Ancient Near East

or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been growing into the public eye, whether it be on social media or in the news. The notorious terrorist group, calls itself an Islamic Caliphate and is steadily gaining more and more control of the Middle East. Bombings, beheadings, and massacres have built up the Islamic State’s notorious reputation. With every public execution, a growing group of people have been starting to associate all Muslims with extremist groups such as ISIS. While the Islamic…

summer of 1961, more than 200,000 East Germans had defected to West Germany, increasing the tension between the East and the West to a level that an outbreak of violence was close to occurring. The supporters of the wall said that the wall helped prevent German neo-Nazis from move onto the East. Also, the supporters saw the wall as a sign of the division of Germany and hoped for peaceful negotiations to occur. Those who opposed the wall said that it was a sign that East Germany was going…

The Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated the west side of Berlin from the east side of Berlin. The wall was built in 1961, and torn down in 1989 (History.com Staff, 2016). The Berlin Wall was built to keep the fascists of West Berlin out of East Berlin, and to make sure that the fascists had no influence on the socialist state of East Berlin (History.com Staff, 2016). Berlin was in the heart of the portion of Germany controlled by the Soviets, or as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put it,…

Israel. Jordan. Syria. Egypt. Words commonly associated with the Middle East, but there is more in common with the countries than usually thought of. All four countries are accountable for the events of the Six-Day War. The Six-Day War was fought because of the evoking expressions over the land in Israel, including Jerusalem. The Six-Day War was beneficial to the Israeli state in many ways that helped them. By the end of the war, the Arab nation was defeated by Israel. Israel gained the land…

History 110 EL 01 December 2015 Kenya The Republic of Kenya is located in East Africa. It takes its name from Mt. Kenya, which is located in the Central Highlands. Kenya is surrounded by five countries and one ocean: Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Uganda to the west, Sudan to the northwest, Tanzania to the south, and to the east is the Indian Ocean. The capital of Kenya is Nairobi, which is located in the highlands. The second…

some point in each characters story. Some examples include the water in the bath tub, the water in the tap dance scene, and the water in the bucket of water where the one character almost drown. Along with each of these instances of water a death or near death experience followed. In the bath tub, the one character attempted suicide to escape the voices in her head. The one was blatantly almost drowned to death in the one scene. In the dance off scene, the tap dance in the water was followed by…

But how do you overcome this fear of death? It is impossible to face death so that is out of the question. Encountering a near death experience sounds like it would only make matters worse. Encourage myself to die; chances are I wouldn 't live to see the results. Being around death to get use to it, seems defective already. The solution of getting rid my fear seemed scarce…

Many of us view loss in a very limited way. We see it as the end of something, period. Seeing things in such a black and white way, i.e., a beginning and end, right and wrong, shadow and light, is at times helpful. But it can also be limiting and may bring unnecessary pain. The limiting perspective that may come about from seeing life in this way also brings about a certain amount of expectation. We assume that because it happened a specific way last time it will happen that way again. And when…

were their body was on the brink of shutting down or had fully gone to the other side. These lucky few not only get to give life a second chance, but can have a glimpse of life from an alternative perspective. They get to perceive what is called a near death experience(NDE). These events seem not only to be profound in the their alternative realities or perception of the world…

main goal became helping her escape. Liz cannot help but to care for Reddington, but as she is running from the government, Liz’s anagnorisis finally hits. She knew that ever since she let Reddington into her life she would only know a world full of near death experiences, crime, and corruption. Aristotle said, “A man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” Liz knows that Reddington is the root of her downfall, and multiple times throughout the show Liz sees that,…