The word Islam derives from the word Salam, which means peace but in a secondary sense it also means surrender. The peace that comes from surrendering ones life to god. Those who adhere to Islam are known as Muslims. Islam follows the bible to the extent of the banishment of Ishmael and Hagar from the ...
As oriental countries,the West often perceives China and Japan as two countries with similar politics, economics, and social norms. What many Westerners may not realize, however, is that starting in the 19th century, Japan ended its traditional isolationist policies while China sought to become isolationist, and that this distinction strongly influenced both Japan and China’s ...
There you are: young, carefree and with a few weeks of holiday break to burn. If you listen closely you can hear Europe calling! Assuming you already have your passport, you are off and running. The European Union is slowly pulling in all the far corners of Western Europe and that means everyone is turning ...
In 1962, President Kennedy delivered a speech in which he asked his audience to condense “the 50,000 years of man’s recorded history in a time span of but a half a century.” By this measure, “the printing press came this year, and then less than two months ago…the steam engine provided a new source of ...
The foundation of the Meiji got established during the Tokugawa rule of Japan. Under the Tokugawa, Japan became united and isolated based on the Chinese as a model. The Tokugawa drained the feudal system economically by requiring the samurais and daimyos to spend half their time living in Edo every other year besides living in ...
Plastic Surgery is a modern phenomenon with major implications. Though the art of altering ones body to be more socially accepted is something that has been going on since ancient times, only recently has the fad become truly medical and gained the ability to change almost any part of the outer body. There are major ...
First off, I must clarify what the title “Filipino” applies to. A common misconception is that the term “Filipino” stands for the people of the Philippines before the coming of the west in 1521 – the year, which also marks the start of recorded Philippine history and the inculcation of certain tools into our culture, ...
The period from 1870-1914 is generally referred to as the age of imperialism, a period when the nations of Western Europe embarked upon a race for overseas empires that held profound implications for the entire world. A large part of recorded history deals with the rise and fall of empires. Europeans themselves have been among ...
If you ask the average American what their dream vacation destination is, most likely they would say Hawaii. Everyone has seen pictures of this lush island paradise. But there is another, less known American paradise, the Island of Guam. An American territory located in the islands of Micronesia, Guam is a beautiful place to visit. ...
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