Harem

Mehmad Talâ ordered that all the corpses be gathered and burned. Children were spared from being killed, but were kidnapped from their families, converted to Islam, and given to Turkish families. Some women were killed and others were raped and became harems. The Turks moved into Armenian…

As a child, Taylor Swift thought that if she could just “write songs, get a record deal, put out an album” she would be happy and would not need anything else. Today, Taylor Swift is a successful country and pop singer, obtaining over fifty awards through her popular song writing. She is the perfect example of someone following their dreams at a young age, just like Marcus Garvey who followed his dreams as a child to abolish the discrimination of blacks. According to Cronon, Marcus Garvey…

It is true to a significant extent that the reign of Egyptian leader, Amenhotep III was one of the most significant tenured of all New Kingdom pharaohs. Although individual aspects of Amenhotep III’s rule vary in their own importance, it is undeniable that his reign was extremely significant, presiding over an almost unbroken 40 year period of relative stability and prosperity from. Of most significance in Amenhotep III’s reign was his peaceful and diplomatic foreign policy. In stark contrast from…

If a solid story, and am favorable with the subject content, I tend to enjoy a good period piece film. In a way it's the closest thing we have to a machine that can go back in time, that we can actually see events unfold for ourselves. Researched thoroughly, it's contents can not only be entertaining, but a learning experience as well. Unless if based on a conspiracy theory, then all bets are off. And this is where the film, Moonwalkers, comes in. The premise being that the American Government…

Through the collection of poetry from the works titled, When My Brother Was An Aztec, Natalie Diaz delves deep into her childhood trauma through very imaginative and often unexpected ways. This collection is broken up into three sections, the first section focuses on the racism and oppression that Diaz experienced growing up as a Native American woman with poems such as “The Gospel of Guy No-Horse” which approaches this topic through humor. The second section of poems emphasizes how Diaz was…

Earth, third planet from the Sun, Milky Way Galaxy, home. The word home, of having a place that is meant for only a few people, implies there are other homes out there, that we are not alone. Which we aren’t: we’ve proven to ourselves using words and numbers and formulas like the Drake Equation that space is too large and weird and wonderful for just us to exist in it. The real question in the sentence that everyone ignores in favor of alone, is we. Even though we use aliens as a metaphor for…

What is sexuality and how can it be defined within religion and social environments? How much authority should religion have in the lives of everyday Americans? These are the questions this class has been trying to uncover, and this was also the question surrounding each conversation and article Julia and I discussed this semester. We traveled through the topics of gender, virginity, and same-sex marriage all in the confines of religion. Our discussions never lead to a definitive answer, but…

Extravagant wealth, obsessive passion, faith, sacrifice, and genuine love are all prominent themes in “The Story of Jullanar of the Sea” from The Thousand and One Nights. The time period and setting of the story takes place in the lands of ancient Persia. King Shah-Zeman is current ruler of Khurasan, and indulges in great wealth living in his successful dwelling with his beautiful concubines. Be that as it may, the King is considerably troubled because none of his concubines has given him any…

The main character Tom in Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” is subject to very deep mental confliction. Poor Tom is unable to have his own life since he is the caretaker of his whole family. He must keep his very boring, stressful, and difficult job at the shoe factory all for his mother and sister. At a young age, Tom’s father left the family with no notice and left them to fend for themselves. Tom’s sister is unfortunately crippled, since one leg is shorter than the other. She is…

death of many pharaohs. Whenever the country was failing either politically or economically, the pharaoh’s death tended to be brutal. Vernus, suggests that the main reason why Ramesses III was assassinated in 1155BC was due to jealousy within the harem, causing conspiracy in the court. This view is refuted by Grimal , arguing that Ramesses III reorganised land allocations which gave more land to the temples rather than to the people, causing agricultural land to be wasted. The economic focus is…