Jeddah Vs Beijing Compare And Contrast

Mecca, the city where Islam was founded, was the meeting point of three large trading routes that lead to the Silk Road(Doc A). When these traders went through this town they saw wealth and prosperity. They took note of the religion and spread the word of the town. It wasn’t long before the whole Arabian Peninsula had heard about the religion. This helped unify the Arabian peninsula which let the next factor of military conquest even take place.

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughals were all explosive realms. The reason for this paper is to thoroughly analyze the contrasts between these domains.

During the Post-Classical Age, cities and urban areas in Muslim society played critical roles in religion because Muslim people had to make religious pilgrimages to Holy Cities such as Mecca and Jerusalem, trade because the cities had huge complexes which allowed trade to flourish, and cultural advancement because the cities were filled with a variety of different people as well as there were great advancement in education.

The Mongols were responsible for the establishment of the largest land empire in history, stretching across Central Asia while moving into Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East. The Mongol Empire began its formal foundation in 1206 under the rule of Genghis Khan and eventually ending with its eventual disintegration into multiple weaker states. Mongol influence in China during the Yuan dynasty is particularly unique, due to the fact that it was the first time non-Chinese reigned and held power. The early years of the Yuan Dynasty, led by Kublai Khan, were a time of significant expansion and change for the Chinese, as well as Mongols, in terms of governmental institutions and international economics. Primary source documents referred to

Tang, Song, and Abbasid Dynasties Although the Tang dynasty came before the Song dynasty, not all of its culture stayed within the country. The Tang, Song, and Abbasid dynasties were very similar in some ways with each other, however with the achievements of the Abbasid dynasties, they became very different. From their differences socially, to their similarities culturally, these three dynasties played a very large part in today's country of China.

Overweight is fast becoming an ubiquitous trait in Australia. According to the 2005 National Health Survey, 53.6% of Australians reported being overweight, defined as having a Body-Mass Index (BMI) of over 25%. (AIHW, 2005, p. 182). This is partly caused by diets which are high in saturated fat and dependent on processed foods over fresh foods. It is also caused by a continuously sedentary lifestyle, as most Australians perform their job sitting down in an office setting and are, furthermore, compelled stay tethered to their computers lest they miss an important communication.

In Classical India and Classical China, the development of institutions and traditions were very different yet very similar in many ways. For instance, India and China both put women below men and considered merchants as a middle class. However, they differed in areas such as centralized government. Outside of the Mauryas and the Guptas, India was run by the religion-based caste system while China had a very centralized government, except for the Warring States period and the Three Kingdoms period. If you look closely, Classical China and Classical India are like opposites drawn in the same colours. They both socially stratified their people in ways dictated by their beliefs but while India made it impossible to move any way but down, China allowed movement in any direction through the pyramid of society if you could earn it. Furthermore, while China worshipped their ancestors and looked to learn from the past, India believed in reincarnation and looked to the future.

The Mecca: The Mecca was a huge area that was used for commerce in the Arabian community.

Rural Beijing also floods during the year. Beijing also has a great transport system run by the city’s government, with frequent train and bus schedules.

This system integrated the IRT with another corporation, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). In fact, this project doubled the total rapid transit mileage and extended beyond the original designated territories to new parts of the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Due to the World War I, a series of financial crises worried the political arrangements between the City of New York City and the two subway companies since it were prohibited to raise the nickel fare. The context of a political culture in which public ownership and regulation combined with private operation to encourage competition and conflict rather than cooperation, low prices and high quality service, increased the friction between government and business.

1. What are some similarities and differences among the cities and city-states that developed in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus River Valley?

In most measurable areas, London has a clear advantages over Doha. London has much more population than Doha. Also, London is much bigger in size than Doha which means that there are more urban cities than Doha which is a clear advantage. But on the other hand, Doha is more modern than London which is an old city but there are attractions. Moreover, Doha has less population but it is an advantage because the income of a per capita is higher and there is less unemployment and homeless citizens.

Cities are places which have huge amount of gathering of people, collection of economic activities and complex infrastructure for people which all together are supported by transport systems.

There are four cultural dimensions that were defined in Hofstede's research: Power distance, Uncertainty avoidance, Individualism, Masculinity, and recently Hofstede add one more: long-term-short-term orientation. In this part of paper, comparison between Singapore and Saudi Arabia will be discussed, by focusing Hofstede's cultural dimensions as a point of reference

As a poet, Shakespeare glorified the beauty of his love with the beauty of seasons and