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same Iraqi Osirak reactor, destroying it. Iraq launched seven air attacks on the Iranian nuclear reactor at Bushehr between 1984 and 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War, ultimately destroying the facility. In response to Iranian missile attacks against Baghdad, some 190 missiles were fired by the Iraqis over a six week period at Iranian cities in 1988, during the 'War of the Cities'. The Iraqi missile attacks caused little destruction, but each warhead had a terrible psychological and political…

Islam, one of the three major religions at the time, made the most rapid spread during the Post-Classical Age. In Muslim society, cities and other urban areas quickly developed and played important economic, religious, and cultural roles. One of the major roles that muslim cities and urban areas is the cultural role. During the Post-classical Age, Al-Hijari, an Iberian Muslim of Arab origin, boasted that Cordoba became a superior region after the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He…

iraq civilians and we come to understand their own viewpoint and perspective of U.S. soldiers. Are U.S. soldiers really there to help and maintain the catastrophe or are they just making it worse? Mohammed Amr was a resident of Adhamiya District, Baghdad. On April 4, 2007 at 2:30 am U.S. soldiers raided and searched Amr’s house. The soldiers brutally attacked and beaten his family to near death. Amr’s father who was 66 years old received little to no care and remorse as they continue to beat…

Religious Influence on the Spread of Mathematics An Academic response to The Music of the Spheres Some may find it hard to believe that the greatest of all historical mathematicians were influenced by their own spiritual and religious beliefs, and indeed, without religion, one could argue that we would not have advanced to the mathematics we have today. Surely, humanity would have eventually arrived to the same fundamental understands of numbers and geometry, but one has to doubt if the…

our peace and we must learn how to keep our anger under control before anything gets out of hand. This is important because William Shakespeare's plays bring peace and teach us how to make peace with others. “The real story of "Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad" is of the audience, who see their lives played out before their eyes. The drama was a chance to create enough distance from their own stories so that they could look at the effect of the last nine years on their homeland, with its immense…

the Islamic development that happened from the 750’s to the 1400’s. The Islamic Empire developed in almost every subject possible mathematics, astronomy, sciences, arts, philosophy, music, and more. Eventually the empire relocated the capital to Baghdad, the heart of trade in South West Asia and under the Abassid rule economy flourished, security was stronger, and large armies were at the empire’s side. As the empire continued to expand they started to overlap other religions but unlike other…

opposition. In 1984 Iraq used chemical weapons more effectively than ever, “One of the most dramatic examples was in operation Khaybar I in February 1984. In this operation, the Iranians attacked through the Hawizah marshes, attempting to cut the Basra Baghdad road. In a notable example of battlefield interdiction, the Iraqis isolated the forward elements of the attacking force with Mustard, cutting it off almost from resupply by land. When the Iraqis counterattacked, they encountered Iranians…

The persecution of the Christian religion is said to have started all the way back in the first century when Jewish people would supposedly crucify Christians. The main problem with the global issue of the persecution of Christians is that nobody is effectively addressing it. These problems have and are going to continue into the upcoming years if a country does not step up in time. Due to the fact that countries are negligent to the issue of religious persecution, terrorist and extremist…

Iraqi Cultural Awareness This world is diverse and has many different cultures, beliefs and economies from one part of the world to another. To have an understanding of what one culture does that may offend another we must first understand what Cultural Awareness is. Cultural Awareness is the foundation of communication that involves the ability of standing back from oneself and becoming aware of our cultural values, beliefs and perceptions. Why do we operate in a certain way, how do we…

For many in todays world it is believe that the Islamic faith has only been around for a few hundred years. In fact, the Islamic religion is perhaps one of the oldest religions on earth. Throughout history the Islamic faith has been tested time and again, and even in todays world is still split between two main groups. However, as time has advanced so has the Islamic culture. The practice of Islam involved many things, however early on it mainly consisted of “Arabs who were polytheistic,…