Week 4 What were the main characteristics of each of the Muslim empires‚ and in what ways did they resemble each other? How were they distinct from their European counterparts? The Ottoman Turks consisted of Turkic-speaking nomadic people who had spread westward from Central Asia in the ninth‚ tenth‚ and eleventh centuries. They were located in the northwestern corner of the peninsula‚ which allowed them to expand westward and eventually take over empires between the Mediterranean and the
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for Muslim society and‚ in application‚ constitutes a system of duties that are incumbent upon a Muslim by virtue of his religious belief. Known as the Shari’a (literally‚ “the path leading to the watering place”)‚ the law constitutes a divinely ordained path of conduct that guides the Muslim toward a practical expression of his religious conviction in this world and the goal of divine favour in the world to come. Muslim Family Law (MFL)‚ which includes all matters of inheritance for Muslims‚ is
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span of Jewish history from 515 BCE to 70 CE is referred to a the Second Temple period. 2. Which Seleucid (Greek) ruler initiated a reign of terror designed to exterminate the Jewish religion? Antiochus Epiphanes 3. Which person brought Palestine under Greek control‚ inaugurating the Hellenistic period? Alexander the Great 4. Which group led a successful Jewish rebellion to gain freedom from foreign rule? Maccabees 5. Which ruling family ruled an independent Jewish state until civil wars made them
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Jewish Children’s Struggle Although life was bad for Jewish adults during WWII‚ it was harder for children to survive. They were forced into hard labor‚ put into hiding‚ and were the victims of of horrendous experiments. The Germans killed almost 1.5 million children in total‚ including a million Jews‚ thousands of Romani kids‚ and mentally and physically disabled children. Children were killed when arriving in camps‚ killed immediatly after birth‚ were hidden in camps‚ put to work in hard labor
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lot of new things‚ I learned new things‚ made new friends‚ interacted with people from different parts of Indonesia or other countries‚ and also most importantly I grew; I grew physically‚ mentally‚ emotionally‚ and spiritually; although I’m not a Christian‚ I’ve begun to feel that there is indeed some sort of God‚ though my definition of God with other people might be different‚ but let’s talk about that later on. Starting from the first one‚ I have changed a lot physically‚ if you can see my picture
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CLAUSEWITZ‚ ON WAR NOTES BOOK 1‚ CHAPTER 1 – WHAT IS WAR? 1-INTRODUCTION: When considering the each individual part of war‚ its relation to war as an entirety must also be kept in view 2-DEFINITION: ‘War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale.’ Metaphor of two wrestlers: ‘Each strives by physical force to compel the other to submit to his will: each endeavours to throw his adversary‚ and thus render him incapable of further resistance.’ ‘War therefore is an act of violence intended to
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Terrorism is not a Muslim Monopoly Kamlesh Kumar Singh Research Scholar Deptt. of Sociology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 Email-kamleshsingh206@gmail.com M.N. - 09369240262‚ 09026399178 Abstract “All Muslims may not be terrorists‚ but all terrorists are Muslims”. This comment‚ frequently heard after the Mumbai bomb blasts implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty‚ if not a monopoly. The facts are very different. First there is nothing new about terrorism. The term
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The year 1940 Adolph Hitler became Germany’s leader‚ he made the jews tariffed. Jewish families were concerned about their children because some of the children were jewish. People in Britain and other European countries responded by fighting back. As a result‚ many Jewish children got on the kindertransport‚ and after the war‚ some even survived. Nobody in America wanted torture so they fought against Germany to stop Hitler. America‚ England‚and Europe fought Hitlers army because Hitler was going
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UNITY OF MUSLIMS & MUSLIM COUNTRIES‚ Islam is Peace . Islam condemns killing the innocents . Islam forbids killing the women & children even in the battle field. Islam says to be just & kind with the war prisoners . So‚ No terrorism in the name of Islam . Again‚ No killing innocents in the name of terrorism. Islam is all about peace ‚ love & justice and all about defending them . So defend the innocents & resist the occupation‚ the killers & oppressors All together. And whosoever does not rule
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During the Civil War‚ one of the main things that ended the war completely was Sherman’s march to the sea. This march is considered to be a mostly good thing‚ though because of Sherman’s idea of “hard war” it is unjustified as many things belonging to regular civilians were destroyed and many people died for personal reasons. Sherman first sent the idea of the march to General Ulysses S. Grant after the capture of Atlanta. His main plan was to march straight across the Confederate territory and destroy
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