Battle of Tours – 0732 The Battle of Tours‚ also known as the “Battle of Poitiers‚” was fought between the Frankish leader Charles Martel and the Islamic Leader Emir Abd er Rahman. It was was fought in 0732 near the cities of Poitiers and Tours (North-Central France).1 The Battle of Tours was viewed as the focal point in which ceased the spread of the Islamic religion‚ all across Northern Europe.2 With the victory from Martel‚ this event stopped the Islamic conquests as well as preserved Christianity
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The Abbasids came into rule in 750 CE. They took power from the Umayyad empire. The Abbasids quickly built a standing army and had people everywhere keeping guard. They used a policy of inclusion to persuade people to accept their ruling. Vizier and emir positions were
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1.0 Introduction Identifying and investigating the structures of community power remains one of the central challenges of community development theory and practice. Researchers have long sought to understand and measure the distribution of power in organizations‚ local communities‚ nations and around the world. Hence classical studies of community power tended to identify elitist (Hunter‚ 53; Mills‚ 56) or Pluralist (Dahl‚ 61; Truman‚ 51) structures. These studies were carried out using different
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{TOPIC} AN ASSESSMENT OF TREASURY MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BASED ON ITS REVENUE. BY: NAME: ONIFADE AYOMIDE OLUWATOBA MATRIC NO: 09/SMS02/015 BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT THAT IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY ADO-EKITI‚ EKITI STATE‚ NIGERIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BARCHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.SC) HONS IN ACCOUNTING. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of the
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Running Head: WOMEN IN THE MEDIA IN KUWAIT Women in The Media in Kuwait Research MRKT 200/01 Spring 2010 Abstract This essay will discuss women in the media in Kuwait. It is very important to define media to allow better understanding of the power and benefits women gained from the media. Women role was different in pre-oil period and after oil discovery. Education made significant differences in Kuwaiti women lives. They entered Media holding bachelors degrees and
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claims to be the only politically independent television station in the Middle East. The station remains partly dependent on the emir of Qatar for funding. Now rivaling the BBC in worldwide audiences Al Jazeera was started with a $150 million grant from the emir of Qatar; it aimed to become self-sufficient through advertising by 2001‚ but when this failed to occur the emir agreed to continue subsidizing it on a year-by-year basis ($30 million in 2004[1]‚ according to Arnaud de Borchgrave). Other major
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ASPECTS OF THE PHONOLOGY OF GUNGANCHI LANGUAGE BABATUNDE‚ Oluwatobi Olayemi 07/15CB045 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND NIGERIAN LANGUAGES‚ FACULTY OF ARTS‚ UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN ILORIN – NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS (B. A. Hons) IN LINGUISTICS MAY‚ 2011. CERTIFICATION This essay has been read and approved as meeting the requirements of Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages
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avoid committing the entirety of Palestine to this purpose. It expressed the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Husayn-McMahon correspondence was several letters exchanged in 1915 and 1916‚ between Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī‚ emir‚ and Sir Henry McMahon‚ from Egypt. The correspondence traded the british support of an independent Arab state for the Arab support of opposing the Ottoman
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CHARLEMAGNE IN THE SONG OF ROLAND The textbook displays Charlemagne as an astounding and great military leader but examines a few of his flaws as well. The Song of Roland creates the image of Charlemagne that is an extraordinary‚ legendary leader. They both tell about what great things he accomplished in his life‚ the many wars he won and how his bravery carried him through everything. The Song of Roland praised him in such a legendary way to create the impression of a heroic leader. By doing this
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The Rise of The Ottoman Empire By: Hunter Starr HIST 130: Muslim History From the Rise of Islam to 1500 CE Professor Matthee November 27‚ 2007. The Ottoman Turks emerged on the periphery of the Byzantine Empire and the Saljuk Turks. Under a Turkish Muslim warrior named Osman‚ raids were conducted in western Anatolia on Byzantine settlements and a vast number of Turks were united under his banner. Those Turks who flocked to Osman’s banner and followed him into the history books came to be
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