Baghdad

The Hurt Locker focuses on just a few soldiers. In most war movies the focus is on a broad group of people, helping this movie keep originality. He notes that the movie was impeccably done. It shows the random death reality in the streets of 2004 Baghdad. He says that Boal’s taut script was never “lapses into hollywoodese” with its amazing ear for military language. He glorifies Renner’s performance and says he is not as glamorized as most classic Hollywood westerner (Rainer). The critic Richard…

The two ancient powers who dominated the middle east were Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Empire. The Byzantine Empire controlled over Egypt and a piece of the Mediterranean coastline. Sassanid Empire ruled over Persia. Persia was a great cultural center and influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. In 613 Muhammad was preaching his faith. He focused on three themes:Allah was the God, the rich shouldn’t share with the poor, and that men would have a final judgement before Allah.…

tablets with cuneiform and kings that conquered the ancient land of Mesopotamia were real. Archeologists also showed that the Babylonians and Sumerians were thousands of years older than the Scriptures. When european travelers finally arrived at Baghdad, they expected it to be very majestic, like how it was described in the scriptures. So, they were disappointed because it wasn’t exactly like the…

The House of Wisdom is located in Baghdad and it was a major intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age. Additionally, it was a key institution in the Translation Movement. During the Translation Movement, Greek classics were translated into Arabic. The House of Wisdom was founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and culminated under his son, al-Ma’mun. Another name for the House of Wisdom is, Bayt al-Hikma. The House of Wisdom is a combination of a library, academy, and translation center.…

elements. “1) Eliminate insurgent sanctuary, 2) Set the conditions for local control, and 3) Support MNF-I effort to secure approaches to Baghdad.”5 MG Natonski’s intent included his expectations for the mission and its end state, while being nested with the division intent to destroy anti-Iraqi forces. He understood that if Fallujah fell then the main MSR to Baghdad…

Jihad stands for people who are severely against nonbelievers. ISIS was founded in 1999 and is currently lead by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Very little is known about the ISIS leader except that he was born in Samarra, which is located in the north of Baghdad (Waugh). ISIS continues the want to expand their group to other locations. So far, they have branched out to areas such as Egypt, Libya and Nigeria, but have not taken full control. One reason…

al-Mulk, where the vizier of the Seljuq Sultans appointed him as the head of Nizamiyyah College at Baghdad in 1091 AD. His career as a ‘doctor’ of the Islamic community began in Baghdad (1091-5 AD). This period although short, was significant. He spent this time giving lectures on Islamic jurisprudence, responding to queries and refuting heresies from all segments of the community. He left Baghdad after the violence and confusion that occurred due to the assassination…

He was “the Perfector of the Perfect Number”: tenth ruler of his house, born in the tenth century (Hegira); the number of good fortune, fingers, and toes; the number of Commandments, parts of the Quran, Muhammad’s disciples, and heavens of Islam. To the East, he was known as “the Lawgiver,” to the West, “the Magnificent.” These titles reflected the reputation of Suleiman I as his reign as sultan of the Ottomans brought great prestige to the empire. The sultan’s victorious campaigns brought…

Have you ever been satisfied with your life? Well, I was, but one person has changed everything. It started in Baghdad in 1998, I was eight years old. I was with my older sister walking home back from an amusement park. In the way, I saw a pair of shoes in a shoe store. I begged my sister to buy them for me, so we went in to buy it. while I was gazing on the shoes, my sister negotiated the price with the seller, but we ended up not buying it. She told me that she could not afford it, I was…

The main characters in the Maze Runner and the Hades Factor are indistinguishable because they form teams to stop an evil organization. John Smith, from the Hades Factor, ushers a dubious group together to save the world from an organization who is spreading a deadly virus. Thomas, from the Maze Runner, got plopped into a maze by a group of scientists and Thomas’s number one goal is to abscond and bring them to justice. While both are fighting for different reasons, they have similar…