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The impact the Mongol army had on the Middle East Throughout history many civilizations have risen and fallen, from the Macedonian Empire lead by Alexander the Great to the Roman Empire that rose under the rule of Augustus. These great empires have conquered weaker civilizations to incorporate into their own or to destroy potential threats. In either scenario, these civilizations/religions have been changed for the remainder of their history. The period from the 8th century to the 13th century…

Throughout much of history commemorating people became primary evidence of important events and important figures portrayed during that time. From small statues to enormous temples, it shed light to the type of role or power the person held. Most of these commemorating items were built in order to show the power of the person and for a place of worship for future people/citizens, due to their religious views or rituals. The mummy portrait of a woman and the bust of a woman, were both very…

Question 1 In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King argues that not all laws must be obeyed. Write an essay explaining what he means. Martin Luther King is writing his letter from Birmingham Jail to the community and the religious leaders that have been racist. He wrote this letter in order to respond to the accusations he has been prosecuted by. These actions were justified because of his involvement in the state of Alabama by joining the movement of civil activists. Yet some…

Gaius Marius was from a non senatorial family. (notes) Quintus Caecilius Metellus brought him to North Africa in 109bc as a legate. Marius had been a client of Metellus but had broken that relationship. Metellus had forgiven him and brought him to Africa anyway. (notes) The Romans were fighting against Jugurtha the king of Numidia. He was Masinissa's son and had murdered his two brothers. (notes) The war went badly as the Numidians used guerilla warfare against the Romans. (notes) Marius asked…

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, who not only made great advancements and contributions to human knowledge, but also greatly influenced human thought. Taught by the Great Philosopher Plato himself, Aristotle philosophical thinking would go on to become one of the most influential thinkers in human history, even thought of as the vassal through which medieval Christian and Islamic thinkers latched their thinking from, and is considered to be one of the foundations in Western thinking.…

Two writers who had great impacts on their audiences were Henry Thoreau, an author and poet (as well as many other jobs he tried out), and Martin Luther King Jr., the famous civil rights activist. Although these men lived in entirely different time periods they had writings that had a similar message. Thoreau wrote an essay “Civil Disobedience” in which he discusses the flaws of government, inspired by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War. King wrote “Letter from Birmingham…

H. Lecture 8 – 2 Corinthians Word Count: 525 1. Itemize four main principles of giving that Paul enunciates in 2 Cor. 8:1-15? The principles that Paul enunciates are for giving are: (1) it should be sacrificial. Paul contrasts them to the Macedonian church—which gave even in extreme poverty, (2) Christians should surrender even themselves as a gift to God, (3) giving should be done with sincerity and gladness, and (4) giving ought to be proportionate to ones blessings. Those with excess…

Throughout history there have been many great leaders that did great things for there people. Not many of these great leaders are well represented in today’s society. There are few people who do not know at least a little about Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, but up until a few years ago almost no one knew who King Leonidas of Sparta was and still few people know who Cato the Elder is. Is it fair that these great men, men just as worthy of praise as Caesar and Alexander, are shunned and…

It is essential to draw upon other similar gold wreaths found around the Mediterranean to better understand the gold wreath at the Getty Villa. Bettina Tsigarida’s “A New Gold Myrtle Wreath From Central Macedonia in the Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki” published in The Annual of the British School at Athens, discusses a gold myrtle wreath, which was acquired by the Getty Museum in 1993, and sent back to Greece in 2007. This gold myrtle wreath currently resides in the…

Martin Luther King Rhetorical Analysis In 1950s and 1960s Martin Luther King Jr. believed that man is created equal no matter their circumstances in life or race. He enforced the fact that African Americans will obtain equality through non violent protesting in his "Letter From Birmingham Jail". Martin Luther King begins by relating his actions to Christianity, stating methods of protesting , and uses a the five rhetorical cannons in a clever way to better establish his views. Martin Luther…