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Why did trade thrive in Muslim lands? In 610 C.E., Muhammad founded a new religion called Islam. Muhammad’s religion inspired the Arab people, and the Muslims had conquered an area stretching from Afghanistan to parts southern Spain. Trade, ideas, and culture thrived in this Islamic empire. Islam brought a sense of unity and purpose to the traders and people of the Arabian Peninsula. Arab armies spread Islam through the Middle East and beyond. Muslim traders also spread Islam. Between…

IN 1980s the seven sisters (shell,exxon mobil and all) were set aside and new seven sister replaced those companies. What was the raeson behind this shift? Old seven sisters: 1. Anglo persian oil company (United Kingdom) 2. Gulf Oil (United states). 3. Royal dutch shell (Netherlands/United kingdom). 4. Standard oil of California (United states). 5. Standard oil of New Jersey (United states) 6. Standard oil company of New York (United states) 7. Texaco (United states). New seven sisters: 1.…

This chapter, except for the section on the Hazaras in the early Ismaili literature, has already been published under the title of ‘The Shi‘a Ismaʿili Da‘wat in Khurasan: From Its Early Beginning to the Ghaznawid Era’, at the Journal of Shʿia Islamic Studies, 2015, Vol. VIII, No. 1, pp. 37-59. In several qaṣīdas of his dīwān (1956), Farrukhī praises Sulṭān Maḥmūd Ghaznawī as the King of Zāwulistān. For further details see, Baiza, Y. (2014) The Hazaras of Afghanistan and their Shiʿa…

Since the early 20th century, there have been three key time periods of potential foreign influence in the Middle East. The first of these periods was between 1914 to 1945. During this time period, the Middle East moved from Ottoman rule to British and French mandates. The second of these time periods came at the end of World War II, when the post-colonial ride of Muslim-Arab nations was prominent in the Middle East. Furthermore, the founding of the Jewish states of Israel and the pressures of…

You use it nearly every day, whether it be to pay for dinner or to write your grocery list on but who invented this? In 105 AD Cai Lun was credited for the invention of paper, an object that would become the foundation in regards to the success of China and nations as a whole. Cai Lun made the biggest impact on society due to making paper convenient, with paper, historical documents could be written, and finally, paper is widely used in today’s society. Cai Lun thought of the idea of inventing…

As a superpower, national interests and international influence are a great concern of U.S. Wars can be a tool to achieve goals. Afghanistan and The Iraq war were considered as these two strategic cards of U.S. The United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was a response to 9/11 event – an action that was suspected by U.S is of terrorist group Al-Qaeda in order to prevent other security threat to U.S (BBC, 2016). Iraq war was launched in 2003 as a pre-emptive war because of the claim that…

Fisher Fisher’s intentions were to demonstrate his argument that the Commander in Chief with the premise of what the framers intended with the constitution. Through out his stance, Presidential War Power, Fisher not only fights for the intentions of the framers, but also the language of which write, how Congress and the President relates to these intentions, how to United Nations plays a role in this discussion, and the idea of the decision of going to war being held to a group of people…

The Involvement of Iraq is a Lesson the US Need to Learn Since the end of World War II, the US have been intervening on the region and country of the Middle East more than anywhere else in the world. Americans consider the Middle East as a luxurious region to settle due to the high quantity of oil found in that region. Despite the vast amount of economic and political change to many Arab country doing that period, The US created different foreign policy. These different policies have seemed as…

The entire novel of Persepolis consisted of graphic images that contained deeper meanings, which affected the way the readers depicted the content. There was also many themes that were discovered throughout the novel that wouldn’t have been noticed if it wasn’t for the pictures. The images helped determine the meanings behind what Marjane was trying to say to the readers because if the pictures were taken out and only left with words, the reader wouldn’t understand the story or what she was…

First World War. The United States military assisted the Texas army to defeat the Mexican army to take Texas from the Mexicans. The United States has helped many people and their crumbling countries including: Britain, France, South Korea, Vietnam, Baghdad, Iraq and many more. The problem with this policy is that when we help the other countries we end up making ourselves a target for helping a country that was being overrun by invaders. An example of one of the consequences the United States…