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Comprehension Check (Page 93) The Americans had asked many questions to have more of an understanding of where she was from. The young Dumas had thought that Americans did not know a lot about geography. She had taught them how to say “I am an idiot” thinking it was a bad word. After the revolution Americans had thought they knew everything about Iran and its people and they have strong opinions about it. Summary: The story “With a little help from my friends” is an excerpt from a non-fiction…

SHIA & SUNNI MUSLIMS. Sunni Islam and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. Their division traces back to a Sunni–Shiaschism following the death of the Islamic prophetMuhammad in the year 632AD. A dispute over succession to Prophet Muhammed, as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the Battle of Jamal and Battle of Siffin. The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala, in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household…

The Holocaust means the genocide of the Jewish people carried out according to the Nazi Final Solution, aimed at systematically killing all members of the Jewish people. Then, a few decades after the Holocaust, its denial started, in several ways. One of them was trivializing the Holocaust and denying its uniqueness. In no other time in human history was one nation nothing but victim, while another one was nothing but criminals. German Jews did nothing to threaten the German people. All they…

In Chapter 7, we basically learned traditions, adapted foods, history, food habits, and etiquette of the Central Europe, Soviet Union (FSU), and Scandinavians. An interesting fact is that they were the earliest and largest groups to come the United States. There have been many great influences on American culture, especially in cuisine area. Many of them brought skills of bread baking, dairy farming, meat processing, and beer brewing to the U.S. They inspire others to assimilate their ethnic…

countless hours on and never grow tired of. The cultural and ethnic diversity of the Soviet Union has been a passion of mine ever since I found and listened to an old CD with the different anthems of the various Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs) such as Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Byelorussia. I am captivated by the diversity and cooperation of the various states within the Union and the satellites it controlled, as well as how the people within it went about their daily lives with the…

Air pollution is a serious public health concern globally [1]. Exposure to ambient air pollution increases mortality and morbidity [2]. Ambient air particulate matter (PM) is the main component of air pollution and has a significant impact on human health [3]. Epidemiologic studies have shown that lung function of people is adversely affected by exposure to airborne particulate matters (APM) pollution [4-6]. In the other words, there is evidence from past studies that ambient air PM (such as PM2…

I glance out the window and see the stars. No twinkling but they move a whole lot faster here. I glance towards my screen and see that a report has come in from the Taiwan mission. The face of Operative 23 is on screen and in the background I can see that he is inside the Evac Shuttles cockpit. He frantically says, “ First some intel. The first point of infection is confirmed as the Pearl River Delta. The Chinese government had prior knowledge about it, but to what extent it is not known. Now a…

A relatively small area within Russia, Chechnya lies in the southernmost part of Eastern Europe within the North Caucasus, a region with a variety of nationalities and languages that has repeatedly voiced discontent with central governments in Moscow. Given the low number of Russians in the region (less than 2% in the 2010 census), high opposition to federal rule, and rise of Islamic radicalism within the republic, it is puzzling as to why Russia has had extensive military intervention in…

of Islam . In fact , it is converted to Shia Islam in Iran in the Shiite Safavid Empire established diplomatic relations forced the Sunni , Shah Ismail was one of three founders . In height , as well as the Safavid dynasty in Iran now , Armenia , Azerbaijan , and also in Afghanistan , Iraq , mostly in Georgia and the Caucasus , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Pakistan , control the whole of what part of Tajikistan . As one of the era's powerful “gunpowder empires”, Safavids of Persia are set back a…

BACKGROUND PAPER ON IRAN 1. This background paper is on Iran. It discusses the geography, military, and US interests within Iran. 2. Iran’s geography is very unique. It is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It is also bordered by the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea.1 Iran is also within proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, a heavily traveled, narrow passageway that measures 21 miles at its…