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…together to gain knowledge for the better of the human society. The first use of genetic engineering, still used today, was selective breeding of animals and plants starting back during 10,000 BC. In northern Iraq where humans domesticated dogs, cattle, sheep…
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…Elizabeth Warnock Fernea provides an overview of the ethnography of an Iraqi village in her work, The Guests of the Sheik. Within her book, Fernea considers the element of gender and its impact on the roles of women in Iraq, as well as the expectations…
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…left newspaper wrapped packages on other cars that later emitted sarin fumes. Authorities failed to find any suspects. (Willis, 1995) Sarin was originally developed by German Nazis in the 1930's, but is suspected of being first used by Iraq in 1988…
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…provided the foundation upon which modern civilisations were built. The crescent is bow shaped tract of land in southwest Asia stretching from Jordan northwards to southern Turkey, then swinging southwards to the borders of Iraq and Iran, incorporating parts…
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…an "axis of evil”, such as: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. The groups that operate out of these countries cause fear and terror in many parts of the world. Terrorism, which has been around for as long as people can remember, has been on the rise for the past ten…
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…of the casualties occurred on the Iraqi side. While estimates during the war had ranged from 10,000 to 100,000 Iraqis killed, Western military experts now agree that Iraq sustained between 20,000 and 35,000 casualties. The coalition losses were extremely light…
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…that the “present policy costs up to 6,000 American lives a year, far more than will die in Iraq.” While it is a good idea to shock your readers with extraordinary statistics, the only problem is the author’s lack of credit. How do we know if these numbers are actually…
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…included surprise and laying siege to the garrisons of opponent’s ill prepared for the invaders. The Arab tribes conquered almost the entire Middle East and North Africa. The Sassanian Empire based in Iran and Iraq as a result ceased to exist. The Byzantine…
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…, 1948 the Palestinian Jews finally declared their own State of Israel and became "Israelis". On the next day, Israel was at war with seven neighboring Arab armies. Egypt, Trans-Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen. Most of the Arabs living…
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…is most commonly practice in African countries such as Sudan and Somalis, but spans across the continent (Sarkis, 2001). It is also found frequently in Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq (Sarkis, 2001). FGM may take place as young…
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