Period 3 The Islamic World Syllabus 1. Arabs were nomads who were moving constantly in the harsh Arabian desert. Arabs were organized into tribes. Each tribe was ruled by a sheikh‚ who was chosen from one of the leading families by a council of elders. Arabs started out supporting themselves by sheepherding or raiding the trading caravans that passed through the desert. But after the camel was domesticated they started to take part in the caravan trade. Early Arabs were polytheistic
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PRESENTATION PRELIMINARY #1 Name: Kassi Tiedjens Historical Game Choose a game (something other than Monopoly!) that has been around for at least 25 years and research its history to answer the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES: 1) What’s the name of the game and has it changed over the years or had any other name? Candy Land‚ also known as Candyland‚ is a two to four player board game where the players race to the finish line‚ striving to be first. 2) When and where did the game originate
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Name_____________________________________ Per______ Date______________________ Chapter 19 Study Guide- SW Asia and Indian Ocean 1500-1750 Directions: In complete sentences‚ answer the following questions. Page numbers are provided. 1. What post-Mongol Muslim empire lasted the longest? P.485 2. In 1453‚ what city and empire did the Ottoman Empire attack? P.486 3. With what Italian city-state did the Ottomans fight a prolonged war? What was the outcome of that war? p.486 4.
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The Paths of Life Exhibit on the O’odham people displays all four aspects of the Peoplehood Matrix. The land is seen in most of the text and photographs‚ describing how the Tohono O’odham live in the desert west of Tucson‚ and the Akimel O’odham live along the Salt and Gila Rivers‚ and how the scarcity of water impacted their day-to-day life. “The world would burn without rain.” History is shown in the section about the Nawait ceremony and the summer rains‚ which also is about ceremony‚ as the name
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• What were the reasons behinds the decline of Abbasid caliphate? Harun al-Rashid was the last ’Abbasid caliph to rule a clean-cut empire and after his death‚ the empire was divided in two. One son‚ Amin‚ got the western area and the caliphate‚ and his other son‚ Al-Mamun got the eastern area‚ the army‚ and the right to succession. Moreover‚ the 4th Fitna (811-813) was not about religious principles‚ but it was a civil war between Amin and Al-Mamun; Amin wanted his son to be the next caliph‚ but
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Saudi Arabia‚ the holy place of Islam‚ has become a humiliating place for Shias living in there or who come to pay a visit to the holy cities of Makah and Medina. The so called Wahabi Muslims in Saudi Arabia humiliate and degrade Shias on every possible ground making them feel outcaste. The attitude Saudi Wahhabis have towards Shias is highly deplorable. In the latter paragraphs‚ I have presented some facts regarding the persecution of Shias in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia‚ Saudi Wahabis restrict
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Development and Condition of Muslim Women Prevailing Laws and Traditions for Muslim Women The Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) is a human right treaty for women. The basic structure of the organization is based upon three principles: equality‚ non-discrimination and state obligation. This organization has set some rules to eliminate discrimination against women. This organization set some specific rules which the state has to agree with and implement
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More Freedom Less Limitation Saudi Arabian women should feel free about the way they present themselves in public places. There’re a lot of rules and regulations about what women can wear and do in Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia. Women aren’t allowed to drive‚ they must always have a guardian‚ and there are separate buildings and lines for women and men. For example‚ women must cover her whole body in public and in front of men. In the essay “Saudis in Bikinis” by Nicholas D. Kristof‚ talks about a time
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The Fall of the Abbasid Empire While the start of the Abbasid Empire‚ around 750 CE was explosive and revitalizing in nature‚ it couldn’t mask the unfortunate truth that a series of wealth-bloated and soft-handed caliphs were to rule the new empire. By the third caliph‚ al-Mahdi‚ the empire was already in decline; the royal harem was outrageously large‚ mosques were built bigger and bigger‚ crushing the peasant class under the weight of extreme taxation. All the while‚ the caliphs in their garnished
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The Ottoman Empire is the Turkish and Islamic state that ruled from 1299-1922. It is one of the most important and powerful Muslim Empires. The founder of the Ottoman Empire is Osman I. At first it was only a tribe and consisted of little followers but in a very short time it grew into being an Empire. Great architectural‚ military‚ and administrative accomplishments have taken place in the Ottoman Empire. The reason that this was such an powerful and long lasting Empire was because of the Sultan
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