Fundamentalism in Judaism is less relevant to us, except to the extent that it fuels the conflict between Arabs and Israelis. ... Two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. Shiites believe that Muslims must be led by a descendent of Muhammad. ... In the 16th century, and the beginning of what we consider to be the modern age (1492), three great Muslim empires were established: Ottoman empire in Asia Minor, which wielded substantial world power until after World War I; Safavid Empire in Iran (the major Shiite nation); and the Moghul empire on the Indian subcontinent. ...

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OUTLINE TOPIC: War with Iraq THESIS: Many people believe that the war with Iraq was justified. SUPPORTING DETAIL 1: The Iraqi regime used war as a way to threaten its neighboring countries. SUPPORTING DETAIL 2: Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on the citizens of Iraq th...

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The Persian Gulf War-the Feat of the Western Countries On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. ... Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. ... The military coalition consisted of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungar...

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Under the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Iraq ceded 518 km2 of oil-rich borderlands along the Shatt al-Arab in exchange for an Iranian agreement to stop supporting Kurdish rebels in Iraq. But after the fall of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi which resulted in a weak Iranian military, Iraq decided to reclaim the Shatt al Arab. By 1979, however, Saddam Hussein had clawed his way to the top of the ruling junta of Iraq and took advantage of the chaos unleashed by the recent Iranian Revolution to shift the disputed border back in Iraq's favor, with the excuse being that the predominantly Arab population...

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The Azeris are Muslim, the overwhelming majority of which is Shiite, although there are few Sunnis in the North. ... In Azerbaijan, Zoroastrian religion, invented by Persians, was replaced by Muslim as a result of Arabs intervention in seventh century. ... Numerous materials of the history of Artsakh are asserted in the notes of Armenian, Persian, Bysantine and Arab historians, geographers and on the maps of Armenia(4th - 6th centuries AD.). ...

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Introduction Tehran, the Shah of Iran-Iraq War in the period 1980-1988 as well as initiated and sometimes in spite of the suspension of Iran's nuclear program, which nevertheless remained committed to domestic and foreign policy, sees this as an important element of the instrument and continuity. Ir...

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