Tigris

astrological and alchemical references. The origin of tarot cards has been subject of much scholarly debate and writings. Zweistromland the German title to the work translates as the land between two rivers and it is the land between the rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates the area that was the ancient civilisation of Mesopotamia. The double titled High Priestess Zweistromland the ancient civilisation is being compared to modern day civilisation through the high priestess tarot who can forecast,…

ranging from The Roman Empire, Parthian Empire, Kushan Empire, Han Empire, and the Monadic confederation of Xiongnu (The Met, paragraph 1). This passageway was one of the longest in the world at that time, stretching from Greco-Roman areas, to the Tigris river, all the way to Mongolia as well as China (The Met, paragraph 2). Due to the large surface area that this road covered, the goods that were being produced were able to spread further and therefore demand for certain materials such as silk,…

organisms, but it is also home to some of the most threatened species and tropical forests (Bateman 2010). The lush tropical habitats that once covered the area are rapidly decreasing and so are the organisms that thrive in that environment. The Panthera tigris sumatrae, more commonly known as the Sumatran Tiger, is the smallest surviving tiger subspecies left in the world (WWF 2017). Found only on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, fewer than 400 of these large carnivores exist today (WWF 2017).…

In the early years of the earth, the people who lived here were called hunters and gatherers. The only way for this group of people to survive was to hunt and gather their food. They relied heavily on the animals and plants that provided them with a source of food. The only downfall to this life, was that they could not settle in one place for very long. The changes in the weather would cause the animals that these people hunted to migrate, which meant that the people had to follow, or else they…

Discuss the relationship between energy and society. The principle question to ask when examining the relationship between energy and society is whether society drive changes in energy or energy stimulates societal change. The most common answer is that as society innovates and grows more forms of energy are harnessed and so our use of energy changes. However, at a more fundamental level, every major change in human history has been caused by the availability of energy in its various forms. The…

Final Exam In our study of World History this semester would you say that the ‘ancient’ or past civilizations that we have looked at are drastically different than the societies in which we live today ? Throughout history, a plethora of civilizations ranging through time from ancient to modern, have displayed traits that allow them to be deemed similar or contrasting from other societies. However, the civilizations that have been discussed in class this semester are not so dissimilar than the…

Salahuddin Al-Ayubi - 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…

History project A: Hatshepsut- Although the status of women in ancient Egypt was higher than in any other ancient civilization, the notion that a woman could be king was abhorrent to the Egyptians. Yet, a woman did become king and not just an ordinary king. Her name was Hatshepsut and she ruled as pharaoh for fifteen years. Sadly, after her death the Egyptians, who were a deeply conservative people, obliterated her memory so that later pharaohs such as Ramses II and Cleopatra would have been…

Learning about the history of art through chapters 4 to 7 has opened my mind to a better understanding of cultural arts. It can be expressed through many different cultures around the world. I have not only learned that the idea of art had started out in prehistoric Western Europe, but also started to spread out in different parts of the world like, Mesopotamia, Jericho, Ur, Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and many other regions around the globe. Each place went through different eras,…

Constantinople primarily built by Constantine the Great was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire that ultimately fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. To begin with, the downfall of Constantinople substantially impacted the world economically. Moreover, Constantinople’s fall vastly influenced the world through political matters. Furthermore, the fall of Constantinople affected the world culturally and socially. Thus, Constantinople’s fall to the Ottoman Empire had very much influence on the…