Levant

The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to get control of holy places considered sacred by both groups. There were 9 crusades total. It lasted from 1095-1291. It lasted 4 decades. The entire structure of the European society changed during the 12th and 13th centuries. The word crusade comes from the Latin word crux, meaning cross. The Christian warriors called Crusaders wore the cross as a symbol. Seljuk Turks took control of the Holy places…

changes into the society, but using the violence, and most of the time, involving death and injures to innocent people. This is the case Al-Qaeda, and also ISIS, or Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, also as well-known as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, which want to create a complete zone terror in Afghanistan and all the…

of ancient Egypt, foreign affairs have expanded far beyond merely Nubia and the Levant; archaeological and literary records have demonstrated interactions with the “Sea Peoples”, Mesopotamians, and other “Asiatics” from the east. The Ramesside Period occurred during late New Kingdom, at which time Ramses II ruled as a militaristic pharaoh who warred against the eastern Hittites to expand their territory within the Levant. One of the key wars he led against them here was the Battle of Kadesh,…

of their future they began worshipping the Canaanite Pantheon instead of God and only upon threats from Moses did they stop their worshipping the pagan deities. Substantial amount of evidence from various archaeological excavations throughout the Levant confirm that the Israelites and the Canaanites believed in the same Father-God named El. The Kingdom of Israel, ruled by Jeroboam I, began a religiously divided nation with idols of El's such as the golden calf in the temples located in Dan and…

Gender Roles The post World War II era was the golden age for traditional gender roles. The majority of the population wanted the same family dynamic of a breadwinning father, nurturing stay at home mother, mild mannered daughter, athletic son, and dog all held within a white picket fence. In this dynamic, everyone fit their gender roles like a glove. The glove fit comfortably until the late 1960 's when the feminist movement began to sweep the country. It was at this time that people began to…

Ancient Egypt is definitely one of the most qualified civilizations to be placed under all seven indicators. And you're just about to learn why. Government and Military was a big part of Egypt. Military ventures can be a source of income - as long as one is successful. Egypt was fortunate in this respect until the Late Period, when it came under the domination of foreign powers. What began with relatively benign occupations by the Libyans, Kushites, Assyrians, and Persians would become…

A theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work which may be stated directly or indirectly. The novel communicates most intensely a theme of unconventional morality (Levant 138). Lennie ends up killing Curly’s wife, not intentionally of course, but he does not feel any guilt because he has no idea of what the crime is that he just committed. Lennie is not a cruel or evil person, he is a slow, giant, yet very gentle…

killing of a mass group of people. Something that some believe couldn’t possible happen in today’s world. As we go about our daily tasks, there is a horrific slaughter taking place in Iraq against the Yazidi people by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). I believe if ISIL were to become aware of their ethnocentricity, there would be an improvement in the genocide taking place. In Iraq, there is a group of people known as the Yazidi. They practice an ancient religion that…

opinions of historian, H. Guthe who specializes in the Semitic history of the Near East, Yahweh was worshipped by a nomadic tribe called the Kenites who were one of several tribes originally from Midian, but lived throughout the southern part of the Levant which included Canaan, Edom and the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. The first mention in the Old Testament of the Kenites can be found, in Genesis 15:19-21, when Abraham traveled to Canaan, around 1700BC. Another reference concerning…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIL, is a radical islamic group in the middle east that has committed thousands of human rights violations and terrorist attacks throughout the world. ISIL now controls over half of Iraq, and part of Syria and is a force we can not…