Baghdad

turkey. The people who lived in the north of Iraq were helpful. The helped us with everything. These people spoke our language, so there are not any problem with communicating. I had some cousins who live there. I didn’t see any much different between Baghdad and the north of Ira, but I can’t forget the place, where I grew up. If I lived anywhere other than my home and city I call that immigrant. After getting our passports and visas we immigrated to Amasya, turkey. The period of time, when I…

wildfire throughout Ferguson, demonstrators gathered on West Florrissant Avenue. Demonstrators protested nightly so the police force was propelled, there were fifty-four officers of whom fifty was white. St. Louis suburb looked like an outpost of Baghdad, with officers outfitted in military style with rifles, helmets, and combat boots…

father and uncle. He started his journey going east from Venice. Marco Polo had to cross over the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Once he persevered through them, he had to pass through the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. He finally made it to Baghdad. From there, he went to the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and he crossed the Iran Plateau and Pamirs. He made it to Xinjiang after 3 years. In 1275, the ruler of China today, Kublai Khan, brought Marco Polo and those who traveled with him to Dadu…

This paper will focus on two comparable instances of treatment within a prison atmosphere. One event is the Stanford Prison Experiment which is considered a renowned study conducted at Stanford University in California. The other is the Abu Ghraib prison scandal known for its controversy in 2004 surrounding the treatment of its prisoners during their incarceration there. In this paper I will provide details regarding each and ultimately compare how the abuse is similar to or different from what…

____________________________________ This is BREAKING NEWS for all Time Travelers. On the month of September, all students in Honors World History 9 choose a civilization from the civilizations to 1500 A.D. diagram that the teachers gave us in the first weeks of school. Abdi-kareem Anthony, which is me, choose the Sumer civilization. The civilizations were from top to bottom, oldest to Place holder picture ___________________________________ newest, and I choose the Sumer civilization…

Deep engagement provides significant benefits to the national interest of the United States both in terms of security and economic stability/gain. However, through the extent of the US forward deployment pattern which constitutes the physical representation of these commitments, the threat of temptation leading to a distortion of interests is an important potential cost . It is clear that the United States has often sought to do more on the world stage than merely sustain deep engagement.…

Ali Khadery (2014) Three years ago, the Islamic State (ISIS) did not exist; now it controls vast swaths of Syria and Iraq. Showing off its handiwork daily via Twitter and YouTube, Isis has repeatedly demonstrated that it is much more than a transnational terrorist organization – rather, it is an entity with sophisticated command, control, propaganda and logistical capabilities, and one that has proven its ability to take and hold strategically critical territory at the heart of the Middle East.…

In the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, former Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, investigates the Green Zone, a sectioned off lavished city in Iraq where the United State authorities lived and worked. The book is centered on the failure of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) not achieving their goal of helping the postwar nation Iraq, due to not fixing crucial immediate needs. Chandrasekaran does a wonderful job of explaining how…

From 1864 to 1865 Andersonville, GA was the site of a huge military prison for the confederacy. It was officially called Camp Sumter and was highly known for its horrible conditions and high death rate. In History.com’s article “Andersonville” it says, “In all, approximately 13,000 Union prisoners perished at Andersonville, and following the war its commander, Captain Henry Wirz (1823-65), was tried, convicted and executed for war crimes.” This camp was highly feared and the conditions in which…

Negative Anger Why you will be punished by your anger? "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned" (Buddha, para 1). This quote illustrates that anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing; but, it can destroy everything. Sometimes anger can be transformed to a hurtful tool that can hurt mostly its owner than others. It is a normal feeling everybody can undergo through it. But, the problem is how to manage…