Israel by a man named Abraham. Jews worship God. Jews have a holly book called Torah. Jews do not believe the Messiah has come yet. They speak and read Hebrew‚ and do it the most for
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