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Name Instructor Course Date Cartography; The geographical history of Map making The science of cartography holds a rich history that when explored gives insight to events led to the development of modern maps.... Such activities have since then provided critical contributions to modern cartography following advance in technology.... This paper seeks to explore the science of map making with respect to its rich history culminating to modern maps....
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It was during the mid 15th century that Mehmed II acquired the throne of the Ottoman dynasty when the Muslim world was focused primarily on trade as well as political expansion, based on the notion of imperialism to gain superiority over other non-Muslim communities.... Where on one hand, with the rise and expansion of new religions such as Judaism and Christianity, the Muslim world had to witness a fall in its political and social magnitude; on the other hand, benefited by the advent of successful trade relationships of Muslim community with the non-Islamic nations, the community was able to strengthen its foothold in global politics of the modern world....
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Additionally, it is interesting to see cities and their development as the peak of western civilization.... It provides a useful point of comparison between historical youth and modern youth, and conclusions can be drawn about the evolution of this group of people from the book.... The book A Brief History of the Western World covers some of the most important aspects of Western history, covering each era in some detail.... Additionally, much of the information on medieval culture provides information about how important Eastern philosophies (particularly those in the Middle East and from Iberia) were important in defining the new political era....
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(al-Jazeera, 2005)This is why troops in Saudi Arabia are such an important issue to bin Laden: they are stationed in the land of Islam's two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina.... One goal is to drive the western powers out of the Middle East, removing western military, economic, and cultural presence from the region....
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Together they blend into the attempt of contemporary civilization to figure and progress the surroundings within which growing amounts of civilization squander their lives: the city.... City is the name given to urban communities by some type of legal division.... The word city relates to a specific kind of community, "the urban community, and its culture, often called urbanism....
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The "western civilization: Origins and Rise of Science and Cosmology" paper investigates whether it was only by chance that science has its origins in the western civilization, or whether it was inevitable.... The characteristics of early western civilization are determined.... nbsp;… The third precondition for the birth of science in early western civilization, and the developments leading to the scientific revolution, was the emergence of a class of theologian-natural philosophers....
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The survey gives a detailed background of the Etruscan civilization.... It was the most important Italian civilization before the rise of Rome.... but a familiar Etruscan civilization was not noticeable in Italy until around 750 B.... A century of deliberated research on influential people burials has produced a significant but biased set of the material culture studied mainly in terms of style and history.... Consequently, many scholars long maintained the tradition of Herodotus that the Etruscans moved to Italy from Lydia in the 12th century B....
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Such authority of State helped Egypt to develop faster because Khedive himself would take care of revenues contrasting to modern communist systems where State is provided with power but restricts liberal policies for traders outside the state.... Historically it is evident that relations between East and west through Egypt had also turned successful only during this era which passed till mid of the nineteenth century.... Historically it is evident that relations between East and west through Egypt had also turned successful only during this era which passed till mid of the nineteenth century....
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