Document 4 shows how Northern and Central Africa were connected, with part of the connection stemming from the Middle East, a prominent area of Muslims. Document 7 shows the extensive spread of the Mongol Empire, with the outer edges stretching into central Europe. With the Mongols came Islam as well, so the expansion of the empire certainly helped bring the religion and its traders into Europe. Document 10 shows how trade was concentrated throughout Europe, with prominent cities of Muslim inhabitance in the connection, later connecting to North Africa as well. Thus, through this extensive network, Muslims made a bigger cultural impression in Africa.
This large population created a developing society that created their own methods for accounting, writing, record keeping, government and much other advancement that was unknown to the ancient world. The society had huge developments in anatomy and architecture that still influence society today. ("HowStuffWorks "The Nile's Impact on Ancient Egypt"", n.d., p. 1) The Nile River also served as the main source of transportation. This encouraged travel and enabled trade and communication with outlying areas. The process of diffusion of the Eqyptian religion between early human societies is still apparent today.
They developed trade links to many countries and established lots of new herbs and plants. The Egyptians also found a new way of communication – writing. This is a key theme throughout Egyptian medicine as we can use written records as evidence for our theories on what actually happened after prehistoric times. Egypt was very different from prehistoric Isbister; it was a much more wealthy country and one of the most advanced civilisations known to the world. Its wealth was based on the River Nile and the fertile soil in which gave rich harvests of good crops, farming was so successful that even land owners in Egypt became very fortunate.
This was largely beneficial dwellers of Asia and Africa, which had large parts dry. The people acquired knowledge on how to construct wells. This knowledge is still being applied today in these regions. Through trade, Islam enabled the mixing of various cultures, which led to emergence of new towns as Islamic faith advanced in these regions. It enabled the emergency of new kingdoms such as the Mali Kingdom in modern day Mali.
In this paper I will examine the culture of Morocco and how their Islam religious beliefs differ from Christianity while exploring how a Christian leader can become an effective international leader or manager working in a Moroccan society. Morocco Globalization, the growing integration of economics and societies worldwide, has been one of the most important topics in international business of the past few years (Satterlee, 2009). The advantage of globalization create affiliations among nations that allow multinational corporations to enter a country like Morocco to stimulate the economy and provide many opportunities such as jobs, increase in export and decrease in imports, and it also allow the company to expand their market audience. Morocco is a beautiful country located in North West of Africa, widely open on the Atlantic Ocean from the west, and the Mediterranean Sea from the
Changes and Continuities in The Islamic World During The 600s and Through The 700s. The Islamic world has remained constant in the way that its population is influenced by and follows the customs of the religion called Islam which determines their social/moral codes. However the Islamic world had changed over time as it expanded beyond its cultural territories and improved in its trade and education system. As centuries have passed in the Islamic world from 600 to 800 CE it can be determined that its changes and continuities are due to its religion, trade and political organization, as well as its gender roles and educational system. The first major change in the Islamic world from 600 to 800 CE was around 632 CE when Islam was created, a religious combination of Jewish, Christian, and Arabic faiths.
Most of the innovations derived from European contacts with Asia and Africa. some of these inventions, such as printing, gunpowder, and the compass, eventually revolutionized European technology. During the twelve and thirteenth centuries European scholars translated Arab and Greek scientific writings in Muslim Spain, while Asian and Muslim technologies reached Europe over the
Under Saddam Hussein’s rule, Iraq faced UN economic sanctions that constrained the oil industry making trade very difficult. Although these sanctions have since been lifted, civil unrest and internal economic problems since the war have continued to disrupt supplies. Iran has an elected government but its politics are strongly influenced by religious leaders. This has damaged relations between Iran and the Western world and as a result the supply of oil from this region has been restricted. Political developments in the Middle East are therefore of great importance to the energy security of the rest of the world as the region possesses most of the worlds oil and gas reserves.
Bridging Essay #4 Kamila Podvisotskaya April 28, 2013 Throughout history, there has been a lot of influence of Islamic scientists on the rest of the world. Many contributions played a huge role in developing nations that are in our world today. Not only did the contributors play a huge role but a lot of new ideas opened up because of the many events occurring during the 11th century. Although, much perspective on the Islamic world was non-existent in earlier times, the world of Islam has carried out many developments and ideas including language, medicine, art, ideas, and technology to the Italian Renaissance. Two of the moment important developments that Islam brought out to the Italian Renaissance was the idea of knowledge and art.
Muslims also adapted many ways like Indian styles into their religion and culture. The most known and dedicated converts to Islam were the Berbers, who made an impact on the spread of Islam, extending it far to the south of Africa, but most of the Islamic culture was kept in western Sub-Saharan. Although Islam changed and kept many things the same, because of wars, trade systems, religions, and educational systems, it remained as an advanced civilization. To this day Islam is still a major world religion with millions of