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    Outline of the Islamic Civilizations expansions Lead-In: Cultural Diffusion is “The transmission of social institutions‚ skills‚ and myths from one culture to another.”(“Cultural Diffusion”Dictionary.com) The Islamic civilization‚ during the post classical period‚ expanded the Islamic culture by their nomadic and semi nomadic groups. Thesis Statement: The movement of the Islamic civilization resulted in the dissemination of distinct cultural characteristics‚ ideas‚ and technologies in Europe

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    Obstacles In The Alchemist

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    One obstacle he encountered was getting robbed in Tangiers by a man who was suppose to be Santiago’s guide‚ in the beginning of his actual journey. Santiago had trusted this man to take him to buy some camels to use in his travel to the Pyramids in Egypt; therefore‚ Santiago made the bad decision to give

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    Drug Influence on Early Beat Poetry Kevin S. Connerty Axia College at University of Phoenix Drug Influence on Early Beat Poetry “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness‚ starving hysterical naked‚ dragging themselves through the Negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix‚ angel headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night . . .” --Allen Ginsberg‚ "Howl" The evolution of beat poetry

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    shepherd’s duty to pursue his Personal Legend. Melchizedek then gives him two stones‚ Urim and Thummim‚ for him to use when he needs help to interpret omens. The boy decides to follow what the man has said to him and sells his herd to purchase a ticket to Tangier‚ in northern Africa. But shortly after he arrives there‚ a thief steals all of his money‚ so he decides to look for a way to make enough money to return home. He finds work in the shop of a crystal merchant‚ where after a year he makes improvements

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    Chapter 1 -- Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the form used on pages 3-5. In literary‚ the QUEST primarily has five main aspects. These aspects include (1) a quester‚ (2) a place to go‚ (3) a stated reason to go there‚ (4) challenges and trials en route‚ and (5) a real reason to go there. The QUEST in The Alchemist: 1) The quester: Santiago‚ a young shepherd‚ who is determined‚ curious

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    ENGLISH ISU ESSAY Every individual’s life is a journey. There are different stages in life that one goes through and by experiencing these different stages of life one becomes wiser. In the novel‚ Siddhartha and The Alchemist the protagonist Siddhartha and Santiago both go through man different stages in life which made them grow‚ learn and transform into wiser people. Both protagonists go

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    Anna Correa Mr. McKenna Global 9H 5/20/13 The Effects of the Expansion in the Post-Classical Period: The Islamic Civilization The “Post-Classical Period‚” was a time of change‚ expansion‚ and vast cultural diffusion. The Islamic civilization is a group that emerged from the Semitic groups of southwestern Asia‚ and moved to the Arabian peninsula in tribes‚ known as the Bedouin tribes‚ due to lack of water and food. The Islamic Civilization encountered the cultures of the Europeans‚ Asians

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    Ibn Battuta

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    Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Moroccan explorer‚ known for his extensive travels. Over a period of thirty years‚ he visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands; his journeys included trips to North Africa‚ the Horn of Africa‚ West Africa‚ Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West‚ and to the Middle East‚ South Asia‚ Central Asia‚ Southeast Asia and China in the East. He is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. He journeyed more than 75

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    1. Interministerial Delegation for Human Rights (IDHR) 1.1. Following an introduction by Mrs. Nauk of the team and the purpose of the visit‚ the Chief of Support and Orientation elaborated on the institutional set-up and priorities of the IDHR : 1.1.1. Policy convergence and coherence were considered as elements of utmost importance to the success of reform initiatives. 1.1.2. The Government foresees a plan of action on disability (indicators to be built upon it); the Ministry of Solidarity‚ Woman

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    Microeconomic policy and princliples. Discuss the Economics of the war on drugs: The global war on drugs has been a downhill battle with no apparent success‚ which has also hailed devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Since the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs‚ set up in 1961‚ and ex U.S. president Nixon’s declaration of war on drugs in 1971‚ billions of dollars and 10‚000’s of lives have been lost in this failing attempt to control

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