Civilization Is Gone Summary

With a death toll in the hundred of thousands, and millions displaced, the Syrian civil war has become a violent mark on the world’s history. What started as a peaceful protest has spread over five years, has evolved into a war with a tyrannical government, a clashing rebellion, and terrorism fighting either side. But what is it that really fuels the immense amount of violence? It can be narrowed down to four groups that are obvious. The government and the rebels are the forerunners in violence in the war, sure, but they aren’t the only ones. There are the terrorist groups, with skewed views to support the destruction of people and things around them, and in itself the stark difference of the religions and ethnicities of Syria. Who causes

The Islamic State, also known as ISIS of ISIL, has continued to arouse much untold terror throughout the Middle East region for more than four years, since 2011. The recent violence there underscores the seriousness of the issue and the urgency of those people living in the refugee camps. These refugees migrated to these camps to escape the militants’ attack on their homes and properties. The victims to much destruction and hardship, these Syrians will not be returning to their native homeland any time soon, and they can only hope that a genocidal tragedy like the Holocaust will never blossom in

Famine has lead these people on to seek refuge in multiple different countries. This is usually done illegally, by sneaking through borders, creating fake passports, and lying. What the author in this story is trying to get at is everyone from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the poor deserve a safe, secure, place to call home. No one will have a safe place to call home if we can't learn to collaborate and try honestly to make peace with one another. Syria may be this way due to the fact that putting weaponry above resources is habit, the leaders of Syria were raised to believe this is the way it should be and this habit will be passed down for generations and generations just like it has in the past. Any middle eastern country fueling against America could be a prime example against what the author is trying get across. In interpreted words, the author mentions the Soviet Union tearing down the Berlin Wall to try and unite diversified people. This is a main point that is brought up again, peace. You're only going to get somewhere by making an effort, you're only going to solve a problem if you make an effort to fix it.

Destruction, violence, and chaos engulfs the lives of those in the Middle East, specifically in Syria. Since 2011 the country has been in disarray and consumed in a vicious civil war displacing millions of inhabitants of the region. Several countries have offered aid and asylum to these refugees, which raises the question: Should the United States (U.S.), a prominent world leader, allow Syrian refugees to seek asylum in their country? Several articles explore this question, including “Are Syrian Refugees Really a Security Risk? - Harvard Political Review”, “To Defeat ISIS, Know Thy Terrorist; Scorning Syrian refugees is doing ISIS a huge favor”, and “No vetting of Syrian "refugees" in Obama's "resettlement" invasion: the FBI says there is no way to vet incoming refugees and Senate and House chairmen blasted Obama for serious national security risks and economic costs of refugee policy”. The authors of the first and second article, Evan Bonsall and Kurt Eichenwald, argue that the refugees should be allowed asylum, while the author of the third article, William F. Jasper, argues against granting asylum. All of the authors employ complex rhetorical strategies including ethos, pathos, logos and other systems to explain their opinion and target their desired audiences.

“I have never seen anything like this in my life,” said Istar Mohamed, a mother of three who was penetrated with shrapnel in her arm hip and leg.” “You can’t imagine the devastation that happened there. After a few moments I fell unconscious from the impact of it all.”

The word “collapse” has a number of connotations associated with it. Some view it exclusively the degradation of societies of the highest order. Others see it as the complete disintegration of economic prospects and commerce. Some even think of it political ruin with the demise of states and ruling factions that maintain order. The most general definition for collapse can includes elements from these three viewpoints. American anthropologist and historian Joseph A. Tainter is best known for his writings on societal collapses. In 1988 he published his most widely recognized work, The Collapse of Complex Societies.

A current issue on the minds and agendas of the international community is the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The situation has only escalated since its start in 2011, and as the number of displaced Syrians reaches over 9 million, countries around the world, not just the ones in the Middle East, are increasing efforts to offer asylum and aid for these people. The Syrian Refugee Crisis began with peaceful anti-government protests in March of 2011, but after the violent response of the government, rebels, army defectors, and many civilians formed the Free Syrian Army by July of the same year (Mercy Corps, Sept 2nd, 2015). The presence of ISIS within Syria and the differing views of religious groups (namely Sunni and Shiite) in the country only add to the chaos of destruction of the country and the Syrian people’s lives and homes. With the constant state of war within the country, basic necessities like food, water, and shelter have become scarce and Syrian people are looking to find new homes of stability and safety. The large majority of Syrians have fled to the neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey. However the burden of harboring these refugees has put huge stress on the countries as the sheer number of people entering the country becomes too much to handle. Today one in five people living in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee (Mercy Corps, Sept 2nd, 2015). With the neighboring countries already beyond capacity, Syrians are looking for shelter in places outside this

Over the past four years, the situation within the Syria has become more and more dangerous. As many as 6.7 million people, have been displaced from their homes within the country alone. Another 4 million have fled the country entirely, in order to get away from the incessant fighting. An estimated 200,000 people have been killed over the course of the war, but the country is so

Diversity, justice, and sustainability are all intrinsically connected within our lives. In a sort of linear manner, these values all depend on one another to come to fruition. In the journal Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization, Derrick Jensen sums up the concept of sustainability and justice quite nicely in relation to revolutionizing civilization. He states that “we cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls” (Jensen 190). This can be interpreted to mean that without accepting diversity in a justified and conscientious manner, true sustainability in all aspects of life can never be reached. Within the confines of this given definition, there are many variables: diversity, justice, and sustainability

It was during these attacks that we lost three family members. I remember the night it happened. I was only 10 years old, studying for a science exam that I had the next day. My dad was taking up my work since my mum was in the suburbs for her grandmother’s funeral. I went to bed early that night. I woke up the next morning by sound of bells from the church near my house, barged into my parents room asking them why they hadn't woken me up for my exam. This is when I found out that the city had been attacked last night that school was closed. That

Russia's intervention to support the regime says they are fighting isis but really they are targeting innocent civilians. In Aleppo, two barrel bombs were dropped in a small village with about 10 houses. The first bomb left a number of people injured; but the second one killed lots of people. In the film we met a man named Khalid Farah who has been apart of the white helmets for 3 years. He said that anyone who is killed or injured is treated as if it was his own son, because everyone should have the equal care. Teams of white helmets would leave Syria and go to southern turkey for a month and gain experience, so they could go back and teach their colleagues. We also met a man in the film who crossed the border and said it was a whole new world. This man would see planes in the sky and said if he was back home the planes would be dropping bombs. I learned that Syria is a very dangerous place for just innocent people. One of the questions I had during the film was why don't the people in Syria just leave, since Syria is only getting worse? In the film they say Syria was bad but now it's getting worse so why don't they just leave? Another question I had during the film is why do the volunteers continue what they do after all the people who have been killed in the line of

All varying societies of world prehistory share a common outcome as they all go through and endure stages of development where they all experience some form of collapse because it is inevitably. When it comes down to prehistoric societal breakdown and complete disintegration it is widely attested in the archaeological events that take place and is typically happens very sudden, rapidly, and often entails regional abandonment, the implementation of another source of subsistence and leads to the evident breakdown differing factors including climate change.

Many of those people were trying to get away from the violence and had nothing to do with it. Bomb barrels containing weapons to immediately kill are dropped every day. The credibility of this image is justified by its reality. Omran Daqneesh and many other Syrian children are a symbol of this tragic and horrific war. Because of the war background of this image, it cannot be denied that the Syrian people are in danger and that the war and its horrid factors are happening right now and at this moment. Omran is covered in the result of war violence, the credibility of this image is justified through his innocence and the cruelty of war itself. The background of the image is the Syrian Civil War,

Linstrom’s arguments support his main point stressing firefighters must change their normal routine and think like terrorists to be in the right state of mind to combat potential attacks. One of the biggest threats that first responders face during an incident is potential collapses or the threat of secondary improvised explosive devices (Linstrom, 2004). In the event of an attack by WMD’s, firefighters and law enforcement will find themselves working side-by-side in the “hot zone”, which is the contaminated area, conducting rescues, triage, and decontamination of victims. To assist firefighters with remembering the contributing agents that are associated in a WMD event, the acronym B-NICE has been established. B-NICE stands for: biological, nuclear, incendiary, chemical, and explosives (Linstrom, 2004). As a result of their training, firefighters are already reasonably versed when it comes to dealing with explosives and incendiary devices, but lack the training and knowledge of dealing with WMD’s. Mr. Linstrom supports his main point with the evidence highlighting the fact that government buildings, historic monuments, churches, sporting events, transit stations, and malls are elevated targets of terrorist attacks due to their symbolism or the fact that they draw large crowds of people (Linstrom,

Francis Fukuyama; political scientist, economist, and author, in his article “The End of History?” discusses he rise and fall of major ideologies such as absolutism, fascism and communism, and suggests that human history should be viewed in terms of a battle of ideologies which has reached its end in the universalization of Western liberal democracy. Fukuyama concludes that the idea of Western liberal democracy has triumphed in the world through a variety of different ways and is a thriving piece of world order today. However, there are certain flaws to his argument including a US- centric view on the events of the twentieth century.