History of Egypt

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History of Egypt

Second Midterm

Objective Section. T/F and Multiple Choice. Each question is worth 1 point (15 points total)

1. The Crusaders were careful to avoid killing civilians during the First Crusade. True or False?

2. In the long run, Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt was a great success. True or False?

3. A form of Christianity that was considered heretical by mainstream Christianity because it viewed the body as the prison of the soul and stressed practices like extreme asceticism and the refusal to procreate was: Arianism, Gnosticism, or Monophysitism?

4. Which of the following were particularly noted for their contributions to religious architecture in Egypt: the Ayyubids, the Fatimids, or the Mamluks?

5. In the 5 Pillars of Worship in Islam Muslims are supposed to pray each day: 3 times, 4 times, or 5 times?

6. The ruler during whose reign long-staple cotton was introduced and Alexandria experienced a revival was: Suleiman the Magnificent, Ali Bey the Great, or Muhammad Ali?

7. Saladin’s big victory over the Crusaders that led to the takeover of Jerusalem was the Battle of: Heliopolis, Hattin, or Marj Dabik?

8. The most famous of the Abbasid Caliphs was: Harun al-Rashid, al-Ma’mun, or Mu’awiyya?

9. The rulers who had originally been slaves, mainly elite cavalrymen, were the: Ayyubids, Fatimids, or Mamluks?

10. The Roman ruler who ruled Egypt as his own private possession because he had conquered it was: Hadrian, Septimius Severus, or Augustus Caesar?

11. The infamous Fatimid Caliph notorious for his megalomania, paranoia, and cruelty was: al-Muizz, al-Hakim, or al-Mustansir?

12. The rulers who attempted to create a balance of forces in Egypt so that they would not combine to challenge their rule were: the French, the Ottomans, or the Ayyubids?

13. Champollion is called the Father of Egyptology because he: wrote The Description of Egypt, drew pictures of the ancient monuments of Egypt, or deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs?

14. The first female Islamic ruler was: Zenobia, Shajar al-Durr, or Sayyidat al-Mulk?

15. The first capital of Islamic Egypt was: al-‘Askar, al-Qahira, or al-Fustat?

Part II. Answer any one of the following essays (15 points).

1. Discuss the legacies of the Mamluks. Provide examples of their contributions to Egypt and to the Middle East.

2. What contributions did Egypt make to early Christianity? (more options on next page)

3. What was the legacy of Muhammad Ali for Egypt?

4. Explain the goal(s) of the First and Third Crusades and the outcomes of them. Why were the Crusaders successful in the First Crusade?

5. What was the importance of Egypt to the Ottoman Empire? How did the Ottomans seek to maintain control over Egypt? Why did it ultimately begin to slip from their grip?

All I need are the numbers of the questions and the letter you chose as the answer for each of them, whether T or F or a, b, or c. For the essay, all I need is the same thing: the number of the essay along with your essay.

Your answers could look something like this:

Personal Financial Budget & Plan

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Personal Financial Budget & Plan

One of the most critical aspects to starting, running or growing a business is the financial budget, plan & strategy. Entrepreneurs, finance managers and business leaders need to be able to plan for the daily and long-term financing needs of their organization. They need to ensure they have liquidity to pay employees & vendors while also investing in the business. They also need to keep their focus on other aspects, such as, growing sales, investing in new technology and their facilities. Managing the organizations’ capital is critical to business success.

This is also critical in personal finance. Students will be expected to develop their own personal 10- year financial plan. The objective is that students learn how to build a financial plan for the short term and long term while considering their goals & potential needs. This should also help to get them thinking about strategies, such as paying off student debt, traveling, investing, managing risk and cashflow. Students may also be interested in starting their own businesses and can use this to start developing a plan. The final product will be a formal plan that outlines their monthly budget for the near term and annual targets for the long term. In addition, the final report should outline their goals and strategies for achieving their objectives.

Pre-Columbian and colonial eras of Mexican history.  

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In your essay, identify the document with specific topics we have touched on in the course and analyze its importance and impact in relation to these topics. Be sure to place the document into its historical context. What was going on at the time and in the location this source was written? What important themes, trends, concepts, or consequences does it illustrate? What do we know from examining this source that we didn’t know or understand before encountering it? What things make this document significant and worthy of someone else’s attention? Your essay should be between three and four double-spaced pages in length, or roughly between 750 and 1000 words. Your writing should be clear and free of grammatical errors, concise and well organized.   the Pre-Columbian and colonial eras of Mexican history.

Response paper analysis

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RESPONSE PAPER QUESTIONS

  1. In what ways were the trading cities and inland networks of East Africa linked to trade in the Indian Ocean?  How does this help us to understand how the Indian Ocean trade network was important to global history in a manner similar to trade in the Atlantic Ocean?  How was the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagara ruled and how was it dependent upon trade?  In your essay you will wish to discuss the use of dhows, the value of gold dust and ivory in the East African trade, the ways in which Hindu rulers were seen as divine kings, the use of religious tolerance in Vijayanagara, and the importance of rice in the trade networks of the Indian Ocean.  (Page 640-653)
  2. How did the power of the Mughal Empire begin to expand in the sixteenth century? How does the chapter describe everyday life and the rise of larger cities in the Mughal Empire? In your essay you wish to discuss the use of gunpowder weapons, the relative religious tolerance of Akbar the Great, the role of sati and polygamy in the Mughal Empire, and the rise of large urban centers such as Delhi in India.  (Pages 653-663).

Answer all

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Please pay close attention to highlighted areas!!!!

Answer all questions in read within essay!!!!!

Please cite your sources!!!!

One of the many responsibilities of the President involves issuing “executive orders.”

How is an executive order different than a law? What gives the President the power to issue such orders? What sorts of things can be done by executive order?

Go to the President’s website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

At the top, left corner, click on the three little lines, then “News,” then “Presidential Actions.”

Find an executive order issued in March 23, 2020, called “Executive Order on Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19.”

Write a 2 -5-page essay on this executive order, making sure you cover the following topics:

What is an executive order?

How is an executive order different from a law?

By what authority can the President issue this order? (Don’t just copy the “…by the authority vested the Constitution…” blurb. Explain.)

Explain the issue President Trump is attempting to address with this executive order, and what you think about it.

Do you agree or disagree with the order?

What is the order’s current status?

Submit in Word. Cite your sources.

Additional Resources

 (Links to an external site.)

Here are President Trump’s remarks about the executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-9/ (Links to an external site.)

The Hill posted this article: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/489125-trump-signs-executive-order-to-prevent-price-gouging-of-medical (Links to an external site.)

Mercury News: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/breaking-news/trump-signs-order-against-hoarding/news-story/318d014dc46edf0403e19fd5e4d463d6 (Links to an external site.)

DailyWire.com posted this article: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ag-barr-announces-crackdown-on-hoarding-price-gouging-critical-medical-supplies (Links to an external site.)

The National Constitution Center has a great primer about how executive orders work: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/executive-orders-101-what-are-they-and-how-do-presidents-use-them/ (Links to an external site.)

The Presidency Project at Cal Santa Barbara is a great source about the history of executive orders: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/orders.php

Privacy in Tech Age

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Topic:Privacy in the Tech age.

Essay should answer following questions:

 

  • What rights are provided by the 4th Amendment, and what role does privacy play?
  • How has technology changed the way we look at the right to privacy?  How has technology changed the way the police and government operate?
  • Explain each of the topics you researched and how privacy is potentially exploited by these advances.  (you will need to cover each of the above-mentioned and researched topics)
  • What, if anything, has been the government (federal and state) and the courts response to the topics stated above?
  • Over all, as the sales of smart home products, devices with advanced recognition software, etc. continue to climb, do you see a point of the federal government and more states stepping in for tighter regulations?  Do you see consumers buying less of these devices out of privacy concerns?
  • Before you researched this topic, what was your

Discussion: Treatment of Sleep/Wake Disorders

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Discussion: Treatment of Sleep/Wake Disorders

The power of sleep to heal the body cannot be underestimated. Most research indicates that 7–8 hours of sleep are a minimum that people need to stay healthy. Clients who come to the PMHNP’s office frequently complain of sleep problems. It is estimated that 10–20% of patients report some type of sleeping problem.

In this Discussion, you will analyze the diagnostic criteria and evidence-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for sleep/wake disorders.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze diagnostic criteria for sleep/wake disorders

· Analyze evidence-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for sleep/wake disorders

· Analyze criteria for referring clients to primary care physicians for treatment of sleep/wake disorders

· Compare differential diagnostic features of sleep/wake disorders

To prepare for this Discussion:

· Your Instructor will have assigned you a sleep/wake disorder, which will be the focus of your original post for this Discussion. Insomnia

· Review the Learning Resources.

By Day 3

Post:

· Explain the diagnostic criteria for your assigned Insomnia disorder.

· Explain the evidenced-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for Insomnia disorder.

· Describe at what point you would refer the client to their primary care physician for an additional referral to a neurologist, pulmonologist, or physician specializing in sleep disorders and explain why.

· Support your rationale with references to the Learning Resources or other academic resource

What are primary sources?

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Primary Source Analysis Assignment (15% of final grade)

Prepping to do the Assignment

OK, so what is a primary source? It can be defined as anything created by someone involved in an event, about the event. For example, it could be a diary or a picture. These are the raw bits of history and we use them to understand the people and events under study. Here are resources to help you prepare for this assignment:

What Are Primary Sources?

Finding Primary Sources

How to Cite Primary Sources

How do I Analyze Primary Sources?

National Archives: Primary Source Analysis Worksheets

  • The National Archives has created analysis worksheets to help you work with primary sources. Copies of these worksheets are provided as attachments in the Primary Source Analysis assignment and also in Course Resources (under Content)  The worksheets consist of a combination of checklists and short-answer questions that will help you focus on the most important elements of many different types of historical documents. You will need the worksheets to complete the Primary Source Analysis assignment,

Primary Source Analysis Instructions

Find two (2) primary sources (any type for which there is an analysis worksheet) on your chosen topic. There are a number of web sites such as those of the Library of Congress and the National Archives that contain digitized copies of primary sources that you may use. Please use copies of the primary source – not a transcription – you want to see it as it looked when created/used.

For each primary source you find, create a separate entry that includes all of the following information:

  • The type of primary source (e.g. written document, cartoon, photograph, and so on).
  • Complete the worksheet in detail.
  • Write a narrative analysis of the primary source, using the information you collected on the worksheet
  • Explain how the item pertains to your topic
  • Create a bibliographic entry (as you would include it in your bibliography) for the primary source – in Chicago Humanities style

 

Build the Coalition around a Solution

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What is a Coalition?  The term “coalition” is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons or organizations agree to work together temporarily in a partnership to achieve a common goal.

Assignment 

Our goal is to get a salary raise for teachers in the state of Florida.Create in MS Word/PDF a list of organizations, entities, businesses, and individuals that would be part of the group project’s coalition. For each one include the name, website if applicable, and why they would be part of the coalition. Must have a minimum of 9. Your coalition must include a unique name.

Step-by-Step Guide to Forging An Effective Alliance

  1. Define the Problem to Attract the Widest Possible Coalition
  2. Build the Coalition around a Solution
  3. Tailor the Coalition to the Decision Maker(Governor DeSantis)
  4. Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
  5. Draft for Talent and Need
  6. Turn Opponents into Allies
    1. Facts
    2. Common Ground
  7. Pick a Strong Champion to Celebrate Your Cause
  8. Have a Simple, Direct Message- and Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
  9. Be Vigilant in Keeping the Coalition Together
    1. Engagement, communication, small-wins, transparency, grow, challenges

Social contract

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In what way is the social contract an attempt to solve problems that Rousseau identifies in the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality? To what extent do you think this attempt is successful?

 

Summarize Booker’s stances on issues important to him: including race relations, crime, the crisis of mass incarceration, issues of economic justice, and environmental justice? Do you agree or disagree with these positions? (500-600 words)

ISSUE

Research and discuss the historical documents of the United States of America; federalist papers, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Limits, and Constitution. Include the following in your discussion.

1. Date(s) of Document: 2. Author(s) of Document: 3. What was the purpose, goal or intent?

Discuss federalism use examples found in the current news to support your discussion. Remember to use at least one source from the left and one source from the right.