Al-Biruni's Influence

Moon celebrations that coincide with phases of moon are held where the witches perform magic to help make them spiritually developed and strong as well as protect them. The main tool used in this ritual is a knife known as “sacred blade” or “Athame” (world of Wicca, 2014).

The Moon was the wife of the Sun. It was believed that an eclipse was the result a great serpent or mountain lion trying to eat her. To frighten off the creatures, they would point their weapons at the moon and start screaming and shouting at it.

The myth explains that the Grandmother became the moon and presides mostly in the Night because her favourite twin, the left-handed twin, represents the night.

Astrological calendars have been in existence since ancient times where time was measured according to the number of Moons that had passed in a certain period, or in consonance with the shadows that were cast by either the Sun or Moon. Solar years are calculated based on the sun’s motions, whereas lunar years are mutually based on the moons motions. A lunar year consists of approximately 354 days, whereas there are 365 days in solar year. By virtue of the eleven day disparity between a solar and lunar year, an additional month is added to the lunar calendar every three years, and as for the solar calendar, every fourth year, a leap day is added to the month of February. A lunar year is comprised of twelve lunar months, which corresponds to the time that elapses as the moon carries out each of its phases and proceeds to its position of origin. In contrast, a solar month is one twelfth of a solar year, given that a solar year is span of time that elapses as the Earth completes a single revolution around the sun.

one of the holiest months of the year. It was in 610 A.D. when the prophet Mohammad was said

Beah uses the moon in the memoir to display symbols. Before the war, he looked at the moon as an imitation of superior performance. During wartime, Beah is forced to believe the moon hides itself from witnessing the war. It's roll in the war eventually dies down. As an adult writing the book, Beah notes he can still see the images of the moon in the sky. Following the topic of the moon symbol in the book, Beah describes how war treats the moon, "Under those stars and sky I used to hear stories, but now it seemed as if it was the sky that was telling us a story as its stars fell, violently colliding with each other. The moon hid behind clouds to avoid seeing what was happening" (Beah, CH10). The moon is like a gateway to his past, and his family, and that influenced him to put the moon in his memoir.

The first reference to the moon in seen in Chapter 1. “‘We must strive to be like the moon’ an old man in Kabati repeated” (29). Beah often heard the old man say this phrase. However, he did not understand what the old man meant. When he presented the quote to his grandmother, she tried to explain it to young Beah. “I remember asking my grandmother what the old man meant. She explained that the adage served to remind people to always be on their best behavior and to be good to others… But, she said, no one grumbles when the moon shines. Everyone becomes happy and appreciates the moon in their own special way” (29). The moon symbolizes happiness. When the moon is shining, no one is sad. The moon brings happiness and joy it all those who witness it. It is a reminds that a person

1.“‘We must strive to be like the moon.’ An old man in Kabati repeated this sentence often to people who walked past his house on their way to the river to fetch water, to hunt, to tap palm wine; and to their farms. I remember asking my grandmother what the old man meant. She explained that the adage served to remind people to always be on their best behavior and to be good to others. She said that people complain when there is too much sun and it gets unbearably hot, and also when it rains too much or when it is cold. But, she said, no one grumbles when the moon shines. Everyone becomes happy and appreciates the moon in their own special way. Children watch their shadows and play in its light, people gather at the square to tell stories and dance through the night. A lot of happy things happen when the moon shines. These are some of the reasons why we should want to be like the moon.” (Beah 29)

Lunar phase (or Moon phase) refers to the appearance of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth. The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the changing relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. One half of the lunar

Farah Ahmedi needed to get to Pakistan to survive. Walt Masters needed to save his friend's claim to hold his promise. Cassandra needed to find the Homunculus to save the world. However all three were spirited young adults that learned how to succeed through the will to survive, keep a promise or save the world. All three of them did what they had to do to succeed.

Farah Ahmedi is a poor girl looking for a better life. Walt Masters is a different boy doing the right thing by saving claims. Aengus is the god of love, curious and determined to obtain what he wants. However, all three of them are determined to complete the mission that they have undertaken because they were trying to make their lives and other lives better.

I had the pleasure of teaching Ayman AL-Adawi in my biology class during his 4th year in high school. He was an inspiration to me his teacher as well as his classmates and other students in his age. He was the kind of student who would like to know everything with passion even if it wasn't in the curriculum he always make me search new things I've never searched before.

Tell el-‘Amarna, the city built by Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten was located between Luxor and Cairo along the Nile. The city was occupied during the reign of Akhenaten and abandoned after his death by his son, Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Although the city was along occupied for a short period of time, archaeologists have been able to reconstruct a fairly accurate representation of the city. However, because the city was associated with Aten and the religion of the heretic king, the city was partially destroyed and nearly all evidence of the culture during the reign of Akhenaten was destroyed. Although the Egyptian people attempted to erase this pharaoh from history, the city tells the story of the time through the few pieces of art, the tombs, and the city plans. The articles written by Croker and one of the ones written by Kemp discuss the value of architecture and how it related to status within the society of the time. The other articles written by Ikram, and Kemp, Stevens, Dabbs, Zabecki, and Rose discuss the art, religion, and ritual practices. The city of Amarna was created on the basis of abandoning the old gods in favor of the worship of a single god, Aten. Societies in ancient history were based primarily on religion, and while archaeologists try to use Amarna as a basis for the study of New Kingdom Egypt because the religions changed Amarna should not be used as a template. Akhenaten aimed to abandon the old ways

The Babylonian Astrologers Report is telling us that however the moon, stars or the planets looks up in the sky will show the people of the empire and the ruler of the empire what exactly will happen to the empire good or bad and gave the emperor’s a since of direction on how to rule the empire. The report tells us how the moon is shaped and if its looks a certain way then this certain event or bad omen will happen. Omens happen when certain events in the sky or land take place such as, “When a halo surrounds the Moon and Jupiter stands within it, the King of Akkad will be besieged.” Things in outer space like that is what makes the difference in how the kingdom of kings treated the people. Back during that time people believed in many Gods dealing with the sun, water, stars, and

Ancient Indian astrology is based upon sidereal calculation. The sidereal astronomy is based upon the stars and the sidereal period is the time that it takes the object to make one full orbit around the Sun, relative to the stars. It can be traced to the final centuries BC with the Vedanga Jyotisha attributed to Lagadha, one of the circum-Vedic texts, which describes rules for tracking the motions of the Sun and the Moon for the purposes of ritual. After formation of Indo-Greekkingdoms, Indian astronomy was influenced by Hellenistic astronomy (adopting the zodiacal signs or rāśis). Identical numerical computations for lunar cycles have been found to be used in India and in early Babylonian texts.[11]