One recipe for a vaginal suppository includes mixed the unripe fruit of Acacia‚ colocynth‚ dates‚ and 6/7 pints of honey and pouring the mixture onto a moistened plant fiber. Modern Arabic women still take colocynth as an abortifacient‚ though one woman who took 120 grains in a powder died 50 hours later. In Arabic medicine‚ elephant feces were frequently recommended. Aristotle suggests that the conceptus had a “soul” after 40 days from conception if a male and 90 if female. In addition there
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English Indian English refers to dialects or varieties of English spoken primarily in India and also by Indian Diaspora elsewhere In the world. Due to British colonialism for over two hundred years’ as were used more to British English than to American‚ Australian or Canadian English. And due to the presence of vernacular languages in our country‚ English was chosen to be the co-official language of the union of India. Our obvious choice is one of the varieties of British English; which educated southern
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Arabesque: ornate design: an intricate and often symmetrical design incorporating curves‚ geometric patterns‚ leaves‚ flowers‚ and animal shapes. 1.) It was a library and university in Baghdad. During the Abbasid period‚ scholars made advances in a variety of fields. The caliph’s dream was that he met Aristotle‚ and plied him with questions about ethics‚ reason‚ and religion. After‚ his dream inspired
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Feb 25‚ 2013 Anth 360.01 Islam and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him The documentary about the Islamic religion and its founding prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was very interesting to me because‚ I come from a dominant Muslim country know as Iran and I have never really knew how‚ from where and by who the Islamic religion started. This movie sums it up in about an hour. The azan is the sound called five times a day everyday across the world. Nearly a quarter of the people on earth
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visit again to see my loving family‚ try some crazy new foods and venture into areas I have never experienced before. The love I have for my family and their culture in the Middle East is immense. Although I get a pretty good dose of culture with my Arabic family members living in Southern California‚ I would take any opportunity I had to fly more than half way around the world to see them again. I have a huge number of extended family living throughout the country and some surrounding areas. My dad
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as a powerful society. After conquering several different nations‚ Islamic civilization was vast‚ diverse‚ and thriving. These characteristics inspired the massive translation movement in which Greek‚ Syriac‚ and Persian texts were translated into Arabic. The ideas which were brought from the other natures were built upon and corrected by Islamic scientists. The success of the unprecedented translation movement is often attributed to the universal love of learning and knowledge. Islam’s pursuit of
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A PRELIMINARY PROJECT in INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO: Mrs. Gambuta December 2012 INTRODUCTION The indigenous peoples of the Philippines consist of a large number of indigenous ethnic groups living in the country. They are the descendants
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The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities‚ societies‚ and ethnic groups in the region‚ traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective‚ of Asia. The region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregions‚ including the Central Asia‚ East Asia‚ South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent")‚ North Asia‚ West Asia and Southeast Asia. Geographically‚ Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally
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HISTORY OF THE HOLY QURAN Islam appeared in the form of a book: the Quran. Muslims‚ consider the Quran (sometimes spelled "Koran") to be the Word of God as transmitted by the Angel Gabriel‚ in the Arabic language‚ through the Prophet Muhammad. The Muslim view‚ moreover‚ is that the Quran supersedes earlier revelations; it is regarded as their summation and completion. It is the final revelation‚ as Muhammad is regarded as the final prophet - ’the Seal of the Prophets." In a very real sense the
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Reactions‚ Compounds‚ Radii‚ Conductivities Discovery of Boron Dr. Doug Stewart Boron compounds such as borax (sodium tetra borate‚ Na2B4O7·10H2O) have been known and used by ancient cultures for thousands of years. Borax’s name comes from the Arabic buraq‚ meaning “white.” Boron was first partially isolated in 1808 by French chemists Joseph L. Gay-Lussac and L. J. Thénard and independently by Sir Humphry Davy in London. Gay-Lussac & Thénard reacted boric acid with magnesium or sodium to
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