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North African labor. Regular Saharan trading routes showed rock paintings of North African racing chariots. Transportation used during this time was donkeys, mules, and horses. Problems during this time were water shortages, and raids by Garamantes. Camels, from Arabia,were not widely used in North Africa until 1st century…

Introduction Halal is only allowed or legal. So when we talk about halal food, it means that we are in accordance with Islamic law to allow food to eat. This means that whatever food is, it is considered to be halal; it must comply with religious ceremonies and comply with Islamic law. In order to certify "flesh" meat, it is not forbidden to cut (e.g. from the back of the head) or animals (e.g. pork). Slaughter a Halal animal called “Zabihah” and has some guidelines. For example, the…

Arabia Apocalypse Introduction The apocalypse myth is a commonality in the human cultural collective – the idea of a catastrophe which marks the end of the world as we humans know it. Deviating from the common idea of apocalypse, the term may also be interpreted as the end of an old world and the birth of a new. Apocalypse designates a failure on the part of humanity and indicates that higher powers are intervening to end such failure. Realistically, apocalypse is a grand representation of the…

few divided highways one can expect to meet local transportation traveling in the wrong direction, often without lights. Heavy traffic is the norm and includes (but is not limited to) overloaded trucks and buses, scooters, pedestrians, bullock and camel carts, horse or elephant riders en route to weddings, bicycles, and free-roaming livestock. Traffic in India moves on the left. It is important to be alert while crossing streets and intersections, especially after dark as traffic is coming in…

The small cities along the route did not protest this, as they could carry out the trade they depended on while being under the protection of Chinese garrisons . The trade was mostly carried on the backs of the two-humped Bactrian camel, which fashioned a heavy coat of hair to protect itself from harsh weather and the strength to carry 500 pounds . The Silk Road acquired its name because of the strong demand of silk from outside countries. It was considered by Europe to be an exotic…

Kerala has always been a hub for migrations, both internal and external, and migration has been a key factor in helping alleviate unemployment and relative poverty in Kerala. Historically, the coastal state of Kerala has had more than 2,300 years of exposure to different cultures and peoples who had come to Kerala for maritime trade, and was primed to make forays out into distant lands in search of better prospects. If Singapore, Malaya, Rangoon, Persia and Ceylon had been the the preferred…

12.9) Most media adolescents use contain advertising. There is also product placement in many movies and T.V. shows. Cigarette advertising was geared toward adolescents. After it was band form T.V. and radio, they use other methods such as billboards and project placement. The companies claimed it was to keep adult switching brands. The switching statistic were to low so there had to be another reason, then people found out that they were saying adolescents were their future customers. 90% of…

During the course of this semester, we have been focusing on the earliest civilizations and what they have contributed to our society today. Although Mesopotamia (Sumerians) and Mesoamerica (Olmecs) are relatively near each other and there are numerous similarities, they still had distinct differences. Mesoamerica was more advanced than Mesopotamia despite the fact that archaeologists have found limited evidence. While the Sumers had a not-so-whopping population of 18,000 per city, the Olmecs…

During the Industrial Revolution there major problems were stirring in European society. These problems mostly involved the rankings in society between the middle class and the poor workers. These problems extended to the Netherlands on how the rich looked down at the poor. The ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the authors of the Communist Manifesto, were exceptionally different from the ideas of Abraham Kuyper as seen in their religion or absence thereof, the audience to which they were…

Throughout the course of History 111, many major events and developments had taken place during the prehistoric era through 1500 CE. Some events and developments included the Black Death, The Mongol Moment, Silk Roads, and the Agricultural Revolution. Out of all of these the one with the most relevance for my life was the Agricultural Revolution because it increased the population and productivity; the one with the least relevance for my life was the development of Silk Roads because the United…