became prime minister. He was elected president of the new Republic of Kenya in 1964 and held that post until his death in Mombasa on August 22‚ 1978. Yassir Arafat is a Palestinian commando leader and politician. Hes the head of head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Born in Jerusalem he fled after the establishment of Israel in 1948 later studied engineering in
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the successful revival of a language through an in-depth analysis of the sociolinguistic situation present in pre-Israel Palestine that allowed for Hebrew’s dramatic resurrection‚ in the hopes of finding a generalizable formula to be applied to future revival efforts. The article was sourced from journals.cambridge.org. SUMMARY The Jewish community in pre-Israel Palestine consisted of a multilingual “Babel Generation” which impeded their unity. The revival of Hebrew is often seen as a unique
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The Arab Revolt of World War I can be said to be a key battle in the Arab world‚ with reinforcement from the West. The key countries that were involved with the Revolt included the Kingdom of Hejaz‚ Britain‚ France and the Ottoman Empire (Lecture on Bahrain and Syria). The Ottoman Empire had assumed authority over most of the Middle East‚ and their government was mostly dominated by Turkish officials. The Arab population within the Ottoman Empire wanted to create an independent Arab state without
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journey‚ but the opposite is true. The slaves on the ships were working hard to transport goods they would never enjoy. The obscurity of the first ships is really shown when Masefield mentions‚ “Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine” (Masefield 2). This line depicts Palestine as a desirable place for the workers‚ but most were
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Canada’s Lack of Leadership in United Nations World Affairs Canada is known to be the “nice guys” of the world‚ but we have shady patches in our history that could easily strip us of our “nice guys” title‚ especially when it comes to foreign affairs. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994‚ the Canadian government ignored many reports of the intense violence going on in Rwanda. Canada voted against Palestinian statehood and has been showing our disagreement on this issue‚ but continues to talk without
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“The Holocaust‚ taken by itself‚ is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it.”-David Novak. The Holocaust was a sad and depressing era for the Jews and all of Europe. Hitler was a sadistic man that rose to power in 1933 and not long after he created what he thought was a great government power scheme known as The Nazi’s. Hitler then took that power and created a perfect race and took out The Jews and others because he deemed them as weak. Hitler’s ideology caused a great sadness
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conquests of Alexander‚ the history‚ culture‚ languages and civilizations of the peoples of the eastern Mediterranean and Asia were changed forever. Alexander‚the great established Greek city-states and military strongholds throughout Asia Minor‚ Syria-Palestine‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia.Wherever he and his troops went in the world‚ such as Antioch in Syria‚ Philippi and Alexandria in Egypt‚ there were changes in culture which were introduced to promote Hellenism.Needless to say‚Jewish culture was affected
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Churches back together as one. It took about a year to gather Crusaders. The first Crusade lasted two years and achieved its objectives in the Holy Land. The Crusaders slaughtered the Turks and halted their expansion. Then they marched into Palestine and captured Jerusalem and massacred the city. The Crusaders had allied themselves with many unstable forces in the region. And when they assisted a Muslim ruler in attacking Damascus‚ there payback was that ruler launching a jihad against
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During the time when the New Testament literature was composed‚ the Jews‚ the writers of the New Testament‚ were living for many years under the political oppression of foreign rulers. The area of Palestine‚ the home of the Jews‚ was ruled by different empires over time including the Assyrians‚ Babylonians‚ Persians‚ Egyptians‚ Syrians‚ and Romans. During the time of the Babylonian rule‚ notable suffering occurred when the Babylonians destroyed the
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terrorist attacks were not Muslim. Guerrilla Fighters from Mao Zedong to Ho Chi Menh and Fidel Castro killed civilians during their revolutionary campaigns. They too were called terrorists until they triumphed. Nothing Muslim about them. In Palestine‚ after world war second II‚ Jewish groups (The Haganah‚ Irgun‚ and
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