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World History Homework Five Answers - Student Thirteen (view source)
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Sunni- Saudi Arabia
Sunni- Saudi Arabia
Shiites- Iran
Shiites- Iran
The Sunnis are less extreme in their beliefs and are friendlier to western countries, while the Shiites are extreme in their beliefs, and religious practices and ceremonies.
6. Current events: Comment on the table of Islamic populations by country. Do you notice anything interesting about it?
6. Current events: Comment on the table of Islamic populations by country. Do you notice anything interesting about it?
The Incas were descended from the Moche civilization. They were first a civilization in A.D. 1250, but the height of their civilization was from A.D. 1438-1537. They did not have a written language; instead they used a cord with beads on it, called “quipu”, used to record government business. They were called “big ears” by the Spaniards, because of the earrings they wore that stretched their ears. The Incan rulers were mummified after their death, like the Egyptians.
The Incas were descended from the Moche civilization. They were first a civilization in A.D. 1250, but the height of their civilization was from A.D. 1438-1537. They did not have a written language; instead they used a cord with beads on it, called “quipu”, used to record government business. They were called “big ears” by the Spaniards, because of the earrings they wore that stretched their ears. The Incan rulers were mummified after their death, like the Egyptians.
Aztecs, A.D. 1200-1521, were much like many of their other South American neighbors, just a lot more warlike. They practiced human sacrifice more often. This lessened the population, which made it easier for the Spaniards to conquer the Aztecs, in A.D.1521.
Aztecs, A.D. 1200-1521, were much like many of their other South American neighbors, just a lot more warlike. They practiced human sacrifice more often. This lessened the population, which made it easier for the Spaniards to conquer the Aztecs, in A.D.1521.
H1. Do you think King Arthur, or anything told about him, is based in fact?
I think there are probably some facts behind the myths and legends. There was probably a real King Arthur, who saved Britain from barbarians, and tales were told throughout Britain of this hero who had saved them all. After a while, people found the truth to be boring, and embellished it. I don’t believe that he pulled the sword out of the stone, and I don’t think Merlin was real, either.
My question would be whether it matters if Arthur is fact or fiction? I t doesn’t change anything, it simply puts the popular legend in a bad light. I doubt that anyone wants to know, that would ruin it.
H6. Revisit the issue of Muhammad Ali being allowed to avoid the United States draft based on converting to Islam. Islam allows fighting only in "Holy Wars," and Ali said that the Vietnam War was not a "Holy War" and thus it was against his conscience to fight in it.
What could possibly make a war holy? I am not a pacifist, but I think that war is a horrible, bloody, heartbreaking thing. I know that some Muslims believe that Allah told them to go on a jihad and kill people, but all the same, how is that holy? And if that is “holy”, how do they determine what wars are holy? Is there some sort of criteria they have to meet? Something I would like to know would be whether or not there were other Muslims fighting in the war. How did they decide that the war was holy? I think that if he was going to live in America, he should have been required to serve, just like every other American. That is the price of our freedom.
H7. Do you think the term "faith" properly applies to any religion other than Christianity?
I think it takes more faith to believe that the earth came from a catastrophic explosion, which was caused by nothingness, and that everything evolved from primordial slime, than it does to believe in God. So I think that it needs to be considered: that atheists just might have more faith than we do. They just choose to deny it. I don’t know if I have enough faith to believe what they believe. Atheists may mock Christians for believing fairy tales, but I can’t think of anything more fairy tale like than nothing becoming something; it’s like the fairy tale of spinning straw into gold, except people really do believe this one.