These are all places that we too had studied in class so having some background on them helped me a lot in reading this book. The first three chapters were mainly about the beginning of time and how basically everything could be related back to this area. ... In chapter 15 it talked mostly about rulers and who was fighting with whom and taking over their terroritory and then who dies and then his son takes over. ... Chapter 15 Dismemberment and Succession was the only chapter that I found to be really confusing and towards the end it seemed to drag on. But again living in the US and not s...

• Word Count: 883
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

We saw in the book, the story of Moses unfold, born into a family of amazing faith; he died a man of amazing faith. ... Meyer died in 1929 yet the publication date of Moses: the Journey of Faith dated 1954. ... A repeating organizational feature of the book is the example of a faithful act by Moses; then an explanation of how this faith, if applied to our modern lives will bring about change. ... One such idea, "And out of the whole story there comes to us this lesson: we must never suppose that the difficulties which confront us indicate that we are not on God's path, and doing his wor...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In other words "If you lie, you die." ... The people thought that if they went against the values, Osiris, god of the afterlife, would punish them after their died. ... This God was creator of the world (In Christianity, it's documented in Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth), and He would one day judge mankind (This is also true in Christianity: "The Lord will judge his people." ... The revelations that Muhammad received were collected into a new book, the Koran, directing his followers what to believe and how to live (In the same manner, t...

• Word Count: 2846
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Marina Nemat's Prisoner of Tehran provides me with the context necessary to remind exactly how fortunate I am to be a Canadian citizen. ... Ali (a character we will study soon) demonstrates this by saying, "Do you think that if we ask them nicely, they'll simply stop fighting the government? ... Finally, we look at the process goals of the two parties involved. ... This man's name is Ali and, as the story develops, we learn that he has fallen in love with Marina. ... She says, "How cou...

• Word Count: 2538
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Muhammad's father died before he was born and his mother died when he was six years old. ... After delivering the message to Muhammad the angel Gabriel according to Islam history taught Muhammad how to worship God, pray, and conduct ablutions. ... The book contains over a hundred chapters and around 6,200 verses and is based on a man named Allah. ... This is how fascinating and severe the Islamic religion not can be but just is and how it deserves our attention. ... Everything exists due to his will and everything depends on him whether we recognize it or not. ...

• Word Count: 3077
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School