It was in that cave that he met the archangel Gabriel and Gabriel gave Muhammad words to recite. These words gave birth to the religion of Islam. Through trade‚ military‚ and followers Islam quickly spread to an empire that dominated the Middle East and spread across North Africa and Europa. Mecca was important to the Islamic people; it was the center of their faith. Mecca was also the site of Arabia’s holiest pagan shrines the Ka’ba. It was also the center of the caravan trade so millions
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East of Eden Essay Villains are what make the stories interesting; they are people who are displaying the worst of human characteristics. In East of Eden‚ that callous and malicious individual is Cathy. Cathy is devoid of human empathy and shows this many times throughout the novel. Cathy has committed many heinous crimes towards her family. At the beginning of the novel‚ Cathy kills her parents by setting their house on fire while they were inside. Parents are essentially your creators‚ by killing
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West Side Story transfers Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to present-day New York. The love story of Romeo and Juliet becomes that of Maria and Tony. The feud between the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues is re-created in one involving two teen-age gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The famous balcony scene of the Shakespeare drama transpires on a fire-escape of an ugly New York tenement. The curtain rises on a bleak scene representing a warehouse. For the next five minutes not a word is spoken
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I really enjoyed the documentary East of Liberty. It is very important to talk about issues surrounding gentrification‚ especially when it is clearly happening in the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has a very strong identity‚ and pushing people out of these neighborhoods takes away from the identity of our city because they are Pittsburgh. It is very easy for people who live outside of the city‚ such as myself‚ to say they are from Pittsburgh‚ but that simply is not the case. The people
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*AFTER QUIZ 2* October 31st‚ 2012 Issues in this unit: racism‚ war‚ discrimination‚ etc. WWII; Race war Strong ethnocentrism. Nativism doesn’t have any institutional power. Nativism becomes more a national policy‚ national identity. In Meiji period‚ Japanese were aware of what happened in China; change of terminology (people stop referring China as the middle kingdom‚ and refers it as Shina?‚ reflect a different stand towards China). Ethnocentrism has a different grounding. Difference between
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West Asia Syria and Lebanon As in other parts of Asia‚ there was an upsurge for freedom in West Asia also immediately after the Second World War. You have read in the previous chapter about the movement of the people of Syria against the French rule. After the war‚ the French tried to restore their authority over Syria and Lebanon but‚ in the face of opposition from the people of these countries and the world opinion‚ they were forced to withdraw. Both Syria and Lebanon became independent by the
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DATA OF UDAIPUR Udaipur is known as the Venice of the east. It is also called the city of lakes. The Lake Palace on Jag Niwas Island in the middle of Pichola Lakes is the finest example of its architectural and cultural explosion. The grand City Palace on the banks of the lake compliments the palace along with the Monsoon Palace (Sajjan Garh) on the hill above. Udaipur is also the centre for performing arts‚ craft and its famed miniature paintings.The Shilp Gram festival is a center of attraction
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Vodafone turns East 1. Presentation of the case Before China’s entry into WTO in 2001‚ government protected its strategic telecommunication industry and there were two domestic state-owned enterprises in the telecommunication market‚ CMHK and China Unicom. Whereas‚ the fixed-line telecommunication was dominated by China Telecom‚ China Tietong and a smaller fixed-line player‚ China Netcom. While the negotiations for WTO were taking place‚ China firstly agreed to basic telecommunication opening
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Special article the economy of West Bengal Ratan Khasnabis Even after 30 years of Left Front rule in West Bengal‚ the state has lagged behind in a few economic indicators‚ this‚ despite better performance in agriculture. Agricultural growth rates have however declined in the last decade or so‚ the reasons for which have been elaborated upon. A gradual movement towards unorganised labour has characterised working patterns in the state and the phenomenon is studied‚ along with the conditions
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between cricket and West Indian Social and Political life” Cricket has been intertwined in the life of West Indians since it arrived in the islands. It has been a representation of injustice and prejudice as well as a conduit for social and political triumph in the West Indies. The development of cricket‚ as not just another game‚ mirrors the question for decolonization from Britain and also the struggles of nationalist and independence endeavors. Throughout its lifespan‚ the West Indies cricket team
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