Engineering in Arabic-Islamic Civilization The Early Muslims Civil Engineering: Dams There are many Muslim dams in Spain‚ a large number of which were built during the tenth century AD‚ the golden age of Umayyad power in the peninsula. In this period‚ for example‚ many small dams‚ or azuds‚ were built on the 150-mile-long River Turia‚ which flows into the Mediterranean at Valencia. (In passing it is important to note the Spanish word azud‚ from Arabic al-sadd‚ one of many modern irrigation
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Everybody wants to travel the world but have you ever wanted to travel outside of Earth? As can be expected with the advancement of technology humans might be able to go and live on Mars. Living on Mars could be great experiance and have a good effect on the world due to the fact exploration helps us advance and we could be helping out the economy by creating jobs. While living on Mars could be a great possibility‚ there’s people who disagree with it. They say it would be too difficult because you
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(Suddath‚ 2009). In 1983‚ the Los Angeles Police Department created a school lecture program called Drug Abuse Resistance Education‚ D.A.R.E‚ to teach children to avoid the uses of illegal drugs. Studies later showed that D.A.R.E does not have an effect on preventing children from becoming abusers of drugs. In 2002‚ the Bush administration had a goal to reduce all illegal drug use by 25%. The results showed that only marijuana abuse declined 6% while other drugs increased (Suddath‚ 2009). The declination
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Globalization “Globalization” is being used widely for the past fifteen years‚ It’s a controversial term and has been used and defined in several different ways. Globalization point out that the world today is more interconnected than before. It’s the process of international integration arising from interchange of products‚ ideas‚ people‚ and other aspects of culture. Hence it affects in social relations negatively‚ weather on communities‚ work‚ and households. Positive affects are also
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Arabic–English Thematic Lexicon The Arabic–English Thematic Lexicon is an invaluable resource for all learners of Arabic. It contains some 8‚000 entries‚ arranged into themes‚ including flora and fauna‚ food and drink‚ the human body‚ health care‚ the family‚ housing‚ clothing‚ education‚ IT‚ sports‚ politics‚ economics and commerce‚ the law‚ media‚ language‚ geography‚ travel‚ religion‚ arts‚ science and natural resources. Three appendices cover the names of Arab and selected non-Arab regions‚ countries
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heard this words a lot of times‚ it seemed to me like everybody was talking about globalization. Some politicians were saying that it is inevitable and that it will change world to a better place‚ where people will live like in a small village in peace and harmony‚ economists argued that economy of both developing and developed countries will benefit a lot of it. I have never ever expressed a doubt about globalization. I was thinking that will be a great opportunity to decrease poverty and exclusion
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UK‚ in July 2005. Author thanks School of Business‚ MSCD for financial assistance‚ and Profs. John Cochran‚ Alex Padilla and Steven Call for their valuable input in completing this paper. Abstract of “Effect of Globalization on India’s Economic Growth” The wave of globalization appeared on India’s shores only in 1991‚ much after China’s and some other Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia‚ Singapore and Hong Kong. Moreover the intensity of opening country’s borders is much higher
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Chris Scheefer Cbs5150@psu.edu LAS Capstone – Global Perspective The dark side of Globalization – A new age of Global Terrorism The interdependence and interconnectedness of the new world is upon us. This new era Globalization has brought about many new frontiers and new opportunities; but this interconnectedness has a dark side. The world is now a mouse click away‚ with a global exchange of ideas and up to the minute news from anywhere
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(www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/jid.1059 GLOBALIZATION‚ PRODUCTION‚ EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY: DEBATES AND EVIDENCE1 RHYS JENKINS* School of Development Studies‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich‚ UK 1 THE DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY The impact of globalization is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. Globaphobes attribute most of the ills of the world to globalization. The anti-globalization movement has focused attention on the extent to which
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Causes and Effects of the English Language and Orewell’s Essay In America‚ English is the national language. However‚ with many different cultures and ways of life‚ everyone doesn’t speak the same English. In the north‚ people tend to speak clearly and to some this is correct. In the south‚ people tend to tie their words together and to some this is incorrect. Ultimately‚ the question is‚ is what is good language what is bad and what causes the two. In Orewell’s piece‚ he criticizes the English
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