Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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Global politics come with many question marks when regarding predicting the future‚ however many theorists and writers continuously attempt to predict what will end up happening. Samuel P. Huntington‚ a professor who taught at Harvard University‚ wrote a thesis titled The Clash of Civilizations‚ becoming yet another educated theorist attempting to understand future relations among civilizations. However‚ Huntington creates an interesting hypothesis that person’s cultural and religious beliefs will
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Construction is one of the major and essential industry of any economy. It is one of the greatest asset of any country. The paper is based on the construction industry and the selected country is Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is one of the giants in the construction industry. It is one of the interesting country in the economy globally. First‚ an introduction of Saudi Arabia and its construction company will be discussed. Second‚ the paper will discuss the SWOT analysis of and the framework of porter
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Islam was one of the fastest growing religion that started in 610 ce by a man named Muhammad. (Background essay). The origins of Islam came from Mecca a town of trade located in the Arabian peninsula. (Background essay) Islam began by a settler named Mohammad that announced the Islam religion. (Background essay). The tremendous growth of Islam came from these reasons. Islam spread so rapidly because of the message‚ military conquest‚ trade‚ and political structure. THE MESSAGE Islam spread so quickly
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The Roman and Abbasid Empires were similar yet different in many aspects. Religion helped achieve loyal subjects within the empires and provided citizens with a background of beliefs and goals to follow throughout their lives. With a strong foundation of beliefs‚ a great empire is formed and sustained. The Roman Empire practiced Christianity. Christianity was based on the teachings of Jesus who was born in Judea‚ a Roman province. He taught that there was only one God and that people should
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Way before civilizations were formed‚ people were nomadic. The Merriam- Webster Dictionary (2015) defines nomadic as “roaming about from place to place.” With the discovery of farming and pastoralism‚ nomadic ways of the people then slowly disappeared. Ever since this semester started‚ Ma’am Velarde has been reiterating that farming was the reason why civilizations appeared. Through farming‚ the people then learned to settle in one area‚ specifically near a body of water. They did not need to transfer
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Chapter 7 Terms Al-Mahdi- 775-785 CE‚ 3rd Abbasid caliph tried but failed to reconcile Shi’a to Abbasid rule and failed to resolve succession problem Harun al-Rashid- Great Abbasid ruler Harem- Buyids- 10th century Dynasty that invaded and captured Baghdad. Ruled Abbasid Empire under title of sultan and kept Abbasids as figureheads Seljuk Turks- Central Asian nomadic invaders. Sunnis who ruled in name of Abbasid caliphs from 11th century CE Crusades- Military adventures launched by western Christians
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World History Around the world humans gathered in communities to work together to achieve greater security and greater prosperity. These early societies gathered in areas that had certain shared characteristics. In a brief essay (three paragraphs)‚ describe the key elements e.g. geographic characteristics‚ food cultivation techniques‚ social organization‚ etc. necessary for the formation of early societies. Give examples of these elements from at least three of the major regions where early societies formed
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A. According to some archaeologists‚ the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia had its first settlements dating back since 10‚000 BCE. Due to this‚ it is considered as one of the birthplace of civilizations. Mesopotamia was also known as “the country between two rivers.” (Chilvers‚ 2007) These two rivers that surrounded this fertile land were the Tigris and the Euphrates. I believe that both rivers were one of the significant environmental factors that contributed to the development of the ancient
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Islamic history of Yemen Islam in Yemen dates back to about 630 when it was introduced into the region by Ali when Muhammad was still alive. It was during this period that the mosques in Janad (near Ta’izz) and the Great Mosque of Sana’a were built. Yemenis are divided into two principal Islamic religious groups: 50-55% Sunni and 42%[1]-47%[2] Shia. The denominations are as follows: 50-55% primarily of the Shafi’i and other orders of Sunni Islam. 40-45% of the Zaidi order of Shia Islam‚ 2-5% of the
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