Muslim traders advanced and took control of established trade routes on both of the continents, according to Muslim Trade Networks, in order to expand the network of trade they already possessed. The established trade routes explain why Baghdad was chosen by the Abbasids as the capital and why the Sahara desert was not considered an obstacle in the eyes of the Arabs. They describe the many routes that Muslims had to other continents and cities so that trade and religion could unite the vast empire as said in Muslim Trade Networks. The Muslim trade routes made up a true “network” because it was connected over vast amounts of land and conquests. “Under the Abbasids, the center of the Moslem world was the city of Baghdad…not chosen by inadvertence…” says Document A.
The distinction is more than merely rhetorical. For all our necessary emphasis on what we're fighting -- Islamic terrorists bent on the destruction of the West and the establishment of a new caliphate -- we cannot forget what we're fighting for. In March of 2003, the president and a bipartisan congress insisted we needed to invade Iraq in order to thwart Saddam's plans to develop WMD and outsource it to Jihadi surrogates. The nuclear WMD risk was, and remains, a perilous impending threat, though significantly reduced with the removal of Saddam's regime. But seasoned intelligence and national security analysts would argue that our ultimate objective -- to establish an Islamic democracy in the cradle of the Islamic world in order to protect our vital national interests -- is as critical, if not more so today, as it was in 2003.
The real challenge to bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and its medieval, terror-laden theology, has come not from the West’s war on terror but from the Arab Spring, from the revolts that have shaken the region from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to Syria. The desire of the peoples across the Arab world for democratic change has not only humbled autocrats, it has also marginalized the jihadists who have played no part in the popular movements. These uprisings, and the hope that they engender, will transform the world far more than will bin Laden’s
Western Civilization leads in categories of politics, economics, science and technology and in each category the West gained efficiency and effectiveness. It is seen by many people that Columbus used his power to conquer the people of the new world and commit genocide and slavery but at the same time Columbus brought knowledge to these people and enabled them to become as powerful as Western Civilization. Over time, Western Civilization has faced adversity but like Columbus, they have done whatever was necessary to keep expanding Western influence. The article also clarifies the debate over Columbus because it shows that Columbus cannot be looked at as good or bad; Columbus has to be looked at as an admiral, who took necessary action in the new world to keep Western Civilization on top. If Columbus had not taken the actions that he did, the people of the new world may have overthrown him and the western influence and that could have changed the world as we know it forever.
As we studied in class, early Islamic monuments or attitudes whose functions and forms were directly inspired by the new faith or derived from it. These monuments and attitudes had a culturally restricted significance due to ritual needs, and religious symbols that tended to predominate in their evolution, if not in their creation. Textiles and coinage acquired Koranic quotations and the Mosques became holy sanctuaries. Secular art can be just as restricted, but the main difference is that there is much more common ground in the functions and inspirations of secular arts of different
However, Nasser had forced the West into submission. The effect of his uprising eventually spread to other Arab nations. For example, Lebanon’s 1958 civil war between the existing regime and revolutionary currents had been influenced by Nasser’s ideas. This justifies the idea that Nasser casts an impact on Arab states and encourages Arab unity. The merging of Egypt and Syria in 1958 allowed Nasser to unify both states is another factor regarding the encouragement of Arab Unity.
The western viewers depict Islamic society as being ruled by oppressive moral absolutism and a violence sanctioning patriarchy. Opening scenes of Forbidden Lie$ confirm orientalist views beliefs of the Middle East. A typical view of Jordan away from modernization is shows as the camera pans through the streets of Jordan’s capital, Amman, with non-diegetic sounds of cow bells in the background, conveying a feel of an old, undeveloped world which convinces the viewer that they have entered a hostile, un-civilized domain. The imaginative construction Khouri portrays of Jordan and the Middle East is not questioned by viewers because the facts presented add to what we have been told and conform to our own ideologies. This is why Khouri’s story and representation of the Middle East was accepted so widely and with such scant skepticism.
The Sultan, the pashas, Hoja, and the janissaries all wanted a Muslim world with good relations with other religions minus the Christians. It was the misunderstanding of Muslims by Christians and Christians by Muslims that fueled the fire in this conflict. With the Muslims caught up with religion and not making technological advances a priority they fell to the overpowering European empires which they try to destroy. It was these misunderstandings and oppressions that brought the Ottomans to a halt but the relation that only the Hoja and the young scholar made and finally understood at the end is what draws us in to know that at least these two could co-exist without religion getting in the
The Renaissance was a time after the Medieval Ages when culture was revived. There are many reasons that this occurred; several of which are related to geography. Some of these explanations are: the Crusades, the Mongols, and the Black Plague. The Crusades was a time of Holy War between Islam and Christianity. The pop said that Europeans needed a common enemy to unite them.
In other words, it was the geopolitical situation that “justified” the western powers to win the “hearts and minds” of the world and to gain potential allies and keeping strategic ones. Through setting up governments and policies to suit their tastes, the western powers (largely the US) will gain client states throughout strategic regions in order to create more buffers against the communist bloc. And for the countries of the south, modernization theory was then the ideological basis of promising a better future4a- but, of course- only to the newly ruling classes that were accumulating westernization for their own benefits, and that of their own