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    civilization are laid in the city state of Medina. 3. The death of Muhammad The third most major event is the death of Muhammad following his farewell speech and the election of Au Bakr as the first civil and religious ruler of Islam. A) Name three military events during the time of Prophet Muhammad. B) Who were the parties involved? C) What was the reason for each event? D) What was the result? 1.

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    The importance of a good name[c] In the bible verse Proverbs 10:7 it states that “The memory of the righteous is a blessing‚ but the name of the wicked will rot.” In Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible having a good name and reputation is very important‚ especially when you live in a christian society. Throughout The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller lets his audience see how important it is to the characters to keep a good name. When the story first begins in Salem‚ Arthur Miller jumps straight into the importance

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    In “The Names”‚ Billy Collins uses repetitions of names to designate the astronomical quantity of 9/11 victims‚ and to share his desires of the victims to not be forgotten as time passes by. Billy Collins goes on to present that these names are still pertinent and are almost everywhere around us‚ however he is unsure that these names are pertinent in future time. As time vanishes‚ people incline to forget events that have occurred‚ and this is something Billy Collins desires not to transpire for

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    about the subject. The New York Times says‚ “Blackmon’s way of organizing this material is to bookend his legal and historical chronicle with the personal story of Green Cottenham‚ a black man born free in the mid-1880s. This gets "Slavery by Another Name" off to a shaky start‚ if only because many of Blackmon’s wordings are speculative. The book underscores that if black Americans’ enslavement to U.S. Steel (which‚ when it acquired the Tennessee Coal‚ Iron & Railroad Company‚ became a prime offender)

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    of both name and identity is evident in “The Namesake” as it is applicable to all characters throughout the book. In particular‚ the character‚ Gogol Ganguli‚ which the book is based around‚ is born in America to Bengali parents‚ who immigrated from India. Gogol’s confusion over his cultural identity impacts his life choices‚ consequently‚ impacting the connection he has with his family. Bengali culture dictates that every new born should be given two names‚ a pet name‚ and a good name. The pet

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    How Tabiteuea got its name? One of the islands in Kiribati (Central Pacific) There are legends and myths that tell how certain places in the Pacific got their names. In Kiribati‚ each island has its own story on how it got its name from which the people of the island claim the position of their island in the creation of Kiribati. The people of Tabiteuea‚ the largest island in Kiribati claim that Tabiteuea was the first island created or the oldest and therefore should be respected by the rest of

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    own our own identity if that makes sense. We claim what we say is our identity. Whether it’s being a part of a certain ethnicity‚ cultural backgrounds‚ or religions. Part of our identity is where we come from‚ our heritage. It’s who we are. In “No Name Woman”‚ the author Kingston tells of one of her families most hidden secrets. She never knew she had an aunt until her mother told her after several years. Her aunt‚ had gotten pregnant at a young age and committed suicide because her family disowned

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    Dewitt English 9C May 27‚ 2013 Name-Calling Name calling‚ a type of propaganda used by many for their own good. There are specific ways on how and when it should be used. There are also specific places on where you can use it and who can use it. This method has ruined people lives; it has given some specific people a bad reputation. Made the people of the public think that the person they know isn’t what they think he is. Name-Calling is one of the many techniques

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    Americans know about the events of September 11th. Many poems‚ songs and books have been written about it. Brian Doyle talks about people jumping from the twin towers in his poem “Leap.” Billy Collins also talks about individuals in his powerful poem “The Names.” Both of these authors wrote poems about a very powerful event in history that have both similarities and differences. The two poems differ when it comes to the imagery used. In the poem “Leap” the imagery used makes you feel sick to your stomach

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    In the editorial‚ “Discrimination by Another Name‚” by the Washington Times‚ the author talks about the different problems of discrimination in colleges accepting people of a certain minority‚ and discarding others. The editorial also uses different rhetorical devices‚ connotation‚ and bias to affect their argument and the audience’s opinions on it. The author mostly talks about how it is wrong that colleges are still allowed to do this‚ even though they should not be able to. Overall‚ though‚ the

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