Baghdad

Clement Serkis. Andy Serkis’ father was an Iraqi-born gynecologist of American descent and his mother was an English teacher who taught disabled children. He grew up in Britain, with regular holidays in the Middle Eastn (Tyre, Sidon, Damascus, and Baghdad).…

and turned it into the Great Mosque of Damascus. The Church of Saint John was an incredible building that Muslims used on Fridays and Christians used on Sunday's. The building was shared in unity between the two religions. The House of Wisdom in Baghdad was a work place for many scholars and prodigies of the time. Alhambra, in Spain, was also a major Islamic building. It was covered from top to bottom with intricate patterns and designs. Muslims had a great appreciation for poetry, science, and…

1. A multitude of technologies sprung up to help the growth of trade and agriculture. One is the compass created by China. The compass allowed sea traders to more accurately figure out which direction their ship was sailing and improved trade in the long run because traders could get to their destinations quicker as well as return home quicker. Another technology that promoted growth of trade were ships that could sail against the wind like lateens. This allowed trade in southern Asia to…

It is an inherent element in the world of organized crime. When you owe money to a legitimate company and you don’t pay, they send you notices and reminders with due dates and eventually it could go to collections. Organized crime sees violence as a way to avoid all of this. If you owe them money and you don’t pay, when they catch you they will beat you up or worse, make an example out of you and kill you. Basically violence is used as a means to an end for these people. The main problem of…

The World witnessed a struggle for the control of oil in 1973, the decisions of which ultimately lead to globalization. As America saw the pace of life quicken in the twentieth century with the use of cars, planes, airplanes and appliances, the demand for oil to fuel this development increased. Believing that there was endless energy, the American way of life had an insatiable appetite for oil. Up until 1950 the United States had been able to supply its own energy needs, but in less than 25…

When messengers from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus asked the Christians in Europe to help protect his empire from the Turks, an assembly of churchmen called by Pope Urban II met at Clermont, France on 27th November 1095. The pope addressed the assembly and asked the warriors of Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. The response of the assembly was overwhelmingly positive and the first of at least eight crusades was launched. For clarification, I am defining the word…

After the Abbasid took over the weakened Umayyad dynasty and they moved the capital to Baghdad. Ibn Khaldun model started again with the new era of Abbasid dynasty. Furthermore the new rule of the dynasty known as Abu Ja'far laid the foundation for the Abbasid Empire and named it Al-Mansur which means "the victor". The Abbasid hold on to their…

The Apology of Patriarch Timothy of Baghdad before the Caliph Mahdi offers a view into Christian-Islamic relation before a time of tension. Timothy notes, “he is a loveable man, and loves also learning when he finds it in other people, and on this account he directed against me the weight of…

Refugee Crisis After 9/11 The amount of refugees fleeing from war torn middle eastern countries has come to light in the media as a significant crisis in recent months. The United States is responsible for disrupting and weakening the middle eastern countries where the refugee crisis is based. Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the United States has been exponentially increasing its involvement in these foreign countries for inconsequential reasons. The U.S. government has…

“you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future’’. No matter what everything is connected from the music you listen to , too the day Hitler invaded poland. What you do now will change history. The deadliest war in human history with millions of casualties and even more civilians killed, all caused by one man, Adolf Hitler. Hitler got his hatred for the jews during WW1 on the western…