Baghdad

All plastic is oil. Most paints and all pesticides are made from oil. Everything from toothpaste to tooth brushes are made from oil and there are seven gallons of oil in every tire. There is absolutely nothing anywhere in any combination that will replace the assembly built by fossil fuels…..nothing at all. Peak oil is probably now very easy to explain; much easier than it was a long time ago. People have felt what $147 a barrel of oil feels like. Essentially, peak oil is like a bell curve, if…

Who were the Vikings? The true meaning of a Viking is the following “one that belongs to the pirate crews and teams from whom were the Northmen, who raided the coastlines of Europe in the 8th, 9th, and even the 10th centuries.” Some of the historical explanations have offered an image of the Vikings as being extremely brutal, savage, unsympathetic warriors who robbed and burned with reckless abandons. In fact this is not the complete story. While the Vikings were amazingly great warriors and…

During the 600’s to 1200’s the Mediterranean Sea composed of three regions, the Latin Christians World, Byzantine Empire, and Muslim ruling world. In the Mediterranean world, the Latin Christians, Byzantine, and Muslims cultures experienced acculturations and assimilations amongst one another cultures. The Latin Christians through experiences become acculturated/assimilated from the Byzantine and Muslim cultures, the Byzantine become accultured and assimilated from the Latin-Christian and Muslim…

This story starts with a merchant’s servant buying goods in a marketplace in Baghdad. He is jostled by someone in the crowd and recognizing the person to be death. Riding home in a panic, he asks his master if he can flee to a location called Samarra. The master then goes back to the market place and sees death. When the merchant…

of power that wasn’t given, it was taken. Fear has caused them to gain power and have some level of influence on people. According to Intel gathered by ABC news “ISIS saw a series of successes as it has cut its way from Syria into Iraq and towards Baghdad using a combination of military expertise and unimaginable brutality. Social media accounts associated with ISIS have published disturbing videos purportedly showing ISIS fighters taunting, torturing and executing scores of unarmed prisoners.…

Iraqi Army’s Republican Guards, who were the elite of Saddam’s Army. The Republican Guards were defeated in a quick period of time and the conventional U.S. Army funneled into Kuwait and Iraq. The U.S. ground forces were attacking Iraq and heading to Baghdad but stopped because President George H.W. Bush declared a ceasefire once Saddam agreed to peace and would recognize Kuwait as an independent…

animal furs for a more generalized spread of resources. The trade routes the Vikings established initially started locally, around the Baltic Sea, but then later expanded to "Europe and Britain, and then up the Russian rivers… [and] reached Rome, Baghdad, the Caspian Sea, probably Africa too," as well as India and the Middle East (Lemonick and Dorfman 1). Because the Vikings had access to the seas by the way of the longboats, they easily connected with other parts of the globe and expanded the…

Critics and pundits considered the Iraq War a success. However, in the beginning of the war from 2003 to 2006, military leaders were criticized for not achieving any gains against enemies in Iraq. Iraq proved to be just as challenging as Vietnam, where our enemies resorted to irregular warfare. Irregular warfare is defined as a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over a specific population. Irregular threats include actors who employ methods such as…

The Life of Ibn Battutah Ibn Battutah was an incredible traveler and author in his lifetime. The web article, IBN Baṭṭūṭah Muslim Explorer and Writer by Ivan Hrbek, he stated that Battutah was "...the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Riḥlah(Travels)” (Hrbek). Ibn Batttah was so memorable because of the distances he traveled and the reason behind his travels. Battutah traveled over 75,000 miles in his life and he embarked on these trips…

The Iran – Iraq war started in 1980. It was one of the longest wars in the Middle East at that time. Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq and Ruhollah Khomeini was the Iranian leader. An air invasion kicked off the war on September 22nd from the Iraqis. While some debate that the U.S. helped Iraq win the war, Saddam Hussein is the main reason for a lot of people dying during the war. He used chemical weapons against Iran as well as fellow Iraqis, which resulted in over one million deaths…