East Coast Swing

China and Japan are always thought of of being the exact same. The people who think that are the ones that do not even live in the same continent as China and Japan! Though, it does feel like they would be the same since they both prospered around 600 CE and had similar cultural ties. While, yes, they both have a lot of similar aspects, both of them have enormous distinct and different features about themselves. China and Japan both had traditions and culture ties with Buddhism and had similar…

As the European nations sought to decrease the power of the Ottoman Empire, they introduced nationalism to the Arabs. The British seduced local Arab leaders to leave the Ottoman Empire and create their own state and Caliphate. The Arabs joined the fight wishing to gain their independence from the Ottomans. They wanted their own identity and a unified Arab region but what happened was the Arabs were separated into mandates governed by the French and British. The promises for Sheriff Hussein were…

Edom, and Amon. Then "after 500 BC Arabs called the Nabateans migrated to Jordan. They developed a rich kingdom based on the trade routes through the area. Their capital was at Petra" (Lambert). During this period, Rome became the new power in the East, and while the Nabateans maintained their independence at first, they were soon absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD. When the Roman…

Ahmed AlMnaseer WHAP 10-15-2015 The Islamic world has remained constant in the way that its population is influenced by the continuity in Islamic beliefs and practices and how the Sharia made the life of muslims fair and equal to them. Although the Islamic world had changed over time as it expanded beyond its cultural territories and how many divisions got diverted .As time have passed in the Islamic world from 7th century to the 13th century, it can be determined that its changes and…

One major similarity between The Crucible and ISIS is that there is a considerable amount of fear, which causes people to act in ways they normally wouldn’t act. One example of this is that in both situations arrest rates rose greatly because the people’s fear increased. After ISIS captured major cities in Syria, “the frequency of arrests in the United States accelerated from an average rate of just over one per month… to an average rate of over seven per month ...” (ISIS Cases in the United…

gender roles and expectations is helping give women from the Middle East and America the opportunity for equal education, however religion has a much greater effected on the education for women in the Middle East. When researching women’s education in the Middle East one can compare it to the early stages of education in the Colony America (although not as serve as the women in Middle Eastern Counties). Women in the Middle East still do not have the same opportunities as the men in their…

House of Wisdom is Established- It was established and based in Baghdad in the 9th century. The House brought cultures together by attracting scholars from all over the world. Beginnings of Astronomy- Beginning in the 8th century, it enhanced the Islamic religion by determining the direction of Mecca and making prayer times more accurate. Beginnings of Mathematical Reasoning and the Scientific Method- Beginning in the 9th century, it…

Cushitic-speaking people from northern Africa settled in the part of East Africa that is now Kenya. By the 1st Century AD, the Kenyan coast was frequented by Arab traders, who due to Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, established Arab and Persian colonies there. The Nilotic and Bantu people also moved into the region during the first millennium AD. and settled inland.¨ When the portuguese arrived in 1498, the coast was no longer dominated by arabs but by the portuguese did. The Port of…

According to Zubaida (2003), the Middle East is situated in parts of Western Asia spreading from the eastern Mediterranean coastline of Turkey and Syria, through the leave to Iraq and Arabia, and toward the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it incorporates Egypt, and, by a few records, Arab North Africa. This zone involves mountains, deserts, rich fields watered by amazing streams, and seacoasts. Climatically, the Middle East ranges from the…

P1 Thesis: Although East Asia may have been benefited by the change in religion, and by agricultural advancements, the changes that occurred in East Asia were more harmful to the majority of the people in early East Asian civilizations, because the Mongols terrorized many East Asian civilizations, and change in leadership affected many people negatively. P2: The Mongols terrorized many East Asian civilizations. P3: In the video “The Barbarians”, one historian said, “There was no limit to their…