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    al-Rahman Ibn Mohammad was born in Tunisia in 1332 A.D is generally known as Ibn Khaldun after a remote ancestor. His parents settled in Spain originally Yemenite Arabs but after the fall of Seville, they have migrated to Tunisia. and did his primary education, he came from a royal family who has also given him best education, he is considered as the father of Sociology, the sciences of History and the greatest Arab historian, the earliest nonreligious philosophies of history developed by Ibn Khaldun

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    Ibn Battuta was one of the greatest travelers of ancient history. He was a Moroccan scholar who widely ventured the medieval world. Ibn Battuta's urge to travel was due to the interest of finding the best teachers and the best libraries, as well as making the pilgrimage to Mecca known as hajj, out of eagerness and devotion to his faith. His journey began in 1325 at just the age of 21, Ibn Battuta rode out of Tangier with a donkey unassisted with alms of gold and woolen cloth. During Ibn Battuta's

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    a nice opportunity to capture things in camera and create an album and when you feel nostalgic you can take a hour of time and live the moment again. Which is why it is said – Traveling leaves your speechless, then turns you into a story teller – IBN

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    The novel Lord of the Flies was written in response to Coral Island, a novel written by R. M. Ballantyne. William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, disagreed with Coral Island and he believed that children stranded on an island together would not do well. Thus, his disagreement with the novel is how the Lord of the Flies came to exist. Then, somehow, people started to associate the philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes with the Lord of the Flies. The philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed

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    Ibn Battuta, who was both a Muslim teacher and traveler, went on a journey across the Sahara Desert which was both dangerous and challenging. His ultimate goal was to spread the religion of Islam and the Muslim culture all throughout West Africa, and he succeeded in doing that. An example of the the journey being dangerous is in paragraph two, where it states, “We spent three days there, under strain, for the water is brackish and it is the place with most flies.” This shows that they were

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    Like a dog does tricks for food, Mansa Musa did a variety of activities to spread word of his fame. Mansa Musa, an ancient ruler of the kingdom Mali in Western Africa, ruled from 1312-1337 BCE. While Mali was under his rule, Mansa Musa, expanded gold-salt trade, built a large standing army, as well as took part in one of the 5 Pillars of Faith, a holy pilgrimage known as the hajj. Although the hajj is a religious event, Musa used it as a tool to do much more than show his devotion to Allah. Through

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    Literary Analyses; Lord of the Flies The Lord of the Flies demonstrates an extensive variety of symbolism; from Christ to Satan the children are portrayed in an abstract manner to represent these religious beings, as well as a symbol of great strife for power. Two of the main symbolic devices contained within the novel are used in the form of a mystical, shining Conch and a cumbersome Sow’s head perched atop a stake; however, these symbols embody very different ideas. Next the Lord of the Flies exhibits

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    One journey, thousands of pounds of gold, thousands of slaves and servants, a hundred camels, and one man spread the Islamic religion for a hajj of four thousand miles. The journey of Mansa Musa was a famous trip that stretched from the ancient city of Mali to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam. Mansa Musa, a rich, prosperous man who took advantage of situations to benefit himself, not only wanted to spread Islam throughout his hajj, but to show off his wealth, to give compulsorily, and accumulate

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    Carpenter 1 Jacob Carpenter Mr. Ledo World History 12 November 2015 Persuasive Paper Within the past year, ISIS has been willfully destroying historical sites and artifacts where they have taken control over in the middle east. The preservation of historical sites and artifacts is important. Preserving historical sites plays a big cultural role. Also, preserving historical sites is environmentally friendly. History can tell us about the past, history is said to repeat itself. Preserving

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    Ibn Khaldun’s 4 Step Model “Asabiyyah” means a unification of people through a common system of beliefs, culture, language, history, and traditions forming a community. Ibn Khaldun a historian/sociologist, describes this through many of his aspects of writings of the 14th century, describing “the bond of cohesion among humans in a group forming community (Wikipedia: Muuaddimah).” Asabiyyah can be from small societies such as nomadic people in tribes, to much larger societies such as empires and states

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