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Throughout much of history, various groups of Christians, Muslims, and Jews have fought with each other rather than cooperating with each other. For example, the current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict between Israel, a Jewish majority country, and the state of Palestine, a Muslim majority territory, started due to disputes over land, especially over the holy city of Jerusalem. Wars have also been ignited between different groups of the same religion, such as the Thirty Years War, which was fought…

The Black Death, as it was most commonly called, was renowned as the most devastating pandemic to have even swept over the Eastern Hemisphere during the fourteenth century. It was the cause of over tens of millions of deaths throughout Europe and Asia and went by many names, including the “Great Mortality,” and “Universal Plague.” The widespread plague originated in Central Asia and was most likely variants of the bubonic and pneumonic plagues. The bubonic plague, which was the most common…

Mattingly, in ‘Imperium to Imperialism’, undertakes the task of evaluating the Roman Empire in a modern perspective, with focus on the Roman brutality in undertaking its conquests and then its role as occupier, drawing parallels with 19th century empires such as the French or the British Empires, and the American ‘aircraft carrier empire’ of the late 20th-21st century. He does this by illustrating that the contemporary empires looked to Rome for inspiration, which they did, as evidenced by the…

Turks moved from Central Asia to Middle West in the eleventh CE century. One of the tribes called the Seljuk Turks, occupied Persia and then moved west slowly. Battle of Manzikert in 1071 CE is where the Seljuk Turks met Byzantine emperor and his army. The Byzantine emperor was killed, and army was destroyed. After taken over Byzantine the Seljuk Turks moved into Anatolia. Moving south again the were able to occupy the Holy Land. Religion played a role in the origins of the Crusades or…

Below is the summary of the hair results from the Sasquatch Genome Study: One hundred eleven samples of blood, tissue, hair, and other types of specimens were studied, characterized and hypothesized to be obtained from elusive hominins in North America commonly referred to as Sasquatch. DNA was extracted and purified from a subset of these samples that survived rigorous screening for wildlife species identification. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequencing, specific genetic loci sequencing,…

Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context ¥ From the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, a series of uprisings shook states and empires from Russia to China and from Persia to West Africa. ¥ There were several aspects of the North American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions that make them distinct and clearly part of the Atlantic Basin. ¥ The intellectual impact of the Enlightenment created a trans-Atlantic print culture, wherever ideas were changed and debated…

the next 5 years, the Napoleonic Wars would rock Europe. In 1809, Napoleon crushed the Austrian army and for 3 years, Europe would for the most part be in peace. War would still drag on between France against Spain, Britain and Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula. Napoleon had established the Continental System, a trade embargo between mainland Europe and England, whcih ultimately signed his downfall. Russia had broken the pact and had failed to support France. Hence, Napoleon ordered major…

Prompt A1: The Seljuk Turks were an Islamic tribe in Persia during the early eleventh century that began to expand westward. In 1071 CE, at the Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine army battled the Seljuk Turks. Romanus IV, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was killed and his army obliterated. The Turks expanded their empire into Anatolia, Syria, Jerusalem, and throughout the Holy Land. Turkish zealots prevented Christian pilgrims from visiting Jerusalem and other places Christians…

The book When Culture Collide by Richard Lewis generally divides some nations (and regions, more specifically) into 3 cultural types: “the linear-actives” (Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg” “the multi-actives” (Latin countries) and “the reactive” (mainly the Asia) . And it is quite popular among a great number of people:“it has been in the third edition (by the ending of the cited essay) and sold over 1,000,000 copies” being deemed a “Bible” (may someone get angry due to such a stupid…

Spain is a country located in the Southwestern Europe. It is the third largest country in Europe. On the website “Nations Encyclopedia” it says: “Occupying the greater part of the Iberian Peninsula, Spain is the third largest country in Europe.” What this means is that there are about fifty countries in Europe. Out of those fifty countries, Spain is the third largest. Spain is twice the size of the…