The Turk

The turks and the mongols had similar views on religion and economic influence, but their artistic impact sets them apart. Despite this, they both had a significant impact on their respective societies beginning in the late 13th century. Both of these empires allowed for great amounts of religious tolerance, especially for their time period. Although the mongols practiced shamanism, an animistic religion that primarily focused on powerful spirits, they were extremely tolerant of all religions.…

adopted the tool of talking back, and “write back” to describe their plight and feelings. “Writing back” is used by the Turkish German authors Dikmen, Zaimoglu, and Pirincci to share the internal conflicts over cultural identity that second-generation Turks in Germany face. In “The Father Story”, Feridun Zaimoglu tells a narrative which illustrates the cognitive dissonance experienced by second generation Turkish immigrants in Germany. These individuals struggle with deciding if they should act…

The Turks and Caicos The Turks and Caicos island has a population of around 35,000 people. That's about half of what St. Clouds population is today. The Turks and Caicos is a very unique place. It is around 616 sq miles and located at the bottom of the Bahamas chain, north of the Dominican Republic, and southeast out Miami Florida. Being 161 sq miles and only a population of 35,000 people. The capital of the Turks and Caicos is Cockburn Town with a population of 3,700. Even though…

Prompt A1: The Seljuk Turks were an Islamic tribe in Persia during the early eleventh century that began to expand westward. In 1071 CE, at the Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine army battled the Seljuk Turks. Romanus IV, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was killed and his army obliterated. The Turks expanded their empire into Anatolia, Syria, Jerusalem, and throughout the Holy Land. Turkish zealots prevented Christian pilgrims from visiting Jerusalem and other places Christians…

The Mountain Turks? The conflict between the Kurds and the Government of Turkey is lasted for almost three decades. This war has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people, and most of them are Kurds. After Ottoman Turkish Empire collapsed by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, he gave his word to the Kurds that he will granting them self-rule in their region, if they supports him in establishment of what we know today as the Republic of Turkey. The new Turkish government did not keep its promises to…

The article I chose alluded the implications of Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) and other similar platforms. AMT's goal is to "break jobs into smaller tasks and offer them to people across the globe" (Inside Amazon's clickworker platform, Reese and Heath). Conversely, Hope Reese and Nick Heath attempt to challenge the intent behind AMT. In the title of their article, Reese and Heath ask the following question: Does AMT and its' peers " democratize work or exploit the disempowered?" The article…

There are many Serbian tales, but this one is about Marco and the Turks. Marko Kralevich is the prince but later on becomes the king when his father passes away. He is a hero in the literature and traditions of the South Slavic people. In this tale, Marko Kralevich is a half-mythical hero to the Serbians. They are all delighted by his victories over Turks and Magyars. After his death people still thought that he would reappear and rescue them from oppression. This tale starts off my Marko and…

The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks was a devastating moment in history. After many attacks the city had faced, the empire was becoming weak. The crusades left the Roman’s still recovering and still trying to rebuild the damage done to their empire. After studying the primary sources and the secondary sources, we can say that the reason for the fall of the city was because the Romans did not have the necessary resources to fight of the Turks which left the Romans weak, giving the…

Persuasion in video relies upon visual and audio features to persuade its audience whereas print relies almost completely upon textual persuasion. “Look Up” by Gary Turk is a visual representation of rhetoric being manipulated to allow the designated audience to change their opinion of social media through computers, smartphones, and tablets. Turk relies on audio techniques to improve sound and visual examples to support his argument. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a novel about the…

Through months of excavating an old library in the Middle East, our group of archeologists and historians have found fragments of a secret treaty between the nobles of the First Crusade and the Seljuk Turks. The treaty was written in French which we all know, the main language spoken by the Crusaders. It was found to be written using carbon ink on goat skins. Since it is an organic material artifact, it is more likely to be susceptible to environmental damage. Hence, extra careful steps were…