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Gunpowder Empires had this as a strength, the Safavid Empire is particularly notable due to the powerful artillery, firearms, and cannons that they produced. Their rulers also focused a great deal of their attention on this. As a quote relating to Shah Abbas the Great, who was located in the city of Isfahan, “He is very valiant and has a great liking for warfare and weapons of war, which he has constantly in his hands: we have been eyewitnesses of this because, whenever we were with him, he was…

Meeting a good man is not something we often face everyday, even though more than enough of us are out there. But he admitted meeting even "a very, very good man." As President Elect of the United States in November of 2008, after I was informed in regards to sensitive intelligence on threats and capabilities, I said to myself, why did I run and won and took the responsibilities of one of the greatest and highest land of His given planet of ours? I am confident that any of you with conscious,…

“Hunting Snake” written by Judith Wright and “Pike” written by Ted Hughes are two poems about nature and animals. Hunting Snake has four stanzas and Pike has eleven stanzas. The animals in the Hunting Snake and Pike seem to be similar animals as they hunt in similar ways by being slow, quiet and pouncing to surprise the animal. Both of the poets write about their encounters with hunting animals, a hunting snake and a pike fish. Judith writes about a “big black snake” in nature hunting like in…

“Evidence can be aligned to point in more than one direction” (Strobel 13). In The Case for Christ, Strobel investigates the Bible, and information included in the Bible, from the perspective of an open minded skeptic. By interviewing thirteen scholars about topics pertaining to their respective fields of study, he was able to compile an overwhelming amount of evidence that convinced him to convert. The first major topic Strobel investigates is the reliability of the gospels. He states that,…

greatly decreases the risk of serious injuries and death. According to Alaa K. Abbas’s article “Seatbelts and Road Traffic Collision Injuries,” “Fifty to eighty percent of all deaths of RTC could have been prevented by a properly used seatbelt” (Abbas). It is simply the smart thing to do while driving a…

Personality is defined as a set of characteristics within an individual influencing his cognition and behaviors in a different context (Hussain, Abbas, Shahzad and Bukhari, 2011; http://career.iresearchnet.com/career-assessment/personality-and-careers/). It plays an important role in the choosing of the right career. How students have seen themselves in a role in which personality is a determining factor may influence a chosen career. Some careers demand that you have the personality to match…

Policy From Stereotypes Countless people would agree with the fact that it is unfair to single out an entire community based on their religion, ethnicity, or race. They would be astonished by the number of people unaware of the current issue of racial profiling. Racial profiling has always been an issue in America, but has become a bigger issue since 9/11 occurred. According to Google, racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an…

Charismatic Vs. Transformational Many researches have examined charismatic and transformational leadership, arguing comparability and compatibility among different theories. Nevertheless, Yukl (2006) argues, “the empirical research on transformational and charismatic leadership was not designed to examine these components” (p. 330). Conceptual ambiguity and inconsistent definitions make it difficult to compare transformational and charismatic leadership, or even to compare theories of the same…

The sonnet was a common literary work in the Middle Ages and continues to remain an enticing form of literature. Furthermore, the sonnet is often regarded as the ‘rite of passage’ for new poets to demonstrate their mastery of this heavily structured and themed form of poem. Within the genre of poetry and specifically, sonnets, there are two predominant types of sonnets. The first, prevalent sonnet form was the Petrarchan sonnet developed by Francesco Petrarch, an Italian writer in the…

Analysis of “Clair de Lune” The poem “Clair de Lune” was written by Victor Hugo. The title, “Clair de Lune” means moonlight, and all the events in the poem proceeds under the moonlight. The moonlights sets the setting: a night view of the sea illuminated by the moonlight. As a whole, the poem describes the suffering of the peasants that higher-class people with extravagent lives do not know of. Victor Hugo likely wrote this poem because he knew that this was a problem and wanted to address it.…