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...?THE PERSIAN EMPIRE The Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was the descendant of the Median empire, which reached its height at around 500 B.C., at which time it extended westward from the Indus valley (current Pakistan) to Thrace and Macedon on the northeastern border of Greece. Encompassing about 1 million square miles, united by an intricate network of roads and ruled by an absolute monarch, Persia was the greatest empire the world had ever seen.1 The Origins The Persians originated as a nomadic, pastoral people in the western Iranian plateau. The formation of the Persian Empire began in 550 B.C., when King Stages of Media, who subjugated much of Iran...
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...of the rebel leaders claimed to have descended from archaic kings such as Cyaxares or Nabonidus and have won over support to their sides. Darius has responded by combining his ancient genealogy with the favor granted him by the Persian god, Ahuramazda (Allen, 2005). According to King Darius, Ahuramazda, one of the pantheon gods associated with Persian religion bestowed the kingdom on a man whose honesty and righteousness his discerned. Darius claims of descending from the Achaemenes house and being divinely selected by Ahuramazda did not grant him support from the public. Spontaneous and widespread revolts have engulfed the Persian Empire and Darius employs force in...
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...member nations of the United Nations were involved in an armed conflict (Carlisle and Bowman, 2003). This brutal takeover unfolded a series of tragic events that engulfed the two nations as well as the rest of the world and disrupted the peaceful world order. It divided the nations of the world into two groups, each trying to defend their respective allies in a desperate attempt to salvage the situation and uphold their political ideologies. Comparison between Gulf and Persian Wars of 1991 and 2003 The primary purpose of the first Gulf War (which took place in the year 1991) was to defend the sovereignty of a member nation (Kuwait) against the unwarranted invasion by...
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...?Water Pollution in the Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf) Table of Contents Introduction 3 Consequences of Oil Spill on Marine Life around Arabian Gulf 4 Components of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill 4 Vulnerability of the Marine Ecosystem Surrounding the Gulf Coast 6 Effects of the Pollution on Marine Ecosystem and Human Health 8 Role of Government in Cleaning Up Of the Wastes Caused By the Oil Spill 10 Cleaning Up Techniques Adopted By the Government 10 Successes of the Cleaning Up Strategies 13 Failures of the Cleaning Up Strategies 15 Role of the Community in Mitigating the Ill-Effects of Oil Spill Causing Water Pollution 16 Contribution of the...
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...? Maritime Transportation in Arabian Persian Gulf Introduction The fragile and vulnerable eco system of the Persian Gulf has been largely due to the environmental degradation caused by the accidental or deliberate oil spills caused by the oil producers surrounding the Gulf region. Background Sea Star Oil Spill The accident of Sea Star Super-tanker took place in 1971 due to its collision with Horta Barbosa, the Brazilian tanker in the Persian Gulf. Both the tankers caught fire due to the collision and Sea Star spilled about 35.3 million gallon of crude oil in Persian Gulf. Although rescue attempts for the Sea Star was made, the super tanker sank into the Persian Gulf after several explosions followed by huge volume of oil spill... in the...
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...Introduction The Persian Gulf region contains the largest reserves of total world oil production, with countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran etc being the prominent producers in the region. Despite the wealth of oil explored in the region and exported to consumer countries for heavy revenues, there happen to be a remarkable fact that economies of these countries are characterized with backwardness. These countries still face the issues like falling per capita income, low GDP, high unemployment and poverty.
This paper illuminates the state of economic development in both the countries and presents a comparative analysis of the causes of economic backwardness. It also proposes strategies that should be...
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...in the region would allow the United States to help dictate energy prices, production quotas, and distribution. There were many in the foreign policy establishment who for years wanted a U.S. military presence in the Gulf. Since the 1970s, there were attempts to build a "rapid deployment force" that would be able to intervene in the Middle East, and after the Iranian revolution of 1979 President Jimmy Carter issued in his 1980 State of the Union address what was to be known as the Carter Doctrine: "An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled...
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...CURRENT ISSUES IN THE PERSIAN GULF Problems in the Persian Gulf Countries in Persian Gulf are facing many border disagreements and this in turn might result in war. For instance, Iran and UAE each claim ownership of three islands in the Persian Gulf, which are Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunbs. It has a population of less than 1000 people and it is located 34 miles from UAE and 43 miles from Iran. Days before UAE attained independence from the British, Iran deployed troops to Abu Musa, but an agreement was reached under which the island can into co-sovereignty over the two countries. However, Iran has...
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...ECONOMY OF PERSIAN GULF I do agree with the first post. There are numerous changes that need to take place for the growth of trade to be experienced in the private and public sector. As you stated, globalization will help in enabling the changes to take place. Globalization creates a link between the nations of the world. This link is made possible by the continuously emerging forms of communication. The internet has greatly contributed to this and technology as a whole1.
Globalization creates diversity for consumers to choose. Countries will not experience scarcity of products, as they will receive them from countries that produce them in abundance. The developing countries gain by getting...
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...Concluding thoughts’ Islam history and Baghdad The Muslim empire was created in 634A.D. The empire expanded into the Iraq region, which used to form part of the Persian Empire. The Iraq army attacked the Persians and won the battle. The Christians in the Persian territory were offered only two choices. They were required to fully embrace Islam or pay a compulsory fee for the taxation. Moreover, the Christians were to be excluded from military services. The word Baghdad originates from the Persian Empire, which referred to God as Bagh. The suffix dad meant gift according to the Persian Empire. In 762, the Abbasid dynasty controlled the entire Muslim world.1 The capital city of the entire Muslim world was Baghdad. The city fostered...
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