Baghdad

their dead comrades over the city walls of Kaffa after they lost their hold on the city and some of the citizens of Kaffa contracted the plague (The Black Death (n.d.)). The plague continued its mission through Asia affecting the major cities if Baghdad and Constantinople and then inflicted its menace on Alexandria in Egypt, Damascus in Syria, and down the Red Sea to Mecca eventually traveling with Genoese merchants back to Italy in 1347 (The Black Death…

Context is Important (Especially with Art) Art throughout history has served many purposes; intimidation, expression, guarding of a sacred space, or a show of power to name a few. But as a piece of art is moved from its original space, whether it be taken to a museum or simply taken, the context and deeper understanding of the piece is somewhat lost on the viewer. This has happened over the course of time with many pieces, such as the Ishtar Gate and Nike of Samothrace. Originally, the Ishtar…

Mossadegh had not overplayed his hand and dissolved Parliament and the Shah had not delivered an address from Baghdad announcing that he had signed the decrees. Mossadegh, confident that he had succeeded in foiling the coup had recalled many of the troops he had assigned to guard the city of Tehran, and the CIA and General Zahedi took advantage of this fact to launch a sneak attack against Mossadegh. This attack was to be carried out on 19 August and on this day, finally, General Zahedi and his…

Geneva Convention Iraq Reevaluating the Geneva Convention The Geneva Convention originated in the year 1864, designing the main principals of the committee, and only 16 states were represented. That was only the first successful conference as the quickly gained reorganization. They hosted many well-known conferences like the convention in 1907, which talked about adapting the principles of the convention on the wounded and sick, and the convention of 1929 that discussed the rights of prisoners…

attempt to demonstrate the commencement of cultural clashes through misunderstandings on the areas of non-verbal, verbal communication and preconceptions along others. Tierney uses the challenging situation Iraqis experience with Americans living on Baghdad to expose the cultural differences that provoke misinterpretations to arise. He presents in the article that Americans have to deal with Iraqis criticizing foreigners, while foreigners like them have to deal with it impartially when it…

is depicted as a cautious character because of the loss of his innocence. He recalls that the smuggler in Jordan, Abul-Abd, had taken advantage of Assad's "innocence and ignorance" by manipulating him to believe that he would take him directly to Baghdad, Iraq (30). Assad's loss of innocence hardened and numbed his heart. Aside from being portrayed as an attentive and serious protagonist, Assad is also a leader. When Assad is acquainted with Abu Qais and Marwan he explains to them that he is an…

culture. This period, known as the Islamic Golden Age, saw advances in science, philosophy, medicine and education. Great centers of Muslim learning under the Abbasid dynasty, started knowledge and scientific development that spread from Alexandria and Baghdad to Europe. The architecture flourished in Muslim Spain, later influencing Spanish colonial settlements around the world. Muslim philosophers translated the works of classical Greek philosophers and added their own significant…

1937 in Al-Awja, Iraq and died December 30 2006 in Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was born to a peasant family and later as a teenager Saddam became an anti-British, Arab nationalist ideology of the day. Saddam went to college to study law at the University of Baghdad but later dropped out and joined a party called Ba’ath and the party had a plan to assassinate the Prime Minister Abdel-Karim Qassem. Saddam's gun shot prematurely and Saddam got injured and fled to Egypt on a donkey. Saddam went 4 years…

President Trump in an attempt to block refugees from gaining entry into the country signed an executive order to that effect. The ban temporarily bans immigrants from seven main Muslim countries for a period of three months. The nations in question are Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen. This was in line with the promise he had made during his presidential campaigns on extreme vetting. The ban came as a surprise to many; something that saw confusion and chaos in the country.…

This story represents describes as a speaking, breathing, moving and scary woman. The death described as woman for the fact that women were not portrayed in a positive light for this time period and particular setting of Baghdad, just the same as death is not looked at as something positive.in this story the characters have their own way to face the death. The servant saw death and then attempted to run away from her while the master went in search of death and confronted…