Islam was a very popular religious belief that had followers from all around‚ but we ask why it spread so quickly over a short period of time. There were different factors that had allowed Islamic beliefs to cover such a large area so quickly. The Islam religion started with a man named Muhammad. A tough childhood‚ losing his parents at an early age and working as a merchant most of his life . He retreated to a cave in a near mountain. He said it was there that he received his
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Chapter 8 – African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam •The spread of Islam in Africa linked its regions to the outside world through trade‚ religion‚ and politics •States like Mali and Songhai are built on military power and dynastic alliances •Parts of sub-Saharan Africa entered into the expanding world network; many others remained isolated •Christianity and Islam sometimes influenced political and cultural development Empires of the Western Sudan (West/Northwest Africa) th th Ghana:
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Account for the rapid growth of Christianity in the first centuries. Christianity spread rapidly from C.E for three hundred years until it was legalized. The fact that this religion spread so quickly is one of the most amazing feats in history – in just 300 years Christianity went from one person preaching about a God‚ to a legalized religion. One of the main reasons for this rapid growth is that Christianity was open to anyone‚ in Judaism‚ you were not automatically a Jew and some synagogues did
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------------------------------------------------- Introduction It is sometimes a source of great wonder how certain elements of a culture have great similarities among different groups of another culture e.g.‚ art forms from one culture being held in high regard in some other part of the world. Some instances would be French Perfumes‚ Italian Leather etc. Further examples could be of cuisine. It is a testament to globalization how one does not need to venture far in order to enjoy Chinese‚ Italian
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major sandal growing tracts are located in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Sandal is also distributed in parts of Maharashtra‚ Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. The species was introduced to several areas of central and northern India‚ where it has naturalized and spread. It can grow up to an elevation of 1200m and in rainfall zones of 300–3000 mm. Flower panicles appear during December–April and fruiting occurs throughout the year (Matthew 1991). The fruit is a fleshy purplish-black globose drupe measuring approximately
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Long ago‚ an old‚ feeble man‚ with shrived‚ wiry limbs that were baked brown from hard work in the sun‚ went wondering‚ after he had consumed a little more wine then he was used to. Accordingly‚ he was spotted by a few peasants who brought him to the king named Midas‚ who affectionately took him in for ten days and cared for him. Later the leader of the land (Antonomasia) returned the old man to Bacchus‚ his foster-son‚ who in return told Midas that whatever he wished for he would give to him. Midas
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Methadone Maintenance Treatment versus Rapid Opioid Detoxification Amber Dawn Phillips University of Phoenix The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that close to three million people in Europe and the US are addicted to some type of opiate‚ and in the US alone‚ over two million people are addicted to prescription opiates‚ and opiates make up 83 percent of admissions
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Pest insects are based on the potential damage on human purpose. They cause damage to the agricultural crops‚ consume and or damage harvested food‚ cause illness or unproductively to agricultural animals‚ and vector human disease. For centuries man had made innovative ways in combining pest insects‚ which leads to the invention of insecticides. Though insecticides contributed big in the elimination of pest insects‚ it also contributed ecological alteration due to its toxic
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Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ also known as Constantine the Great‚ is believed to have been born sometime between the years 274 and 288. He was born in Naissus‚ which is now known as Nisch Serbia‚ to the Roman officer Constantius Chlorus. Constantius belonged to one of the Leading families of Moesia and his mother was a niece of the capable and soldierly Claudius‚ the conqueror of the Goths. Constantine’s mother Helena is said to have been the daughter of an innkeeper o Drepanum‚ and later
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recite the words of Allah (God) in public‚ he traveled across the Middle east with his followers. After his death Islam had reached not only the Middle East but Europe and Asia. Islam spread so quickly because of the trade routes‚ the religious message‚ and their political message. The first reason Islam spread so quickly is because when merchants moved around the middle east and other places they advertised Islam. According to Great Ages of Man : Early Islam by Desmond Stewart & the editors
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