incorporeal and eternal‚ wants people to do what is just and merciful‚ be faithful Religion in Country – 75.5% Jewish‚ 16.9% Muslim‚ 2% Christian‚ 1.7% Druze‚ 3% Other Holy Cities – Jerusalem‚ Safed‚ Hebron‚ Tiberia (burial place of Jewish Patriarch‚ 2nd holiest city) Old City Jerusalem - .9 Km₂ w/in modern day Jerusalem. Home to Temple Mount‚ Western Wall (Jews)‚ the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christians)‚ Dome of Rock (Muslims). Divided into 4 quarters – Muslim‚ Christian‚ Jewish & Armenian
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citizens‚ its people‚ and the innocent. The Waco Siege is an example of what happens when Law Enforcement Agencies fail to do their most basic job‚ protect the innocent. The Waco tragedy could have been avoided if the Law Enforcement Agencies involved had done their job of protecting the innocent and did not make such catastrophic tactical errors. The Waco Siege began on February 28‚ and ended violently 50 days later on April 19‚ 1993. The siege began when the United States Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco
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conflicting conclusions. Prof. Yoram Dinstein supports the position that Partial occupation exists in Gaza‚ while Prof. Yuval Shany sources the obligation of Israel to the citizens of Gaza as ones governed by alternative sources such as Human Rights Law and Siege law covered by IHL. Belligerent Occupation: Effective control is the conditio dine qua non of Belligerent Occupation – it is the applied test to determine the obligation of a power under the laws of occupation. ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Construction
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The trebuchet is a type of siege engine originating in China sometime before the fourth century and used primarily during battle throughout the middle ages. This large artillery weapon worked by launching projectiles great distances to destroy walls to rubble or to throw diseased corpses over castle wall. One of the first documented use of a trebuchet was a traction trebuchet used at the Battle of Caishi in 1161‚ where trebuchets operated by the Song Dynasty fired bombs composed of lime and sulfur
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protected by the walls built by Egypt to keep the Asiatics out. Unfortunately‚ the Asiatics took over Egypt for the next hundred years. In this time period Jerusalem was a small city state which had not yet developed Judaism. This gave rise to map two that outlined the “club of great powers” in which the New kingdom of Egypt who had Jerusalem was in battle with the empire of Hittites (Dr. Rainbow). However‚ everything soon collapsed due to reasons that are unclear to historians. Moreover‚ Dr. rainbow
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the battles were to take control of the Holy Land Jerusalem‚ and the battles were always bloody and many people died. Many of the people who fought in the crusades died for what they believed in. The crusades were a series of military expeditions there were a total of nine crusades‚ but the first four were seen as the most important. The crusades were taken on by Western European Christian armies in an attempt to regain the holy places around Jerusalem from the Muslim conquerors. The crusades were fought
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Identify and discuss three important reasons for the Crusades: including‚ names‚ dates‚ places‚ persons of interest‚ events‚ edicts‚ etc… One of the main reason for the crusades was to take back their holy land which was Jerusalem. Two main religions fought for the ownership of Jerusalem and they were Christians and Muslims. The Pope Innocent III was trying to expand the holy Roman Empire and reclaim the holy land from the Islamic Empire. This event lead to the start of the first crusade which began in
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Leningrad. Providing a strategic advantage over the Soviet Union and crippling the Soviets industrial output‚ disabling the operations of the Baltic Fleet as well . The attack also gave the Germans access to the mediterranean. The Soviet losses during the siege exceeded over 1‚000‚000 casualties. Feldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb had established the A.G.A to lead an offensive attack on Leningrad. The plans called for the city to be taken while on the move. Hitler recalled his Panzer division for the
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During the American revolutionary war‚ there was a very specific battle that shifted the tide of the war. This specific battle took place between the dates of September 28 through October 19 1781. The battle was the Siege of Yorktown. Three major parties participated in this paramount battle. The American troops allied with the French army and fought against the British forces. General George Washington commanded approximately 8‚800 American soldiers and General de Rochambeau commanded about 7‚800
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During the middle ages‚ castles were great strongholds for its inhabitants and the town in which it dwelt. These fantastic structures were where culture and entertainment thrived‚ and members of the aristocracy lived. They were symbols of great wealth and power during the middle ages‚ and without them‚ the glory of the middle ages would not have been the same. Castles were great strongholds that were built solely to protect the inhabitants from attacking armies. They were normally situated on top
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