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have disgraced their religion and they have banded together in order to fight a common enemy. Westernization, defined as “the conversion to or adoption of western techniques or traditions” (Merriam-Webster), has permeated the membrane of the Middle East and has ultimately impacted the Muslim culture. However, the Islamic State has enacted Sharia law within the territory that it has gained through its fights over the past few years. Sharia law is a set of governing principles that dictates the…

1. This paper argues that the U.S. should cease training foreign armies in the Middle East. The United States (U.S.) State Department funds a program called International Military Training and Education (IMET).1 The program’s purpose is to benefit “U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives, by helping allies and partners improve their defense capabilities and enhance their ability to participate in missions alongside U.S. forces.”2 Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,…

¨Around 2000 B.C. 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…

The Berlin Wall was both a force and stigma in Germany because it divided the communist East from the democratic West. The Berlin Wall was also paramount during the Cold War because even though it was intended to divide the Germans, it later united them. From the time that The Wall was erected to the time that it fell there were many radical cultural changes within the country of Germany and revolts from all around the globe. When The Wall fell, it was not only a turning point, but also marked…

Communist resistance fighters had memorials dedicated to them and the whole idea of remembrance was used to discredit the Allies as a haven for Nazi sympathizers and the war as the triumph of communism over fascism. The process of denazification in the East was used as a means of nationalization. The land of Nazi sympathizers, who were often wealthy, was taken. The land was redistributed among the citizens. This process was often corrupt though since land was not split evenly among the people. …

been easier before or after postcolonialism? This perspective will be examined in the contexts of South Africa, India, and the Middle East. 1st Evidence: (Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source) The South African school system has suffered as the hands of apartheid, but Iain Smith of History Today would argue that the country is facing something far worse, (3B) “I found a…

The Middle East has always had extraordinary geostrategic importance. (74) Because it contained or bordered on the land bridges, passageways, and narrows – the Sinai Isthmus, the Caucasus, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, Bab el Mandeb, the Strait of Hormuz – and the sheltered seas – the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Persian/Arabian Gulf – that provided the best routes connecting the different extremities of the vast Eurasian/African continent. In…

everyday lives. In particular, painted and sculptural depictions of the human figure can provide in-depth explanations to the religious beliefs, political structures, and cultural values of these early peoples. The civilizations located in the Middle East, Egypt, and Greece each created distinct representations of the human form, with similar themes and styles connecting the cultures. Throughout these early societies, representations of the human form all include idealistic depictions of…

been treated the way they are suppose to. They have been facing discrimination throughout the history everywhere. One of the main reasons why women in the middle east are treated poorly is because people do not see their rights as human rights and they separate women’s rights from the other rights. Women face discrimination in the Middle East more than anywhere else. Lack of education and the issues of poverty are some of the main reasons why women are treated that way. Some people do their…

could have numerous causes, such as economic reliance, relative conditions and inter-related relationship, and many other unimaginable reasons. To say that the increase of Islamic extremists directly relates to the increase of drone strikes can seem far-reaching at the very least. Additionally, McManus believes it cowardly to hide behind a drone when killing extremists. Saying that this way of fighting does not follow traditional warfare. He would prove correct in that statement. In traditional…