...Why the Golden Age of Islam is Underrated The Golden Age of Islam is when Islam rose above other Empires, It is considered to be one of the most significant historical events. Many of those in power despise Muslims. Humans tend to be submissive and follow their superior’s opinions, thus they grow to have a distaste of Islam as a religion and disregard the significant breakthroughs the Islamic world has made. By many, the Golden Age of Islam is underrated without solid reasoning. Many breakthroughs in Mathematics, Medicine and Geography were made during the Golden Age. The essay will now discuss the most significant building of the Golden Age, The House of Wisdom (bayt al-hikmah). Possibly the most academically rich library in the entire world. It was a structure that was erected at the time of the Golden Age. It was open to all scholars of different religions and/or languages meaning that Islam was open to different religion’s opinions of its own. It was a meeting point where various scholars gathered up their known knowledge and translated it to Arabic. They also built on their known knowledge....
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...|Book Review | |'A Golden Age' by Tahmima Anam | | | |Reviewed by Efadul Huq for Star Campus readers | | | |(As I read it I felt an unknown joy, as if I am reading about my grandparents and their doings; and as I savored the wonderful prose of | |Tahmima Anam, it seemed to me that finally the golden age for Bangladeshi English writers had begun.) | |Whispers of the past have become the domineering voice; small real-life stories have fused together; petty characters have taken up pretty | |big roles; everybody has a choice to make and will be held responsible for it with all that and more comes a memorable novel 'A Golden Age' | |by Tahmima Anam, inspired by a glorious chapter in the history of the world, it doesn't stop surprising you with it's simply beautiful prose| |and intriguing plot. ...
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...William Prado Professor Solis HST 301 OL 11/19/2014 The Golden Age of Japanese Cinema The Golden age of Japanese cinema started in the mid-1940s and lasted approximately 30 years to the end of the 1960s. It was a period marked by the end of the war that saw the defeat of Japan by America and her allies. The destruction that Japan faced with the twin bombings had left the country shaken to the roots and the young men and women wanted to find something useful to keep them busy. They found the cinema. With the advancement in technology, film directors such as Akira Kurosawa took the center stage with films that tried to teach people about harmony and restoration. Most of the films in the golden age focused on the need to prevent war and bring people together as one unique society through the preaching of peaceful coexistence. This research, therefore, focuses on the Seven Samurai film that was directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1953. Through the film, we hope to understand the concepts of the golden age of Japanese Cinema, as well as its characteristics (Tezuka 47). Seven Samurai is a war film that depicts the struggle that human beings go through in search for freedom and emancipation. It also reveals the post war effects on the society and tries to persuade people to coexist peacefully without causing chaos (Fischer 1-65). The film directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Sojiro Motoki, stars Toshiro Mifume, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima and several other individuals who...
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...Class ARH - 4662 “Velazquez and the Golden Age” Title: “Bukery Venus” (Venus at Her mirror) Dimensions: 4’0” x 5’ 10” (1.22m x 1.77 mm), Year: 1645-1651, Media: Oil paint The Golden Age in Spain has been characterized as an artistic and literary period that extended from the Renaissance to the Baroque. History has recorded it as the period that reached the greatest literary flourishing in Spain thus earning it the title of "The Golden Age." The invaluable developments that followed this esthetic movement triggered a relevant prestige in many Spanish people's lives that felt absorbed and totally part the new movement that was leading the 16th and the 17th centuries in Europe, by combining cultural and economic advances. On the other hand and from a historic and social point of view, it should be mentioned that this period was also marked by the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church, along with many religious movements aimed at reaffirming Christian beliefs. From the point of view of culture, art and literature were leading the years of the Golden Age; as a result, the Hispanic letters, along with other writings published during this period have to endure contributions to the Universal Literature. The blooming of the Golden Age brought the glory to Spain in terms of artistic developments, where beautiful and unique writings, such as prose, poetry, and drama plays were taking the leadership up front. Especially the plays became characterized as a concentric and constant diffusion...
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...Anywhere you went in the Islamic World during the Golden Age of Islam, you would always feel the cosmopolitanism of the people and rulers. The Golden Age of Islam began in 750 as Islam spread throughout the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion, meaning the religion believed in one God and those who believed in Islam were part of Abraham's family. The religion revolves around the teachings of Muhammad, who was the founder of Islam. The land which the Muslims controlled during the Golden Age of Islam was called the Dar al'Islam, which is Arabic for the "Islamic World". During the Golden Age there was a great increase in economic prosperity and great religious, literary and scientific development in the...
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...I think that the United States of America is in its golden age right now. ¬The U.S.A now has better buildings, more knowledge, and new ways to make art then when the country was founded. For example our buildings are sturdier and they have electricity, a/c, and clean running water. Back then we could only make art with paint and charcoal, lead, etc., now we can make art virtually. Intellectual achievements by the USA is the ability to go to school, In some countries certain people are not allowed to go to school but in America it doesn’t matter your gender or color you are able to go to school for free up to 12th grade. One of America’s greatest achievements is the discovery of new medicines and vaccines. We also have new procedures and...
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...Persian and Peloponnesian was the golden age of Athens and was the height of their control and influence in their world. Athens was a polis on the Balkan Peninsula. It ruled through direct democracy and had a strong navy. Pericles led them into their golden age and strengthened Athens as an empire. A golden age is the time where an empire has the largest stretching influence and the highest capability to extend their intellectual, philosophical and political ideas. Their golden age took place between the Persian Wars and Peloponnesian Wars, since this was their greatest time of achievement with their spreading ideas. Topic Sentences Topic sentence #1: This time period displays Athens at their highest...
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...Piracy in the Caribbean The Golden Age of piracy- Piracy in the Caribbean began in the 16th century and later ended in the 1830’s. The golden age of piracy occurred from the 1650’s to the 1730’s. During this period, shipments of valuable cargo from Europe increased. Many men and women turned to piracy to live the life of freedom and to benefit off of the riches gained by leading a pirate's life. Many pirates recruited crew members from ships they captured. Very few reluctantly joined a pirate's crew, especially if they worked for little or no pay on a merchant or cargo ship. Despite the anarchy portrayed by pirates, there were rules to be obeyed. For instance, crew members could not steal from one another and women could not come aboard a pirate ship. Pirates had to follow every rule or else they faced punishment. Violators faced marooning, walking the plank, or being hanged for breaking the rules. Famous Pirates- Edward Teach “Blackbeard” (English) - He commanded four ships and had a pirate army of 300 at the height of his career, and defeated the famous warship, HMS “Scarborough” in sea-battle. He was known for barreling into battle clutching two swords, with several knives and pistols at the ready. He captured over forty merchant ships in the Caribbean, and without flinching killed many prisoners. Though he had many unofficial wives, he was “officially” married to a 16 year old girl - whom legend has it he offered as a gift to his crew after she tried to reform him. After...
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...Khaled Hosseini’s adult fiction book And The Mountains Echoed and Joan London’s coming-of-age novel The Golden Age both depict the stories of different characters who experience the ramifications of the countless adversities surrounding relationships with themselves and the people around them. Throughout the two texts, Hosseini and London both expertly explore the intricate notion of love in the face of adversity, as well as the effect of loss on an individual as a result of a death of someone close. In addition, the destruction of relationships regarding families, friends and partners, which highlights the sacrifices lost throughout the journey of life, are examined. Inimical impacts can provide a prodigious influence on an individual's most...
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...The Golden Age Inquiry The Foreign, the Expansion, and the Military How is China Changing This is Golden Dynasty of China, time in which the court is seamlessly vacant to political corrupt. Many aspects within China also saw heightened sense of prosperity, among these include the economy, culture, and the military. Foreigners also were welcomed with open borders and social development saw diversity. The Flourishing Economy The extent of China's now increased trade can be seen from the as far as the South Eastern Asia points and it is thanks to the grand feat of the installment of the Grand Canal a gift from the Sui Dynasty that has facilitated the expansion of trade from not only the most interior positioned markets but to all settlements stationed along the route of the Canal. The Expansion and Growing Military Power The expansion of the Chinese military has be the forerunner for China's growth not only on a physical scale but a financial level as well. The Tang military has seen an interesting gain in vast amounts of territory Military prosperity has also ushered in more trade for China. The capital, Hangman has since developed into what can now be considered among one f the most metropolitan cities withing the world, at this time in history. With the opening and expansion of the borders international social sharing has paved the way for western culture to influence more Chinese traditions, and while this is worrying because many do not like to think of the loss of...
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...II – The Cherokee Nation in the Golden Age a) Employment opportunity The statistics show that the Cherokees were truly entering a “Golden Age” of economic and social development in the 1900’s. As evidence, many positive factors may be cited like employment opportunity, housing and construction, educational and cultural activities, and social welfare. About the first one, the Cherokees created the prideful Tsa-La-Gi Cultural Center which gave seasonal jobs to some 150 people each year, of whom eighty per cent were Cherokees. In the same way, the Neighborhood Youth Corps program has provided jobs for more than 3,000 young Cherokees. Cherokee Nation Industries has also had phenomenal growth and success. This company employed approximately 180...
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...Quon McCoy Merriam Webster’s definition of the word Pirate is “someone who attacks and steals from a ship at sea.” This infers that for as long as there have been ships and boats of the like there have been other ships stealing, pillaging, and burning honest workers. The first recorded pirate was Anicetus who rebelled against the Roman Empire in 69 AD. And since the fall of the Roman Empire didn’t occur until the 400’s it’s safe to say he wasn’t all that successful at rebelling. Ever since then the reports of pirates began to raise. Up until the Golden Age of Piracy during the late 1600’s to the early 1700’s pirates were getting more and more bold and common. Today, pirates work on a different medium. Digital pirates steal anything that...
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...Athens’ Golden age, where both economically and politically they reached their peak, is generally found between the repulsion of the Persian invasion and the Peloponnesian war (431-404BC). During this period Athens became its most democratic and wealthiest; her navy was the envy of the entire classical world both in size and quality. Behind these achievements flourished both population and culture, tragedy and comedy from playwrights such as Aristophanes and Euripides whilst philosophy and medicine reached new heights under Socrates and Hippocrates respectively. Far more than just these sweeping general achievements happened but they set the filter through which Athenians saw themselves and their city. This is important in order to fully answer...
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...What was the short term significance of Granada? The conquest of Granada was the first hostile step to secure the ‘pre-eminent monarchy’ . Although the short term significance of the campaign brought many potential benefits such as economic wealth this is rather an understatement as the sources suggest that much wealth gained was given back as a means of religiously securing Granada in favor of the church. Likewise political and foreign policy can be seen to be exaggerated with unification of the people been limited for self interest seen in the source of the the Marquis de Cadiz, as well as Columbus’s wild achievements been exaggerated for his personal gain to continue his adventures across sea. Although the army seems to have dominated the battlefield this is out of touch with the back up the crown received from other Moors and the sources such as the Muslim contemporary that would want to present the Crown as ruthless barbarians in presenting their efficiency as unmatchable to gain sympathy for Muslims. Despite these short term areas allowing space for questioning in reliability and factual contradictions the religious short term significance seems rather valid given that's the sources suggest a constant religious motive particularly in Ferdinand’s speech where he denies any financial desires but rather to spread Christianity. Moreover this can be represented by the betterment of the relationship of the church and the crown. Therefore religion should be seen as the most...
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...¿Silencio o Acción? El Siglo de Oro en España no fue tan agradable para las mujeres de la época. Los hombres tenían una inmensa cantidad de poder sexual sobre la mujer, y había poco que la mujer puede hacer para protegerse contra este abuso sexual. Aunque un sistema judicial en el país estaba instaurado para tratar de permitir a las mujeres a presentar demandas contra sus abusadores, este desahogo rara vez se utilizó puesto que admitiendo ser una víctima de abuso sexual habría traído deshonra y vergüenza a la mujer en la esfera pública. Tanto en La fuerza de la sangre por Miguel de Cervantes como La inocencia castigada por María de Zayas, hay mujeres jóvenes inocentes que son víctimas de hombres obsesionados por el sexo. En La fuerza de la sangre, la familia de la víctima opta por el silencio y en La inocencia castigada la familia actúa para obtener venganza no sólo de abusador...
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