Pre-Islamic Arabia indicates to the Arabian Peninsula prior to the rise of Islam in the 630s. One of the leaders prior to the Prophet Muhammad was King Abraha. King Abraha (Al-Ashram) (40 years before the Prophet). King Abraha was born in Ethiopia and was a general in the army. He achieved many victories in Southern Arabia and announced to be the King of Himyar. He ruled strongly the current areas of Hijaz and Yemen between the years 531-565 AD. King Abraha was reported to be a great leader. He was well known for his military campaign with 100, 000 armed men and hundreds of elephants to destroy the resistance and fight with the leader Dhu Nuwas of the Yemeni army. Then, King Abraha seized power and established himself at Sanaa in Yemen. He
After learning that a man by the name of Quamina Eddoo was declared not guilty of slavery, his young slave Abina Mansah tearfully proclaims that she might as well have kept her story silent; in writing Abina and the Important Men, a gripping graphic history that tells the tale of the court case between Abina and Quamina, author Trevor Getz and illustrator Liz Clarke hope to accomplish just the opposite, by giving a voice to someone who was once silenced (Getz and Clarke 77). To do so effectively, Getz and Clarke employ several historiographical and literary strategies that are evident throughout the work.
While reading An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone, Africa, Given by Himself, and Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, a Black Preacher, Written by Himself, nothing appeared to be majorly contrasting between the two documents. Both included an enslaved, and deeply religious, African American man who survived the American Revolution and ended up settling in Sierra Leone for the last bit of his life. However, after reading these two documents for the nth time, a few key differences appeared within the information hidden in the titles of the documents and the diction in which each man recounted his journey.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, no one imagined that the next great world power would emerge from Saudi Arabia. Especially, because ancient empires thought that the land was worthless, but they didn’t know that it had great trade routes. Trade brought them in connection with other civilizations and that’s how the city of Mecca, located in Saudi Arabia, became known. The city of Mecca was a mix of religious beliefs, they used to worship many gods and had their own rituals. The world of Islam took place in Mecca, where Muhammad was born in 570 CE.
King Tut was a fascinating pharaoh at most. There isn’t much on who king Tut was or when he was born or how he died. But some people have dedicated there lives to find out who he was. He was born during the Golden Age. He became king a surprisingly young age. He achieved many things and had an important job. His death was and still is a mystery to most. It was said he wasn’t in his original tomb. But he was eventually found. King Tut became a Pharaoh at a really young age and he had many achievements but died at a relatively young age. (Hawass 29-56)
achieved unprecedented popularity in both Egypt and the Arab world. He was said to be
King Kamehameha is a very good leader because he can fight, he knows tactics and warfare to conquer his enemies. He is also a very good leader because he can intimidate his enemies from his past victories. Kamehameha is good at making people believe that he was an effective leader by helping his people fix the war-torn land. He is also a effective leader because ha places kapu on things the ali’i and maka'ainana can’t touch or do. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was resourceful he was resourceful because he observed what other people were doing and he used that for his own good. He was also very selfless because he rewarded his main chiefs with grants of land.
Born in Beaumont Palace, Oxford December 24, 1166 King John was the youngest son of King Henry II and Eleanor. John was Henry's most loved child however Henry was not give him everything else he could offer to his other four sons. As a child he was always forgotten about and overshadowed by his older brothers. When his father first split up the provinces to all of his five sons, John received no share therefore he received the nickname “Lackland”. He grew up among family problems and fights, and witness his mother being his father's prisoner during his teenage years. John, like his father developed violent rages which led him to do things that in his right mind he wouldn’t had done. In 1176 John got engaged to Isabella, a rich coheiress
The most underrated hip-hop artist? Well that is a tough question because it differs based on how one would define hip-hop, because, yes, there are different kinds. Underground hip-hop has developed in our nation and has brought voice to the youth of our generation as well as many young entrepreneurs that are trying to make their way out of the streets. It has given rise to a new generation of music akin to the punk generation. A new generation based on rhyming bars and heavy bass. A generation completely different from the punk generation that gave rise to it.
The decline of the Abbasids was not a steady of rapid series of events. There were numerous revivals of the Caliphate in which certain strong Caliphs gained more control and influence over the Islamic world than their predecessors had had. However at no point after the death of Harun al-Rahid (reigned 786-809) was the Caliphate ever as powerful. This period is regarded as the Golden Age of the Abbasid Caliphate and was followed immediately by civil war between his sons. Harun’s two sons were called Al-Amin and Al-Mamun. Al-Amin was the elder and was nominated as the heir to the Caliphate. However Al-Mamun, who was the effective governor of the eastern provinces was ambitious. He was spurred towards seizing the Caliphate for himself by his prominent advisor Al-Fadl. In 810 he declared himself an Iman causing his brother to disinherit and dispatch a great army to snuff out his ever increasing dominance of the Caliphate east of Baghdad. It seemed likely that Al-Mamun would be defeated, his army numbered around 4,000 men but faced 40,000. However he was fortunate in his commander, called Tahir bin Husain, who won him a spectacular victory at Rayy in 811. Tahir proceeded to siege Baghdad in 812. In that year Al-Amin was captured and forced to hand over the office of Caliph to al-Mamun. Al-Amin was executed after trying to escape Baghdad after it had been captured.
Peterson, J. (2008, December). Arabian Peninsula Background Notes. Retrieved from Arabian Peninsula Background Notes: http://www.jepeterson.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/APBN-007_Tribes_and_Politics_in_Yemen.pdf
When God grants knowledge, it is a given that the knowledge is going to surpass the average leader. When Solomon was granted knowledge by God, he went from a leader to an influencer, and a mighty good one at that, exemplified in 1 Kings 3:16-28. King Solomon was wise about what he asked the Lord for, and in return, the Lord blessed him with valuable knowledge. Solomon used this gift to his advantage when it came to his land and people, and it soon became noticeable that King Solomon was not the average leader. He embodied the gift of discernment and was able to truly bring out the vulnerable emotions in the women, therefore enabling him to successfully discern the truth.
The Arabs knew her as Queen Bilquis, the Ethiopians called her Makeda, for the Jews and the Christians she is the Queen of Sheba. For the Ethiopians, her story represents the fundamental myth of their civilization. The rich sovereign of the kingdom of Saba, who came to know through an Ethiopian merchant of the immense wisdom of King Solomon, undertook a long journey to the holy city of Jerusalem. Meyer described the queen of Sheba in his journal "Nefertiti/Queen of Sheba"
As David aged, the urgency was to appoint the next king. In accordance to the Davidic covenant, the throne had to be passed on to the son of David. This matter had to be settled swiftly and decisively when David was still alive to avoid a civil war when his sons battled for the throne. Eventually, Solomon the son of Bathsheba was appointed king of Israel. This section discusses the Solomon’s succession, wisdom and reign.
From the get-go Elizabeth's life has been in the shadows of her older more responsible siblings yet she still managed to do more than all of them put together. Sexism is all around you during these times of great innovation. During all this she had to manage a country handed down to her that was in war as well as dying off. Queen elizabeth was very important to the renaissance and life without her would have been very different from the outcome of the war and who would have taken the place after her.
One particular difference between Ibn Rushd and Aquinas is that Aquinas reconciled “Aristotle to Christ” and not “Christ to Aristotle.” While Ibn Rushd would often try to make the Qur’an line up with Aristotelian thinking, Aquinas held the Bible as the greatest source of authority. He would not compromise his Catholic orthodoxy in order to agree with Aristotle. Modern day apologists need to approach philosophy with a similar mindset. Philosophy is valuable in providing deep insight to the world, why things work the way they do, and how people think. However, no philosopher is right on every single thing, and Christians need to be able to discern the good from the bad.