Caliph

years later, Genghis Khan 's grandson, Batu, conquered Russian territories including, Moscow, Hungary, and Poland. It was only Ögödei 's death that saved Europe from further attacks. However, in the Middle East, a Mongol army terminated the Abbasid caliph and conquered Baghdad. Each area annexed brought foreign engineers and scholars into the empire which encompassed the Silk Road and with each conquest came the opportunity to control tax and tribute. Through each expansion, the Mongol Empire…

The bullfight, as it is rehearsed today, includes proficient toreros (of whom the most senior, who really kills the bull, is known as a bullfighter) who execute different formal moves which have an importance, or if nothing else a name, as indicated by the matador's style or school. It has been asserted that toreros look to evoke motivation and craftsmanship from their work and an enthusiastic association with the group transmitted through the bull. The nearby closeness puts the matador at some…

  The mighty Congo Empire, at Cote d’lvoire, Aka, the Ivory Coast of West Africa had the Burkina Faso warriors originally from the Bantu migration 600AD. They were skilled in horse riding and the use of the bow. Their earliest history starts with the Dagomba tribe neighboring the Boussansi, the Ninisi, the Gourounsi and the Kabisi their union brought about a great warrior kingdom called the Mossi. The greatest warriors of this Empire were the Wagadogo and the Yatenga. They used weapons such…

I. Introduction The images of the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001 are some of the most powerful in propaganda history. Using "passenger airplanes as missiles," al-Qaeda targeted the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and a field in Somerset, Pennsylvania (Oxford). It seemed to the public the United States faced a massive crisis of national security, and, consequently, an impending war. Of course, public chaos was inevitable, and propaganda was necessary…

The originator of The Maliki Madhhab,Malik ibn Anas ibn Amir, was conceived in Madeenah in the year 717 CE. His grandfather,Amir, was among the major Sahabah of Madeenah. Malik concentrated on hadith under az-Zuhri who was the best hadith scholor of his time,as well as under the considerable hadith narrator,Naffi, the liberated slave of the Sahabi Abdullah ibn 'Umar.Malik's just voyages outside of Madeenah were for Hajj, and along these lines he to a great extent restricted himself to the…

Throughout the religious history of the world there have been many instances in which religion and religious beliefs have been used as an excuse to perpetrate crimes against others. These crimes can be seen in many different religions, such as Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. Islam and their use of Jihad, or “holy war”, is used as a way to rationalize the killing of individuals that are considered to be infidels. Like Islam, Hinduism, uses their religious teachings as a way to oppress those of…

She was born in 994 CE in Cordoba to Muhammad III, caliph of Cordoba and to a former Christian slave. Raised in a time period when Cordoba had a very low percentage of illiterate citizens, Wallada had access to a vast collection of information. Her young adulthood years were full of turmoil and bloody governmental…

Mahjoobah Billah 12B March 12, 2017 Influential Women in Islam There are many influential Muslim women who contributed to Islamic history and society now, but some of the greatest ones are not recognized enough for their efforts. These women make all women feel powerful and motivated enough to do the same, to pass along the message. Some of these women who contributed to Islamic history are: Aishah bint Abi Bakr, which almost everyone knows about, Naseebah bint Harris, who is also…

What were the key results of the Neolithic Revolution? They had a lot of agricultural products they was very big in that and art. What is diffusion in the context of societal developments? The Ten Commandments’ injunction to “honor thy mother and father” gives Judaism the greatest degree of commonality with what belief systems? confucianism Why did the development of agriculture lead to an increase in population? It lead to agriculture because the more food they made more people moved in to…

armies also have them on the run in Libya, Yemen and Iraq. As IS’s grand facade of a “caliphate” crumbles and it devolves into an improvised insurgency capable only of mounting terrorist attacks, you have to wonder: Where in blazes is its self-styled “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the feared cleric-in-black? IHS Inc, the reputed information and analysis firm focused on international security,…