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Russia Russia is a country in Europe that has existed and been inhabited since Paleolithic times. Russian Federation or Modern Russian has grown into the largest country in the world. Several major events have built Russia into what we know today. The early history during the ninth century C.E. Kievan Russia developed the first political party that reigned from the 10th-12th century (The World Fact Book, 2016). Since then there have been a plethora of leaders and developments. They…

Have you ever worn a hijab? Or just a tea towel covering your head. Try it. The first time I stepped out in public with my hair covered, the experience was insightful from a social experiment perspective. I was (and still am) in Iran, a country where it is illegal for women not to cover themselves in public. Wrapping the headscarf around my head, I remember the immediate feeling of having something to hide. The physical presence of an object covering a part of me normally exposed, produced a…

Ogedei Khan and His Conquests Now that Genghis Khan had died, his third son, Ogedei, was made Khan. Ogedei Khan, seeing that the Mongols had stopped warfare with the Jin, resumed the war. He personally led his troops into battle. Many battles were won due to his excellent leadership. Later in the war his general, Subatai, defeated the capitol city of the Jin and soon thereafter, the Jin Dynasty collapsed. The Mongols were now in control of Northern China. Ogedei Khan also ordered one of his…

that Americans have imported chocolate from Belgium, wine from France, diamonds from Botswana, jewelry from Oman, and fish from the Faroe Islands. Also, they have exported shingles to Rwanda, computer accessories to Niue and poultry products to Azerbaijan. This is the world of trade. Bernstein, a…

Maura Ploesser #14 7R Hurricane Katrina February 18, 2015 One of the deadliest hurricanes in history Billions of dollars in damage a hurricane that killed thousands. They call it Hurricane Katrina. Katrina initially formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 205 as a tropical depression .on the North side of the storm circulating in the center early in the morning of August 24 , 2005 , forty to sixty five miles wide , the storm now name a tropical storm , a tropical storm called Katrina . On August…

Al Qaeda During the 1980’s Osama Bin Laden had built a terrorist organization called “Al Qaeda”. According to the writers of PBS Socal FRONTLINE, “Al Qaeda was created to over power governments in the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, which do not strictly enforce a religiously-sanctioned political and social order, but that wasn’t the only thing they wanted.(9/11 Memorial)”. Osama started this group in Afghanistan camps by becoming stable in his financial system, supports, and…

Sowing Crisis explains how the Cold war and policies taken by the U.S. have spilled over into today and how it has affected modern U.S. relations with the Middle East. Rashid Khalidi feels that wartime and postwar moves in North Africa and Iran, as well as U.S. air bases in Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, and Turkey, marked the beginning of “an American role as the major Middle Eastern Power, a reality that was masked for a time by the power and proximity to the region of the USSR (Page 9).”…

The Life of Ibn Battutah Ibn Battutah was an incredible traveler and author in his lifetime. The web article, IBN Baṭṭūṭah Muslim Explorer and Writer by Ivan Hrbek, he stated that Battutah was "...the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Riḥlah(Travels)” (Hrbek). Ibn Batttah was so memorable because of the distances he traveled and the reason behind his travels. Battutah traveled over 75,000 miles in his life and he embarked on these trips…

The culture of a society determine how its members communicate and interact with each other. The basic elements of culture is social structure, language, communication, religion, values and attitudes. The interaction between the elements affecting the local environment in which businesses operate. One of the element of culture is social structure. Each community will have a social structure as essentially. Social structures that determine the role of the individual in society, class position…

The American Dream is an ionic concept for one individual and her name is Oprah Gale Winfrey. For instance Oprah has been a substantial citizen that follows the American dream in her own way. Such as her affinity for other and, her philanthropy towards people that need guidance and, also with her background on how to treat people that have been through sexual abuse. These elements are very close to Oprah Winfrey heart. Oprah Winfrey is an American that is best know for her career in television…