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    Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly? The Islamic religion spread incredibly fast from approximately 600 C.E. to 700 C.E. because the religion and its beliefs are appealing‚ the main worship center is also a huge trade center‚ and it has noble military campaigns. The founder of the religion‚ a man whose name was Muhammad‚ received word from a god named Allah. He began to preach Allah’s word to citizens in Mecca‚ and his preachings spread rapidly across the Middle East. One of the reasons Islam spread

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    Why did Johnson escalate key involvement in Vietnam Charlotte Woolcott Johnson’s escalation in Vietnam was a defining moment of his presidency. Many things influenced him to escalate‚ including the cold war context‚ the advice from the working group‚ the weakness of the South Vietnamese Government‚ and protecting the US bases. I think that the main factor which influenced Johnson to escalate US Involvement was the advice given to him by the Working group because

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    The Vietnam war was a long and costly conflict that affected the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally‚ the United States. An image that is striking and important in this time period is of the aftermath the napalm bomb caused to a Vietnamese village. It is a historically important image because the idea of war and its terror is shown. I chose this image because it is striking and catches the eyes of the viewer. It brings out the idea that a bomb can drop

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    United States Involvement in the Vietnam War History 308: The Vietnam War May 1‚ 2013 Did the United States blindly plunged into an unnecessary conflict for wider Cold War considerations? Some characterize the conflict as a limited war fought to defend South Vietnam and its neighbors against communist aggression and bring a united peace for a self-governing Vietnam. But was it necessary and justifiable for the U.S. to intervene in Vietnam: to defend freedom and liberty

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    WHY HAS THE DREAM OF THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ENDURED FOR SO LONG? "I wished to found a European system‚ a European Code of Laws‚ a European judiciary: there would be but one people in Europe‚" – Napoleon Bonaparte When people talk about the unification of Europe‚ various organizational names like European Union‚ United States of Europe and various other treaties and policies come to mind. The dream of unification of Europe has persisted long before the European Union was formed. The indication

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    Japan held control over Vietnam‚ but after the defeat of the Nazis‚ it became a power vacuum. The British and Chinese troops moved in and shifted control back to France‚ along with Cambodia and Laos‚ which formed French-Indochina. It was during this time as well‚ that Ho Chi Minh and the Viet-Minh‚ who were originally formed to fight against Japan‚ began their fight for Vietnamese independence. The French decided to make a compromise with Minh by giving him North Vietnam‚ while they kept their rule

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    such as‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe (Background Essay). Which begs the question‚ why did Islam spread so fast?

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    Just imagine you went to war‚ having killed people‚ seeing friends and enemies die‚ and living in fear of dying yourself. Think about how you must have felt if you had to sneak your way back into our country‚ with nothing said and you had to just pretend nothing happened and start all over. For many veterans‚ returning home has been a distressing and apprehensive experience. Even though the veterans were trained for the intensity of the duties‚ the training may have not prepared them for the emotional

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    The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. The west was led by the United States and Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. These two countries became known as superpowers. Although the two superpowers never officially declared war on each other‚ they both sided with different countries in proxy wars such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They also fought each other in the arms race and the space

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    The Trojan War is comparable to the Vietnam War mainly because the allies within each of the wars‚ the strategies used to conduct surprise attacks‚ and the length of each of the wars. Even though the Trojan War and the Vietnam War occurred during time periods‚ both wars lasted for over five years. The reasons for starting the Vietnam War are different from the reasons for starting the Trojan War. The catalyst of the Trojan War was Paris’ embezzlement of Helen from Sparta‚ while the catalysts of

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