Baghdad

I. Abbasid Decline and The spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia A. The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras The Mid-9th Century - Abbasid dynasty losing control. Entered New age. Third Abbasid Caliph - Shi’a Revolts and Assassination Imperial Extravagance and Succession Disputes - Charlemagne impressed by mosques, palaces, treasures Imperial Breakdown and Agrarian Disorder - End of 9th century The Declining Position of Women in the…

The Art of Bookmaking In the 800’s, Baghdad became a major papermaking center for creating books, but how were Islamic books made? Books were very important for the Muslims’ value of education. Wealthy people like kings and nobles supported bookmaking and it also provided job opportunities. Illustrators, scholars, craftsmen, calligraphers, paper and leather suppliers, and librarians all were necessary in the art of bookmaking. The Islamic bookmaking was a complicated process that consisted of…

Awe phase. Airstrikes were called in, using tomahawk cruise missiles, onto the outskirts of Baghdad. This was the continuous…

"Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always. These proceedings are closed!" These were the words of General Douglas MacArthur in September of 1945 on board the USS Missouri as Japan formally surrendered, signifying the end of World War II and the onset of peace across the globe at last. However, this peace was not to last, as the world would soon be plunged into the terror and uncertainty of the Cold War. For people around the world, there was no…

was eventually “convicted in absentia of masterminding the hijacking” (“Palestine Liberation…,” 2004). During Operation Iraqi Freedom, US marines captured Abbas in Baghdad and detained him. The marines also found a weapons cache that included gas masks, explosives, and bomb-making materials at a PLF training camp in the east of Baghdad. Subsequently, President George W. Bush cited Abbas as one of the major terrorists sheltered by the regime of Saddam Hussein (“Palestine Liberation…,”…

There is a lack of artistic artefacts (paintings or sculptures) from the early Ottomans, however it is evident from the surviving buildings that Byzantine, Mamluk and Persian traditions impacted Ottoman art. When the Ottomans conquered the former Byzantine capital Constantinople, art and architecture experienced significant changes. However many people still wonder What rulers of the Ottoman Empire were interested in developing the art and architecture of the empire and what were their…

a surge in January 2007 caused the amount of deployed troops in Iraq to surpass 150,000. U.S. President Barack Obama begins to end the conflict in Iraq in order to withdraw American troops.The United States began to withdraw by giving control of Baghdad and other cities to local authorities on June 30, 2009. By August 31, 2010, almost one million troops had been removed from Iraq (whitehouse.gov). On December 18, 2011, the last United States soldiers left Iraq and ended Operation Iraqi Freedom.…

Although I knew that Faris would take the Kirkuk route this time to get Erbil, I just wanted to ask that question to break the early morning silence. Travelling routes between Erbil and Baghdad were few, Baghdad-Kirkuk-Erbil or Baghdad-Mosul-Erbil being the only options. As far as I was concerned, either route was extremely dangerous. Each route had different terrain and peculiarities, yet they shared a similar distance and the fear of hidden and expected attacks. These areas were essentially…

Baez took leave for a year to work with UNESCO in 1951, and stationed his family in Baghdad to establish the physics department and laboratory at Baghdad University. In 1959, Baez accepted a faculty position at MIT, and moved his family to the Boston area. In 1960, working with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, he developed optics for an X-ray telescope…

the events that have actually happened instead of the story they heard based on the few extremists. In the chapter “The F-14s”, Satrapi provided many accurate pieces of information such as Iraqi migs have bombed Tehran, 140 Iranian bombers attacked Baghdad and the result that Iranian losses were very heavy, which all of these events contributed to the development of Marjane’s personality as a character. There are many stories that happened in the chapter…