Near East

The Fall of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, one of Europe’s greatest powers, . There are many causes of the the Ottoman Empire’s demise. Unemployment and economic decline developed severe ramifications on an already climbing debt. Rising debt obligated business owners to constrict production which lead to poor manufacturing. Unprosperous exportation of products constituted for a substantial reliance on agriculture, which lost the battle of competition between other agricultural…

The Arab Spring has challenged the authoritarian resilience paradigm that had been dominant in academics since the early 2000s. Scholars within this paradigm focused on the lack of democracy within the region and attributed this lack to a number of factors and dynamics. This paradigm was normative in the sense that authoritarian resilience was seen as a negative and in need of change (Lob 2015). Even though as authoritarian resilience was perceived to be negative there was no expectation that…

“Why border lines drawn with a ruler in WW1 still rock the Middle East” was written in 2013 by Tarek Osman of BBC news. This article relates to the readers exactly why the borders are where they are in the Middle East, and how it is affecting them. To start off, the lines were drawn by two men, Sykes who is from Britain and Picot who is from France. These men apparently had immense knowledge of the Middle East, yet the lines that they drew did not attribute to that. Both countries, Britain and…

The Middle East Evan Graff The UN Mandate had a huge effect on the Middle East overall because it did nothing but cause more conflict to the region. The Mandate helped the creation of Palestine but worsened the surrounding area by pushing out Israelis and also causing some surrounding countries to want that land and try to take it. Most wars in the Middle East region are related to the Government, Religion or Terror Acts. The Middle East is still in rough shape due to the conflicts of Religion…

Islam 1. What is the point of origin In the 7th century C.E., the followers of a new religion, Islam which literally means submission the self-surrender of the believer to the will of the one, true God, Allah. 2. How did religion/philosophy spread? Islam spread from the Arabian Peninsula and began a sequence of conquest and conversion that would forge the first truly global civilization. In succeeding centuries Islamic civilization was spread by merchants, wandering mystics, and warriors…

The German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was comprised of the territories, that had been administered by the Soviet Union. Berlin, the former capital of Germany, remained divvied. “East Berlin” became the capital of East Germany. While “West Berlin” aligned itself with West Germany. Contrary to popular belief, West Berlin was actually not part of West Germany. Under international law, it was illegal for either of the two Germanys, to declare Berlin its capital. For 41 years, no…

Prosperity.” This panel was aimed at conceiving potential futures for the middle east as well as steps needed to achieve those futures. The speakers on the panel were Ben Wagner, Kemal Kirisci, and Ross Wilson. Each speaker had their own intellectual approach to the question of the Middle East. Ben Wagner tended toward subjective and humanist arguments to break down the rigid American perspective of the Middle East which is in terms of conflict and resources only. Kemal Kirisci was more focused…

American Eagle Outfitters is a retail company that sales apparel for men and women. In this essay we will discuss the financial information about American Eagle outfitters that is listed in the financial statements for the year ending January 2015. It will discuss the net income, amount of revenue and details about the statements auditor while evaluating the various financial statements. American Eagle Outfitters is a retailer that offers exceptional quality, trendy clothing, accessories and…

built state while the Soviet Union was left creating the GDR (German Democratic Republic – East Germany) a communist built state. By June 15, the GDR, head of the East Republic Walter Ulbricht, had declared out of nowhere that they had no intention of building a wall even though nothing about a wall has been brought up before, but on the 12th of august the GDR council had announced that; “in order…

China and Japan are always thought of of being the exact same. The people who think that are the ones that do not even live in the same continent as China and Japan! Though, it does feel like they would be the same since they both prospered around 600 CE and had similar cultural ties. While, yes, they both have a lot of similar aspects, both of them have enormous distinct and different features about themselves. China and Japan both had traditions and culture ties with Buddhism and had similar…