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    What reasearch question(s) is/are the speaker(s) trying to address ? Why do these lootings and destructions occur ? Is this practice always intentional ? Is it understandable (but not necessary excusable) ? Is it an old and widespread practice practice ? What can be done save the human common heritage ? Who can do it ? What is nature of the data that she uses to address the questions ? Many different types of data are used by Dr. Rousseau : frescoes, journal articles recounting looting or…

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    In 27 African countries, Yamen, Iraqi Kurdistan, and found elsewhere in Asia, the Middle East it is accepted for females to get genital mutilation. “Female genital mutilation is all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the femal genital organs for non medical reasons” according to World Health Organization. This is a procedure done during at young age between 0 and 14. The procedure hurts women in many ways. First of all, it is…

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    Throughout the 20th century, there were many sources of major conflict. From World War I, to World War II, to the Cold War, the world has often been at war, both ideologically and militarily. After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, American President George W. Bush declared a new war, called the War on Terror, a fight against terrorist groups in the Middle East (The White House's Coalition Information Center). A coalition lead by the United States is at war with one of these terrorist groups known as…

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    warlords who admired. Salahuddin al-Ayubi was born in 532 AH 1138 AD in Tarkit that part of the West Bank of the River Tigris, located between Mosul and Baghdad. His father, a governor named Najm bin Shadhin is the nephew of Sultan Nurudin Zenggi, Kurdistan descent who came from Azerbaijan. Aside from being a warlord, he was also a preacher and leader of the non-Muslim leaders of the Arab nation. During his lifetime, he was in a tent more war than live in the palace with his family. Who will…

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    Before presidencies, there were empires. History, regardless of how or when, the subject is constructed around power, money, territories, and conspiracy. Survival of the fittest. The struggle between three particular world powers throughout the last five decades showcased the most brilliant minds, The Ottoman, British, and French Empires. While the establishment of facts is sure to vary across different cultural backgrounds, most would agree this time in history played a crucial role in how…

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    Southwest Asia

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    Why do Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world region? What are some of the problems associated with defining the region? Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world reason because the countries that make it up are fairly similar in climate and culture, and in their wealth of oil. In terms of climate, this region consists mostly of desert, making this region useful in grouping these countries together. Culturally, this region is cited as the place the major world religions…

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    Turkey’s geographic location has been critical throughout history being the gateway between Europe and Asia. In more recent history it has played a critical role in the security of the region as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). However, with the rise of ISIS and the attempted coup in Turkey the security situation in Turkey has become shaken(“Turkey’s New Role,” n.d.). With the importance of security in the region, these events have opened the opportunity for private…

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    Kaaba And Islam

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    Presently they are worshipping out of a house where the back and side yard have been transformed into gravel parking lots. The small building has not been well maintained; some window blinds are broken and porch rails are missing. Money that has been raised by the congregation has gone to purchasing land and into a savings to build a welcoming and proper place of worship for the more than one hundred Muslims that gather there to pray. The land to build on has been purchased, and enough money…

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    Bosnia/Former Yugoslavia The Bosnian Conflict is a conflict with two parts, one included an armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina; another is the Bosnian Genocide of the Bosniak people. The Conflict was caused in part by the splitting of Yugoslavia, during the early 1990s near the end of the cold war. The Bosnian Genocide coincided with Bosnian War, the genocide was a mass killing or ethnic cleansing of the Bosniak people and their culture, which occurred shortly after the…

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    'Critical' and 'Violent' Point." CNS News.). In northern Iraq, Kurds maintain their endless abhorrence for the Christian Assyrians, routinely terrorize and attack Assyrian Villages and militias in an attempt to obtain those lands they inhabit if Kurdistan becomes a reality ("Kurdish YPG Forces 'Routinely Terrorize' Assyrian Christians." Breitbart News.). Their prejudice dates back to the earliest years of The First World War, then the Kurds made a pact with The Young Turks to massacre and…

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