In the six centuries before the Mongols, Islamic culture had dominated the Middle East. After the Mongols, much of the Middle East also had Mongolian features, including much of its government and economic systems. ... Genghis khan was arguably the starting factor in what made the Mongols so significant in the Middle East. ... This led to the Mongols coming into direct influence of Islamic and Christian states in the Middle East. ... Hulagu himself even had a very deep hatred for everything attached to Islam furthering the significance of the Mongol impact on the Middle East due to invasion of...

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As violence continues in the Middle East, the roots of the conflicts in the area can be seen to originate from World War I. ... Before World War I, the declining Ottoman Empire had two rising movements that would begin the conflict in the Middle East. ... After 1918, the Middle East became complicated due to the Balfour Declaration. ... The future of the Middle East would depend on the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. ... The negotiations regarding the Middle East were also complicated by opposing goals. ...

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The Middle East has experienced a roller coaster of growth and decline over the last thirty years. ... As a result of this newfound wealth, enormous social achievements occurred in the Middle East. ... This is another proof of the durable benefits brought to middle east by the easy-earn money. ... (The Middle East, n.d.). ... The world cried and alertness was created about the unknown Middle East. ...

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This theory will then be used to elucidate the current situation in the Middle East. ... The conflict that will be analyzed in detail for this paper will be the Middle East conflict. ... The middle-east was divided in much the same way. ... It is the application of his view of the elites role to the Middle East conflict that is most interesting. ... The Middle East conflict presents the most colorful, intricate, and delicate example of the elites influence. ...

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As a result of rising gas prices and foreign oil issues in the Middle East, there has been new interest in expanding the drilling in Alaska, specifically to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), part of the National Park System. ... With widespread attention on the escalating issues in the Middle East after 9/11 and the current war in Iraq, this issue was brought to public attention. ... Historically supportive of domestic drilling and the consumption of oil (with little or no regard for the environmental impacts of either) the Bush administration has taken full advantage of the curren...

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What is a Middle Easterner? What is a Middle Easterner American? ... Since the emergencies in the Center East. ... There have been about twenty standard changes, official requests and laws influencing settlers or non-foreigner guests, 15 of which predominately target Bedouins (Cainkar 2002 Center East Report). ... Moreover, the Middle East Studies Association, along with the Middle East Outreach Council, have studied history and geography textbooks where they found that, in the smaller chapters that discuss the Middle East, there was an exaggerated depiction of "deserts, camels and nomads. " T...

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In an age where television and music dominate children's culture it is easy to fall victim to these false representations of the Oriental world, namely Asia and the Middle East. ... As a discourse it is concerned with the East and West. ... These films take place in the Middle East and Asia and it is interesting to see how interpretations of the Arab and Asian world are falsely represented. ... This was a period where the United States' involvement in the Middle East was slowly building up and Aladdin can be seen as a romantic type fantasy film covering up the imperialistic actio...

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Through their military prowess and technological advances they were able to create one of the largest empires which stretched across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and even Europe. ... This began to brew more commercial motives in the region and thus shaped Ottoman policy in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. ... Since Ottoman Empire controlled much of the global trading, the Europeans were forced to deal with the Turks if they wanted to trade with the East. The East was the source of Asian spices and luxury goods and therefore the Europeans became dependent on dealing with the Turks. ...

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For instance, the countries in the Middle East have numerous oil barrels and have to trade with countries in Europe for knowledge among other amenities. ... For instance, most countries in the Middle East are not in good terms with the United States because of the wars in the early centuries and the sanctions. The American Principles of other countries in the Middle East make it difficult for the countries to indulge in trade across the international boundaries resulting in poverty. ... Most countries in the Middle East operate and live as a family making it difficult to overcome poverty. In M...

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If it followed the pattern of Middle Eastern history up to that point, Islam would have been virtually discarded after its leader's death. Instead, the Rashidun, the "rightly guided" Muslim leaders who were closest to the prophet, namely Umar, Uthman and Ali, took the reins of Islam, beginning a campaign that would, within two centuries, make Islam the dominant religion in the Middle East. ... Middle Eastern leadership, prior to Mohammed, was capricious at its best. ...

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For example, while the community of East St. ... The true reason why so many girls in East St. ... The students of East St. ... Socialization allows the children to understand that East St. ... The students of East St. ...

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Geography Palestine is an area in the eastern Mediterranean region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in Asia. Palestine territories include the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and parts of modern Israel. This region has a strategic location between Jordan in the east, Lebanon and part of mod...

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I agree with Kupchan that America should be willing to slowly wean off Europe and East Asia of their dependence on U.S. ... The other Post-modern region, East Asia needs more stability in order for the US to withdraw its troops and have a multipolar balance of powers occur. ... Many regions within East Asia want the US out, for they feel that they can deal with political and security isses on their own. ... According to data that I complied from the CIA World Factbook, East Asia is not ready for US departure. ... Upon further research I have found that the US Defense Intelligence Agency fur...

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The consequences of the crisis acted to ensure the decline of Anglo-French dominance in both Egypt and throughout the Middle East. ... The dire consequences for France, and Britain domestically and internationally illustrate how the Suez crisis saw the end of dominant British imperialism in the Middle East and beyond. ... Nasser's stand against the imperialist powers emphasized Egypt's power within the Middle East, thus making the Cold War states far more eager to gain Nasser's Arab alliance in 1956. ... Despite Eisenhower not wanting to loose influence within the Middle East,...

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It has been proposed that 80 million gallons of fresh water be removed from Alaska's Blue Lake and shipped to India for bottling and distribution to countries in the Middle East (Interlandi). ... Because of geography and population growth, these Middle East nations are faced with a shrinking water supply and an ever growing demand .The population of the Middle East is rapidly increasing from population growth and sub-Saharan migration. ... The Middle East is arid by nature with few major water sources that need to be shared among many nations. ... Most Middle Eastern nations have confli...

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Islamic Fundamentalism, can be seen as the emergence from US interventions made in the Middle East states, that embedded is anti-western sentiment against Americans. ... All of these are main causes of anti-western fundamentalism that is spread throughout the entire Middle East. ... Further more, Islamic Fundamentalism grew mainly from the middle class (Wahhabi) who were for the antinationalist struggle. ... Islamic Fundamentalism, can be seen as the emergence from US interventions made in the Middle East states, that embedded is anti-western sentiment against Americans. ... All of these a...

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There is also a cluster of Tier two watch list and Tier three countries and hence human trafficking in the east of the northern hemisphere, through the middle east for example in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Asian continent in Burma and Thailand and the European continent in the east, particularly in Russia. ... In the Middle East, particularly in countries such as Saudi Arabia, women have very low social status and are often seen as the property of the men in their lives, either their fathers or husbands. ... In the middle east the low value of women and the belief of ownership of them my men c...

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Basic Patterns Of Egyptian Society Unlike Mesopotamia and the Middle East, where an original river-valley basis to civilization ultimately gave way to the spread of civilization throughout an entire region, Egyptian civilization from its origins to its decline was focused on the Nile River and the deserts around it. ... Early in each dynastic period leading pharaohs conquered new territories, sometimes pressing up the Nile River into present-day Sudan, once even moving up the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East. ... Elements of Egyptian medical knowledge were gained by the Greeks, and so pa...

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Saudi Arabia contains a population of less than twenty million people and is the largest country located in the Middle East. ... The geography of the country varies from the humid western coastal region to sandy lowlands in the east although located in the southwestern region there are mountains as high as ten thousand feet. ... While many Americans do not fully understand Saudi Arabian culture, Saudi Arabia is perhaps one of the United States' closest allies in the Middle East, a relationship that the United States has solid interest in maintaining. They rely on Saudi Arabia to help a...

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Fukuzawa urged middle class people in Japan to nurture a civilization because they have knowledge and intellect. He used examples from Europe to show some middle classes did there such as the lays of polictial economy and changed the way of commerce by Adam smith. ... From his observations in both West and East civilizations, he had found that each had certain strong points and weak points bound up in its moral teachings and scientific theories. But when he compared the two in a general way as to wealth, armament, and the greatest happiness for the greatest number, he put the East below the We...

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There has been an erosion of the middle class to near non-existence, and the economy is completely dependent upon oil, a market that is very volatile and unstable at times (Sterngold 3). ... To begin with, there need to be drastic changes made to the economy of Iraq, so that the country may be able to prosper, and its people along with it will gain wealth, and create a strong middle class. ... And after all this planning, there is still the question of whether or not a democracy has a place in the Middle East, or in Iraq specifically. The region of the Middle East, and specifically the lead...

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Soon with the Thomson twins, they reach a country of the Middle East, Khemed trying to unveil the truth. ... Any reader who is aged enough can clearly notice the most striking factor of this story is the political and economic significance of oil, the black gold, along with the substantial amount of biased incidents orbiting around Middle East throughout the whole plot. By the concluding segment of the story, the knowledgeable readers will have to ponder if the author wants them to know subtly, that he himself might be partial to factors concerning the Middle East or that is how the world perc...

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And given the legacy of Western intervention in the Middle East, it is better off for Muslims to form a democratic government in the absence of Western intervention. ... He utilized the current situation of the Middle East in an attempt to explain the lack of Islamic democracies. According to Quandt, Abou El Fadl is right in the sense that Islam itself cannot explain the dearth of democracies in the Middle East and he takes a further step in adressing the factors inhibiting democratic-Islamic reform. ...

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Essentially, the absence of this history creates a distorted view of the East by those who watch these films. ... It is easier to define what the Middle East isn't rather than what it is, thereby rejecting the "foreigner". The separation of the Middle East serves only to strengthen American national identity and the separation of identities as potential threats. ... For example, the media has consistently compared the progress of the East to the West, which consistently makes it the "other", the "inferior" and the "conquerable" (Said, 1978; 45). ...

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There are some excellent hotels and restaurants but the city of Aqaba is Jordan's resort town offering the only diving and snorkeling sites and some swim able beaches Jordan is located in the Middle East and is land locked between Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the West Bank of Israel. The terrain is made up of 80% desert plateau in the south and east. To the west there is the upper highlands and the Great Rift Valley separates the East from the west banks of the Jordan River. ... The ethnic majority is 98% Arab all officially Arabic Speaking with English is widely understood a...

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