GLOBAL STUDIES DOWLING First Semester Exam Study Guide The exam will include: • Map (20 points): Identify 10 Middle Eastern countries • Matching (30): you must do 15 out of 20 • ID (15): You will choose 3 out of 6 to identify what it is and why it is historically significant‚ as well as placing it in historical context. • Short Answer (15) choose 3 out of 6 (1-2 paragraphs) • Essay (20) (3-4 paragraphs) Major Themes • Know geography of Middle East
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guerrilla artist who has been bombing Paris billboards‚ and ads with the commonly known Muslim attire named a burqa. Many critics are often confused by the true message she is trying to make. Princess Hijab states that to be described as “artistic jihad” While bloggers like Paul Schmelzer from Art21 see her art or graffiti as “right wing street art‚ surmising that her motivation is to cover the “shame of omnipresent (and often sexualized) ads” (Aburawa28) Other such as the site Infidel Bloggers
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An Analysis of the Turkish and Christian Factors that Instigated the Battle of Hattin 1187 Islam in Europe 3258 Professor Aitana Guia Submitted by: Sunaina Mannan 209 334 574 York University To account for the many factors that gave birth to the fall of Jerusalem in 1187‚ one must consider many interrelated and yet parallel factors that shaped The Battle of Hattin; as this was a historic battle for both the Turks and Crusaders. Respectively
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BADRAN‚ A REPRESENTATIVE OF CAIR‚ HAD STATED THAT HAMAS IS NOT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION." Americans Against Hate‚ 21 Nov. 2008. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <http://www.americansagainsthate.org/press_releases/PR-Badran_Not_Reappointed.php>. McCormick‚ Evan. "Jihad in America." Front Page Mag‚ Sept. 2003. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. <http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=16493>. "Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream." The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press‚ 22 May 2007. Web. 2 Dec. 2009
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Globalization‚ Terrorism‚ and Democracy: 9/11 and its Aftermath1 Douglas Kellner Globalization has been one of the most hotly contested phenomena of the past two decades. It has been a primary attractor of books‚ articles‚ and heated debate‚ just as postmodernism was the most fashionable and debated topic of the 1980s. A wide and diverse range of social theorists have argued that today ’s world is organized by accelerating globalization‚ which is strengthening the dominance of a world capitalist
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declared war on Afghanistan in pursuit of retaliating for their nation‚ preventing future attacks from Afghanistan‚ capturing al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and removing the Taliban regime. The Taliban regime called upon its people to unite in a jihad‚ a Muslim holy war‚ against the evil west and America. While the fight against al-Qaeda and the search for Osama Bin Laden continued in Afghanistan‚ President Bush became worried about attacks from other terrorists. There wasn’t enough evidence that
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hafeezkv@gmail.com Commentaries on Imam Nawawi ’s Forty Hadith The collection of Forty Hadith by al-Imam al-Nawawi (or Imam Nawawi) has been known‚ accepted and appreciated by Muslim scholars for the last seven centuries. Its significance lay in the fact that these selected forty hadiths comprise the main essential and fundamental concepts of Islam which‚ in turn‚ construct the minimum level of required revealed knowledge for every single Muslim. Since having good knowledge of the various fundamental
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In Peter Bergen’s Holy War‚ Inc‚ the reader is ushered through a head-spinning trip around the globe that serves to highlight the far-reaching effects of Al Qaeda‚ a terrorist organization that Bergen likens to a Multi-national holding company. While Bergen makes reference to similarities between the management of a Multi-national Corporation and that of al-Qaeda‚ it is seemingly not the primary focus of the book nor does it serve as a particularly suitable metaphor‚ especially in light of the events
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History 111 Study Guide Exam 4 Pg’s 523-528‚ 307-324‚ 345-357 http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dark-ages-the-sacking-of-rome/ Key Questions: (You should know the answers to!) 1. What caused the fall of Rome in the West? You will need to know at least 4 reasons (From the video the Dark Ages and the powerpoint) 2. What happened in the West after Rome fell? Why was it so devastating? (From powerpoint) 3. What caused the Roman Catholic Church in the west and the Eastern Orthodox Church to churches
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go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land. After the First Crusade achieved its goal with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099‚ the invading Christians set up several Latin Christian states‚ even as Muslims in the region vowed to wage holy war (jihad) to regain control over the region. The Crusades were predominantly a series of religious wars undertaken by the Latin Church between the 11th and 15th centuries.Historians cannot agree on any single definition of a crusade‚ or which specific military
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