Assyrians “Bandit-Kings”, destroyed in 612 BC First major aggressive power in this part of the world Would terrorize villages to get food and money and then would leave Never took control of an area If they were obeyed, it was fine, but if a village disobeyed, they were very ferocious Final China, Egypt, Babylon and…
Homer and History Influential poet, every Athenian schoolboy studied and knew his works by heart A guild, the Homeridae claiming to be descendants of Homer devotes their lives to the recitations of his poems (rhapsodes, did professional recitations of Homer) Apart from his name, all aspects of Homer are controversial, the exact time of his…
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that occurs when the neurons within the brain responsible for producing the chemical dopamine become impaired or die. This disease progresses very slowly and most people who are ever diagnosed with it have been living with it for at least 20 years before severe symptoms start to show.…
Salt Poisoning Performed during the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd trimester of pregnancy A saline solution is inserted into the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby The baby breaths in this solution and painfully dies over a few hours from poisoning and dehydration The baby’s skin is burned off and the mother delivers the baby…
Plato’s greatest pupil, never found Socrates His beliefs contrasted Plato & Socrates Plato & Socrates tries to deduce things using his mind, what is love? As if trying to explain something very abstract, the form of love Aristotle uses raw data, would interview people, use information, say this is love, first great research scientist that…
Transition from Greek world to Roman world, if it wasn’t for what he did, the Romans wouldn’t have found this preserved Greek empire When Roman conquered what Alexander conquered they inherited the Greek culture, saw the transition of the two glorious eras Throughout the eastern Mediterranean, the Romans met with Greek literature, art, gymnasiums, acted as…
Russian invasion in 1979 basically destroyed education as many of the teachers fled the country. The curriculum mainly consisted of religious education instead of math, science, literature, etc. 1996 Taliban banned females from going to school Mosque schools were the only schooling options for most 2003 after overthrow of Taliban, 7000 schools were open and…
Source Analysis Primary source: i.e. image of woman attended by a slave, who made this? Be very critical, can we trust it? Is this an ideal image of the men or reality? We don’t have any sources from women, all evidence is for men made by men Oikos: family, just the immediate family living under…
The Han dynasty, a time period that saw China’s epitome of glory, created some of the greatest accomplishments that have substantially impacted both the world of the past and present. It was during the Han dynasty when The Silk Road was first established, providing a portal for the east to come into contact with the…
Since he was twelve, Amir has been struggling with his sin against Hassan; the fact that he did not come to the rescue of his friend. Deep down Amir always feels like he should have done something and feels horrible because he had chosen not to. Due to his nagging guilt, Amir is not able…
My Last Duchess is a mysterious dramatic monologue about a Duke of Ferrara who is showing off a portrait of his late wife to a visitor of his home. While showing this portrait of his last Duchess, the Duke begins to reminisce on their lives together, and, although he chooses his words carefully as he speaks,…
Toxicologists study poisons and conduct experiments on them to determine how safe or dangerous they could potentially be to animals, plants, and humans. Since chemicals are a vital part of everything we come into contact with, it is important to know the potential danger that is within our environment and what effects these dangers will…
In the 20th century, many countries worldwide were constantly struggling against each other to achieve and maintain a high reputation. Canada was at a very high position in the world because the success of their soldiers in the many wars they have fought and their peacekeeping operations. Canada attained such a high reputation because of…
Jessica is blinded by love in the play The Merchant of Venice. She willingly gives up her life of riches to be with Lorenzo. When Jessica says “Farewell – and if my fortune be not crost,/ I have a father, you a daughter, lost,”(Act II, Scene 5, line 55) she states that she is planning…
Globalization is a worldwide scale of growth, an ongoing process where economies, cultures and societies are being increasingly integrated. Today, it has become a very controversial issue. Globalization has both positive and negative effects on the world. Positive effects include the reality that large scale companies that once only outsourced to western countries are now…
Wisdom The ability to see things as they truly are in an open-minded manner. Wisdom is like a special pair of glasses; it’s the gifts we need to see reality properly. Wisdom is the opposite of narrow-mindedness. Without wisdom, we tend to see only from our own perspective, from our own point of view. Wisdom…
The Ramadan Fast – it is celebrated in the month of Ramadan and serves to draw Muslims closer to God and to develop spiritual piety, patience and perseverance. Eid al-Fitr – The festival of the Breaking of the Fast is held on the first day of the tenth month of the Islamic year. It celebrates…
Beliefs Beliefs for the Muslims are a purely personal affair – ex though it is charitable to guide people to the truth (Shahadah – “There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.”) it is not required of them. Muslims believe in one omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God and that his…
Early Life Muslims believe that a child is free from sin and that the child has a natural inclination towards goodness and virtue. The ceremony that is performed after a child is born is called Adhan which is also the call to prayer that is recited from minartes in Muslim countries. The baby is washed…
Muhammad was born about AD 570 in the city of Mecca, an important trading center in western Arabia. He was a member of the Hashim clan of the powerful Quraysh tribe. Because Muhammad’s father, Abd Allah, died before he was born and his mother, Amina, when he was 6 years old, he was placed in…
