last person of the congregation has stepped 40 steps away from the grave‚ the soul receives a visit from two angels‚ Munkar and Nakir‚ (The Denied and The Denier). who ask the newly dead three questions: Who is your Lord‚ what was your way of life and finally‚ who is your prophet? If the soul answers the three questions correctly (God‚ Surrender (or obedience) to God’s will and the name of the prophet we followed) then we are accepted into the eternal gardens of delight‚ our storage space is expanded
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places where beautiful empires from ancient populations settled‚ spreading their culture‚ architecture‚ knowledge‚ and art‚ among other qualities. Two important empires that were raised during 600-1550 CE in the Americas are the Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica‚ and the Inca Empire in the Andes. “The Inca Empire and its contemporary Aztec Empire grew out of political‚ economic‚ and cultural pattern that began to form around 600 CE” (Von Sivers et al. 433). The Inca and Aztec Empires are an important and
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The rise and fall of the Persian Empires The Achaemenid Empire Medes and Persians migrated from central Asia to Persia before 1000 B.C.E. Indo-European speakers‚ sharing cultural traits with Aryans Challenged the Assyrian and Babylonian empires Cyrus the Achaemenid (the Shepherd) (reigned 558-530 B.C.E.) Became king of Persian tribes in 558 B.C.E. All of Iran under his control by 548 B.C.E. Established a vast empire from India to borders of Egypt Cyrus’s son‚ Cambyses (reigned 530-522 B
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Persian Empire may refer to: * Achaemenid Empire (558–330 BC)‚ also called "First Persian Empire" * Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD)‚ adopted both Hellenistic and Iranian customs * Sassanid Empire (224–651 AD)‚ also called "Neo-Persian Empire" and "Second Persian Empire" * Persia (1501-1979) under Safavid dynasty‚ Afsharid dynasty‚ Zand dynasty‚ Qajar dynasty and Pahlavi dynasty The Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 550–330 BCE)‚ sometimes known as First Persian Empire‚ was an Iranian empire
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Democracy Is Not Capable of Empire There are reasons why many of history’s greatest empires have tended to be either oligarchic or monarchial in nature. In observing the development of two of the ancient world’s most prominent models of representative government‚ the Athenian democracy and the Roman Republic‚ it can be concluded that when coupled with the political‚ economic‚ and social changes that come with expansion‚ the complications inherent with systems with democratic design prove incapable
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Demise of an Empire 07300The Demise of an Empire The Demise of an Empire Edward Gibbons‚ author of the esteemed novel The Decline and Fall of Rome‚ once cleverly wrote “the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay. The story of the ruin is simple and obvious and instead of inquiring why the Roman Empire was destroyed we should rather be surprised that it has subsisted for so long." The Roman Empire lasted over 500
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Charlene Melecio Art Appreciation 120 Sharon R. Zelevas June 25‚ 2011 Art of The Roman Empire Roman Art is a representational of their civilization‚ sophistication in sculpting‚ and of their very famous empire and their emperors. Although the Roman ’s improved sculpting many of their ideas came from the earlier Greek civilization that perfected the human anatomy. Romans used the foundation the Greeks had accomplished years before to improve sculpting and use it as a way to
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Military of Ottoman Empire Military of Ottoman Empire was set up in 1299 (According to some resources 1363). During the five hundred years of The Ottoman Empire‚ The Army had many changing in itself. However‚ it is a fact that The Ottoman Army was strong enough to provide The State’s rule over the three continents. The military can be divided two main parts to examine the history of Ottoman Military. First one is Classic Process. The process included from establishment to military reforms in
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Taliban Regime Vs the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a mountainous land-locked country‚ which is one of the central Asian countries. In addition‚ it is an Islamic country that Islam religion has played a significant role in governing it. In Afghanistan Many governments had been changed in past several decades. For instance‚ the Kingdom of Amanullah Khan‚ the Kingdom of Mohammad Nadir Shah‚ Mohammad Zahir Shah‚ The Communist Regimes‚ the Islamic State of Afghanistan‚ Taliban Regime
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most grand of failures in this time was that of the Roman Empire. After the death of Marcus Aurelius‚ an empire that had stood strong for centuries began its long‚ painful decline which lasted almost three centuries. No one person could possibly be blamed for this progression of abasement in the empire‚ but rather the entire Roman population. There were multiple political‚ economic‚ military‚ and social causes of the fall of the Roman Empire. The early Roman Republic will always be remembered
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