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Islamic world and Western civilization was not a spontaneous incident. Rather, it would be a series of developments spanning the length of nearly an entire millennia which would eventually form today’s crisis between the Western world and the Middle East. In this presentation, I will share the key developments over history in this ongoing crisis crisis. The concept of wars fought over differences in religion, or holy wars, is not a particularly new idea. Since the dawn of time, various groups…

Peninsula was surrounded by powerful two empires that sought to extend their influence into the region economically and militarily. The first of these two empire was the Western Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire, the Byzantine Empire controlled the east and south sides of the Mediterranean basin. The…

the horn of Africa. Ethopia is to the west, Dijibouti to the north east, the gulf of aden to the north, the indian ocean to the east, and kenya to the southeast. Somila's population consist of 10.8 million people, and most of those people are muslims. The offical republic of Dijibouti is a country also located on the horn of africa. It is by the eriterea of the north, Ethopia in the west and south, and somila in the south east. It is a multi- Ethnic nation with a population of over 828,324…

Genital Mutilation A 5,000 year old trend that is still practiced in more than 28 African countries and has been debated for more than three decades is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The World Health Organization has estimated that over 100 million girls have fallen victim to this practice and around three million girls will undergo this “procedure” every year. Of all of the countries in the Middle East and Africa that still hold true to this tradition, 95% of girls from those countries have…

Social unrest began in Tunisia on December 17, 2010 and quickly spread across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, most notably in Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Libya and Morocco, forming what is known as the Arab Spring. Many of these demonstrations evolved into revolutions resulting in the overthrow of longstanding authoritarian governments. However, in other countries, social unrest peaked and then dwindled, either as a result of suppression by the government or softened by…

Nationalism in Iraq Iraq was established on October 1,1919. In World War I the British occupied a lot of Mesopotamia and were given a demand over the area in 1920. The British renamed the area Iraq and defined it as a kingdom in 1922. In 1932 the monarchy gained full independence. The Iraqi population includes Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and Armenians. The religions are varied and consists of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims, Christians, Kurdish Yazidis, and a little number of Jews…

Mary Zimmerman’s The Arabian Nights is a compilation of Middle-Eastern folklore and contains great cinematic potential in terms of Mise-En-Scene. Though the story primarily takes place in the Middle East, various tales from all over the Eastern hemisphere are told throughout the play. Creating a film that contains so many different cultures requires an emphasis on costume design, makeup and setting to ensure each diverse location is represented and each culture is portrayed respectively. In…

McFerran Mrs. Cullen AP World History May 8, 2017 Living in West Berlin vs East Berlin: Thesis Paper The Berlin Wall was built in the August of 1961, when the East German soldiers constructed more than thirty miles of a barbed wire barrier through the center of Berlin, Germany. The citizens of East Berlin were forbidden to pass into the Western side. Soon this barbed wire would be replaced by concrete. (Taylor, 458) East German authorities revealed that this wall would protect their citizens…

One of the major ways Muhammad Ali changed our country was because of his actions in the Persian Gulf War. In 1990, a tragic event happened in the world known as the Persian Gulf War. This was a time where Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, attempted to take over neighboring area Kuwait and used several aerial attacks to take down Kuwait. This seriously injured and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Kuwait citizens which was not good for the economy or the other countries around Kuwait. Many…

the great lakes of central Africa, and located on the equator. The coastal areas of African were explored first, so Uganda is one of the last areas to be reached by foreigners. The first to arrive were the Arab traders in search of slaves and ivory in the 1840’s. When the race to Africa began, the area of present…