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Advantages of Transportation Transportation is the motion of people, animals or goods from one place to another. The modes of transport are air, rail, road, water, pipeline, cable and space. The field can be separated into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is significant because it allows trade between people, which is important for the growth of civilizations. Transport infrastructure is comprised of the fixed installations, which include roads, railways, airways,…

Ch.12 Outline • Looking Back and Looking Around: The Long History of Pastoral Nomads o About 11,500 years ago, the agricultural revolution sparked the popularization and practicality of agriculture o In areas were agriculture was difficult, pastoral societies emerged o Some examples are inner Eurasia and sub-Saharan Africa • The World of Pastoral Societies o Pastoral societies could only support a smaller population o They were very dispersed and generally only encompassed related members o Some…

In addition to not being able to be in their homeland, they are placed in camps that get destroyed, reconstructed, and then re-destroyed again. An example of this is a camp called Ein-el-Hilwe. The little kitchen garden just near the encampment of Bedouin and the officials that collects messages from the relations of the refugees for the International Red Cross. In 1984, Said visited the former mayor of Jerusalem and his wife, living in exile in Jordan, in that picture were an example of two…

Sahar Khalifeh’s Wild Thorns provides a snapshot of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people and the ongoing conflict in the region. Khalifeh’s critique of not only the Israeli occupants, but the Palestinian aristocracy as well, demonstrates the difficulties of the Israeli occupation where the people may not be as poor as they once were, but Palestinian homes are blown up daily. The Palestinian working class people, forced to choose between nationalism and supporting their families, must…

AN ANALYSIS ON MILITARY AND LAND REFORM IN THE 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE The happenings of the 19th century were generated an important milestone in terms of economic, social and political realms and the Ottoman Empire was not irresponsive to the groundbreaking new order that originates in the Western Europe. Two centuries ago, the world experienced industrial revolution, which had irreversible effects, and since then, the economic growth rates and GDP per capita increased dramatically in…

Egypt has an expansive, colorful, and intriguing history by any metric but this is especially true of its history of collective violence. Egypt has played an important role in history starting back in ancient times with a mighty empire and lasting all the way to the present day with a current propensity towards military authoritarian rule. As with any country, especially one that’s been around in one form or another for so long, there have been many periods of turmoil and violence along the way…

Current misconceptions of Muslim countries today in the West stem from the West’s belittling perceptions and depictions of “the East.” Many scholars’ writings, such as George Hegel, wrote problematic cultural representations of Islamic history based upon fictional, Western images of the “Orient.” Despite Fernand Braudel’s attempts in writing an improved history on Islamic civilization, he still suffers from a significant Hegelian slant that includes Orientalism and Idealism. In contrast,…

In this essay, it discusses that the origins of Islamic art are not what most people might think compared to art of other regions. Some of the main idea’s this essay explains is that Islamic art in itself is an oxymoron; it can even be considered un-Islamic. A popular Muslim belief once was that art was unacceptable. Many Muslims used the teachings of the Koran to justify their beliefs that art was against their religion. The author explains to us that Muslims had a distaste for all things art,…

It was not until the late 19th Century that Italy became a unified state. Without a navy of considerable size, Italy was unable to participate in what was called the ‘scramble for Africa’, this was when Europe had essentially partitioned Africa. However, Italy did manage to obtain a few small and poor colonies in East Africa. They wanted Tunisia but this was seized by France. Italy argued that, as Tunisia was only a few miles away from Sicily, it had a right to Tunisia due to proximity . Since…

Introduction In 1914, the world was divided by power and who held it. In the Middle East that was the Ottoman Empire. An empire that expanded that ruled from Turkey and held control along the Arabian Peninsula. This region was as complicated as the western front with a multitude of players on a single field, with Germany, France, Britain, and the Arab tribes all vying for power and influence. Germany combined with the Ottoman Empire and the allies of Britain and France backing their support for…