Iran–Iraq War

agree that the United States’ entrance into Iraq during the second Iraq war benefited oil companies and thus the US alike. After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein many oil companies, like Shell and ExxonMobil began attempts to move into Iraq. As these US companies benefited from the oil that was present, the US enjoyed cheaper oil prices. The price prior to the Iraq war and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein for a barrel of oil was $40 USD. However, after the war oil prices dropped to $35 USD. This…

“Within the first five years of the Syrian civil war, an estimated 400,000 syrians were killed.” (CNN Wire) Many may wonder, what has commenced this catastrophe? Well, after the death of Hafiz al Assad, his son Bishar Assad became the President of Syria. Many Syrians were protesting against the government that took away their freedoms and ruined Syria’s economy. In response to these protests, Assad killed and imprisoned Syrians who were peacefully protesting. “In July 2011, the Syrian military…

the U.S. sanctions. Then on June 20, 2011 Assad made a speech, about an hour long, and promised to communicate with the countries with sanctions and also told the refugees that fled to Turkey, that they should return.The second reason for the civil war is the rights issue. Syria’s government tortures, and executes people who disagree with how the country is led, and even doesn’t try to hide their malicious acts. These revolters want protection for rights so that they can speak, assemble,…

Specifically, four small wars within this territorial battle erupted, beginning in 1532. Within this first war, the Ottomans gained large parts of Mesopotamia (Iraq), and parts of other countries including Armenia, while the Safavids maintained the possession of their lands, specifically their capital, Tabriz. Soon after, in 1577, battle between…

A. Was Baghdad the center of the Islamic realm during 754 CE? 1. During this time, al-Mansur wanted to relocate his power away from Damascus to start a new emergence. After a lengthy search, caliph al-Mansur, found a perfect region to build his capital, precisely beside the city of Baghdad. 2. The caliph had rather exceptional reasoning, his site ‘’…lay between Mesopotamia’s two great rivers at the juncture of the canals that linked them.’’ (WTWA 319). B. Caliph al-Mansur did not simply…

York made me sand, how many innocent people lost their lives. What we have to do to stop those tragedies in the future. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was a new lesson for me how I can keep our tragedies called (Genocide Kurdish people in Iraq) in 1998. We have to keep all pictures for our generation. When I will go back to my country, I will work to keep Kurdish Genocide documents in the place like Holocaust Memorial Museum in D.C. Visiting the theater and the portrait was another…

The Earliest civilization in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East was Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is bordered on its sides by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia, in fact, is Greek for “between the rivers.” The rise of Sumerian Civilization began when the first Sumerian cities began in the lower part of Mesopotamia, and Sumer became a great empire inside of Mesopotamia. The Indus River Valley Civilization is the first civilization in India. The Indus Valley is located in the…

During the Second World War, Germany was ruled and run by Adolf Hitler a fascist dictator. Hitler is one of, if not the most recognisable dictator of his time. However decades after the second world war dictatorial government has become more common and more of a concern to democratic governments. A dictatorship is a form of government when an individual (dictator) has all the power over the whole country. The dictator makes the law and decisions for the whole country without the citizen’s…

Dear Senator Pat Toomey, Hello, my name is Jessica Jung and I am from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I attend Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, where we are required to take American Studies as a class in ninth grade. Recently we have started discussing the Holocaust, along with genocide and its multitude of negative effects. Genocide is a process that is established in ten stages that are easy to foretell, but not inexorable. The first stage is classification where people are distinguished…

The State of War by James Risen was placed during Bush’s (43rd) presidency and the corruption of the CIA. The Soviet Union collapse marked the beginning of corruption in the CIA. The director of the CIA was George Tenet, who was very close to George W. Bush. Tenet was seen by the public as “an honest broker of intelligence”, meanwhile in private he would tell people what they wanted to hear, then go to others and tell them the opposite of it. One of the main reasons that Tenet stayed on as the…