Caliph

By learning numerous amounts of resilient writing tactics from English 110 here at Cal Poly Pomona, I have molded myself into a far more suburb writer than in the beginning of the quarter. Certain assignments were tasked upon me which required me to improve and successfully learn the seven learning outcomes. Below, are examples of how I have not only improved, but thrived throughout this quarter and everything that it entailed. When push comes to shove, brainstorming and pre-writing can be…

Afghanistan is a country with a deep history. Many famous people have encountered the country including Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world with little to offer agriculturally. This paper describes Afghanistan’s population in spite of the country’s instability due to their physical environment, dysfunctional military, and lack of money. Afghanistan is a country surrounded by land. Its nearest coast line it the Arabian…

MYTHOLOGY People say that history repeats itself. In this paper, we will see that this is very true. Most mythologies have roots in other mythologies and links to things like politics or nature. All of Japanese mythology has a link to the government, but it also has Buddhism in some parts, which came from India. Christianity has links to a lot of other mythology. Most mythologies are linked to other past mythologies. In this paper, I will talk about where these mythologies are from, some of the…

Saladin is a historical figure not well known to the general public. However, much can be learned from him. Although specific facts about his life are hard to find, what is found leads a person to regard Saladin with a sense of awe. While he gained his position with mainly clannish nepotism, he had talent commanding troops and leading his people. Mainly, Saladin is a historical leader many young and old leaders can learn much from. Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, translated to Righteousness of…

Vegetarianism in Islam Citations from the Qur'an and the hadiths of companions and caliphs about the vegetarian people The first biographers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) show that he preferred vegetarian foods, saying that he liked milk diluted in water, yogurt with butter or nuts and cucumbers with dates. His favorite fruits, which were known to survive for weeks at a time, were pomegranates, grapes, and figs, and he liked a morning drink of dates soaked and crushed. He liked honey…

Throughout the 20th century, there were many sources of major conflict. From World War I, to World War II, to the Cold War, the world has often been at war. After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, American President George W. Bush started a new war, called the War on Terror. The War on Terror is a fight against Islamic terrorist groups in the Middle East, and continues to this day. A coalition lead by the United States is currently at war with one of these terrorist groups known as ISIS, which controls…

example, in the late sixth century, the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Turkish tribes revived several long-distance trade routes through southeast and central Asia, which spread Islamic beliefs and values to different cultural regions. “…the Umayyad caliphs brought north Africa and the Middle east into an ever-large network of long-distance commercial relationships” (Bentley 90). In addition, similarly to Buddhism, these Silk Road trading routes provided towns perfect for mosques that would…

In Arabian Nights, the theme of power runs throughout the entire book as a back bone for many of the stories told. Demons are conquered by man and kings rise to power in many stories. The power of women, however, is a theme that differs greatly from the power of men in the book. Arabian Nights tells tales of women that are depicted as dependent and powerless in many stories, and their autonomy and power is used as a device in a story where they are given it. They are also given power when they…

The first dictionary definition of the word ‘terrorism’, ‘ syste`me, re´ gime de la terreur’, was offered by the Acade´mie franc¸aise in 1798 in the light of recent French experience. In order to understand how the term ‘terrorism’ originated, the author immediately started discussing the French republic. The French republic already have recently dealt with the execution of King Louis XVI in the fall of 1792, was under threat from foreign invasion and internal rebellion. In July 1792, the…

the grandson of the infamous Chinggis Khan. Khubilai Khan was described in various ways and Rossabi had stated that “ he is represented as a Mongol in formal Chinese paintings; as a typical Muslim potentate, with the dress and physical features of a caliph, in Persian miniatures; and as a European king, with a Caucasian appearance, in manuscripts of Marco Polo’s account of his travels. Each civilization depicted Khubilai in its own light” (Rossabi, pg. xvii). Many historians have tried to…