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In all of the documents, there are different things that are written on each and every one of them, but the one thing that they have in common is that each event lead to the spread of Islam. In the first document which was document A, the paragraph mostly talks about the war of the Muslims and the Greeks. According to the text, “The battle that they fought at the al-Yarmuk was one of the fiercest and bloodiest kinds. In this battle 24,000 Muslims took part. By Allah’s help, some 70,000 of…

Crusaders (Kohler, 2013). This crusade commenced a new phase of affiliation among the West and the Near East. The first Crusade represented the war against the Muslim to aid Byzantines to take back control over the Holy Land. Many innocent people were tortured and many were slaughtered. The effects of the Crusades formed many important historical factors. It is said that the first Crusade started after Byzantine Empire was overthrown by the Muslims. The Muslims destroyed the “Church of the…

Reading, Shakespeare plays like Macbeth can improve students reading. According to Mark Bayer, an associate professor and chair of the Department of English at UTSA, “The language is so dense, so rich, the first couple plays they read are difficult. Not because the language is archaic, but because it is semantically dense. You have to read the lines over and over,” But like anything else, time and effort bring an understanding, “Students go into it because…

Many concepts first emerged during the centuries of the Renaissance, as well as events and people. During the Renaissance period, many different cultures would modify their religious beliefs; for example, “.. the Chinese reconsider the age-old teachings of Confucius, the Muslims enter into wider activities than those known to the Koran, and the peoples of India attempt to found a society in which historic Hindu practices no longer form the dominant pattern” (Palmer Colton Kramer 47). This…

A recent study suggests that the meaning of Canadian multiculturalism has changed from being a national identity for all Canadians to being a minority affair (Winter 2015). This argument relies on the concept of socioethnic leveraging whereby two minority groups are constructed against each other by a third dominant one (Winter 2015). In essence, it is a “dynamic set of triangular relations” where the “multicultural we” is constructed as the other against the dominant “us” (Winter 2015). The…

William Shakespeare was a powerful influence when it comes to modern literature, he single-handedly created many archetypes through his writing. Some would say he's the greatest of all time,known for his poetry, sonnets, and plays, he shows the true artistry stands test of time. He was born April 23, in England. By the age of eighteen he was married to a woman named Ann Hathaway, they went on to have three children. His career began sometime between 1589 and 1613, as an actor, this lead him to…

The Northern Renaissance in Europe was marked by movements for moral and religious change with a theme of moralizing spirit reflected in the art, literature, and music of the time. The music of the time saw a resurgence in the music of the church. Both the arts and literature were affected by a significant invention to help spread the accessibility of them. In the age of the Northern Renaissance art saw a major invention in the way of printmaking, which had a similar impact on the…

Now that a semester has passed, we should return to one of the very first questions of the course: is Québec a distinct society, and if so, how and why did it develop this difference? Several themes persisted throughout our studies that sought to answer these questions, including that of la survivance. This ideologically loaded phrase describing survival by means of French, Catholicism, and a farming vocation related back multiple times to other concepts. With regards to language, the…

By Bridgelynn Adams How has Canada Maintained a diverse cultural identity? First, there was the fur trade. This happened around 1545-1750. It could be known as an early colony of Canada. (A colony is a territory that is under control by another country) The fur trade helped create relations between the natives. (This is because they give them something to sell therefore they get stuff back) Did you know that this was extremely popular at style in Europe in the 1600´s. Everyone wanted one. Then…

Ottoman Turks’ first appearance The loom of the Ottoman came upon after the decline of the Seljurk Turks’s empire. The arrival of the first Ottomans, alias ghazis (Turkish warriors or raiders), to Anatolia (formerly called Asia Minor) was intended to evade the forces of Mongols. At first, the Turkish tribes were nomadic pastoralists but when the Seljuk Empire’s power was slowly falling apart, the Turks, under the rule of Osman, began occupying, invading other territories for power and wealth…