Deir el medina – a workers village 1. What was the function of deir el medina? A home for craftsmen while working at the Valley of the Kings. 2. Where was it located? In new kingdom Egypt 3. What kind of information does deir el medina provide us with? It provides us with information that the craftsmen referred themselves as ‘servants in the place of truth’. It provides us with information about the lives of the workers. 4. What are our main sources of evidence? What are they called and what
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1. When can an employee’s religious belief qualify as a bona fide occupational qualification? In order to use the BFOQ exception‚ an employer must prove that no member of the group you are discriminating against could perform the job. Using the religious example‚ a Lutheran church would argue that only a Lutheran could effectively practice and preach the tenants of their religion and a Catholic would be unable to perform the job due to his or her beliefs. Courts are very careful to only allow very
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Hello‚ I’m Vanessa Medina‚ a 15-year-old ninth grader at Hamilton High School in Milwaukee. I was born on October 2‚ 2000. I live with my mother Amy‚ and sisters Adriana‚ Alex and Gabby. I have 2 pets‚ one is a Maltese dog named Buttons and a kitty my family and I rescued named Greenie. I started at a head start school called Guadalupe Head Start-Loyola at the age of 3‚ then went on to Fairview Charter School‚ and now I’m at Hamilton. I was doing great at head start because it was mostly playtime
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Muhammad and his followers fled from Mecca to Medina in 622. In Medina‚ Muhammad’s Meccan followers and converts from Medina formed a single community of believers‚ the umma. During the last decade of Muhammad’s life‚ the umma in Medina developed into the core of the Islamic state that would later expand to include all of Arabia and lands beyond in Africa‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and Central Asia. Muhammad’s father-in-law Abu Bakr took over leadership of the umma as the successor (caliph) of Muhammad
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Jeddah is important ‚so it is the principal gateway to Makkah Islam’s holiest city. Also Jeddah has rich history before Islam ‚and after Islam‚ which able-bodied Muslims are required to visit at least once in their lifetime. It is also a gateway to Medina‚ the second holiest place in Islam . Finally‚ Jedddah is one of greatest city‚ and at beginning of the human kind. According to an old tradition‚ one of the meanings of the name of the city itself (spelled "Jadda") is grandmother‚ which refers to
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to spread his religion. The ways he spread his religion was by military conquest‚ trade routes‚ and political order. Trading was one of the most common things to do in early Arabia. The three main cities that are easy to reach by trade routes are Medina‚ Aden‚ and Alexandria. Trading was mostly in the Byzantine and Persian Empires. The trade routes on Doc. A are not the only trade routes‚ there was also India‚ Spain‚ China‚ and Africa. Although‚ I still didn’t state why it helped Islam spread. It
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Islam and committed to its defense.1 Muhammad drafted the Constitution of Medina; this would act as a basis for formal agreement between the distinct religious factions living in tribes throughout the Islamic Empire. For the Islamic Empire the Constitution was akin to that of Constantine’s Edict of Milan‚ which was established in 313 CE. Its purpose was to “determine the relations between the Muslims and the Jews of Medina within the framework of a new kind of unity.”2 Muhammad sought to bring an
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holiest city. Mecca (Makkah) is the birthplace of Mohammad and the place he returned to after his exile to Medina. Five times a day more than one billion Muslims around the world turn towards it to pray to Allah. Enclosed by the sandy Valley of Abraham‚ Mecca (Makkah) is surrounded by low rocky hill ranges in a region of western Saudi Arabia known as Hijaz‚ which also comprises Medina and Jedda. Mecca (Makkah) stands almost 300 metres above sea level and approximately 45 miles (70 kilometres)
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Location of Mecca | Coordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″ECoordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″E | Country | Saudi Arabia | Province | Makkah Province | Founded by | Prophet Ismā’īl‚ son of Abraham (Islamic tradition) | Government | • Mayor | Usama al-Bar | • Provincial Governor | Khalid al-Faisal | Area[1] | • Urban | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) | • Metro | 1‚200 km2 (500 sq mi) | Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) | Population (2012)[citation needed] | • City | 2‚000‚000 | • Density | 4‚200/km2
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The rise of the Islamic Empire from the sixth to the thirteenth century was influenced greatly by various factors and peoples. Throughout these centuries‚ the Islamic Empire essentially formed and progressed through defeating neighboring empires and extending their trade routes. The rapid expansion of the empire simply allowed for the influence of others with their culture and religion‚ creating a large and successful Muslim society. Without the leadership of those earlier peoples‚ the Islamic Empire
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