Caliph

Movie Essay The purpose of the movie was to learn about how life was back then with gods and kings. Who ruled places or how they did. We also learned about how people had wars back then in 500 B.C. And how many wives a god or king could have . This movie was about Christian's , Muslim's and a little bit of Koreans . The only problem I had with the film was that people really don't know all of what these people did back in the day. They just base it off statistics . They didn't live…

The Mongol empire had many lasting effects on the world during their rule and even today. Some of them were positive, such as improving trade, but others were negative. The Mongols are mostly remembered for their negative effects on the people they conquered. One horrifying thing they did was demolish entire cities and slaughter many towns’ whole population. The Mongols killed so many people in the Iranian Plateau that some historians estimate that Iran’s population did not again reach its…

Shia Muslims believed that the caliphs (leaders of the umma) should have familial ties with Muhammad while Sunni Muslims held that caliphs only need be selected by the community. Also, while Sunni Muslims believed that religious authority lied in the hands of religious scholars known as ulama, Shia Muslims believed that religious authority…

It is without doubt that in books the portrayal of women reflects her status and role in her current society. Thus, the way women and men are portrayed in books can defy or affirm the way they are portrayed in their respective societies. Often, women of certain cultures can be painted in a positive or negative light. More specifically, in American literature, Middle Eastern women tend to be portrayed as submissive or subservient. The basis of the connotation stands from the misunderstanding of…

Ever since the advent of religion, there has seemed to be strife among competing religious groups. Many groups want to impose their vision of religion upon the world and please their version of God. Entire wars were fought over religious domination, the most infamous of which being the Crusades. It was not until the great American experiment that the concept of pluralism and religious tolerance was implemented legally in a nation. The Founding Fathers seemed to settle the debate, but today,…

Introduction The factions of Islam among the Shi’ites and Sunnis involve different understandings of the Islamic succession. This paper will compare the Shi’ites and the Sunnis by exploring the differences and similarities between the two. Both factions of the Muslim faith have various perspectives that have molded the Islamic world. “This initial rift was compounded over the centuries by a recurring pattern of struggle within Islam between strains of militant puritanism and the less rigorous…

Who is the armed group, which massacres, genocide and spreading fear around the globe through racism, sexism, anarchism, enslavement, kidnappings, stoning, terrorizing and even mass beheadings their opposition? A faction, which stands against contemporary shared values and morals, and they advocate for violence and barbarism under the name of virtue and ideology. They are known as Daesh, but there are many disinformation, misinformation and lack of information about them. Who are they and what…

Introduction The Andalusian region in southern Spain has a long, complicated history rooted in the relations between Christians and Muslims. The Great Mosque of Cordoba is one example of these interactions, serving as a visual representation of the political and societal history of the region. The mosque also symbolizes the long cultural dialogue between Islam and Christianity during the medieval period. Construction of the site was “forged out of the interaction of two at the time ideologically…

15 Years ago now on September 11, 2001 at 08:46 EST the United States and the world was forever changed. After these attacks the world would see an increase in Security, surveillance, and military action. Terrorism is now the most talked about problem in society today, terrorist acts cause political, economic, and social problems for the area or country that these extremist groups attack or target. Terrorist events have major effects on society such as economic, political and social problems in…

Compare and contrast the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the impact they had on the sciences, art and literature, and the initial spread of Islam throughout the Mediterranean, Middle East, and the Islamic incursions into India and Southeast Asia The strong and mighty empires of both Umayyad and Abbasid clans; spreading Islam throughout northern europe to southern asia. Yet how did Islam impact science, art, and literature between these two strong forces? Can we come to a logical conclusion…