Middle East History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (379) essays
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Essay on the Mesopotamian civilization
... civilization they need to have a surplus of food in case of a bad famine. In case of a drought they have an irrigation system. It is made out of canals, gates, and artificial lakes. They grew barley, wheat, vegetables, and grapefruits. A stable food supply satisfied the needs of the ...
Comparison and contrast of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
... Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilizations have long been compared throughout history and were both some of the earliest civilizations in the world. Mesopotamia, also known as, 'the land between the rivers,' was named for the triangular area between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. This area ...
Cleopatra
... the Romans. It is an oxymoron to say that queen Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt, because she was not an Egyptian. She was a Macedonian Greek descended from Ptolemy the first, a Greek general of Alexander the Great. She was the only pharaoh in the 300-year Ptolemaic dynasty ...
Battle Analysis of Khorramshahr, Iran-Iraq War, 1980 Using Military Doctrine and my studies on the region I was to analyze any battle during the last 40 decades in the Middle East.
... of Blood Battle Analysis of Khorramshahr, Iran-Iraq War, 1980 Insight Ever since the General Shinseki was appointed as the Army's Chief of Staff, a huge debate has spawned as to 'light' versus 'heavy', which, in the more common ...
"Afghanistan" This essay is about the history of events that has happened in Afghanistan, and about the past to present leaders.
... the first group of fighters to drive out a Russian army since Peter the Great, tsar of Russia, began the southward expansion of His empire three hundred years earlier." Karmal oust and Najibbullah came in power until April 1992 Najibulla forced out and ...
Vietnam ."
... economy. "Vietnam: A Necessary War" is a fine essay by Michael Lind. He did a very good job discussing and explaining the need of America to be in Vietnam. After about twenty years after the war, United States has won the war although it lost the battle in ...
The Israeli Palestinian Conflict
... in Cairo on May 4, 1994, and applies to the Gaza Strip and to a defined area of about 65 square kilometers including Jericho and its environs. The Gaza-Jericho agreement addresses four main issues -- security arrangements, civil affairs, legal matters, and economic relations. The ...
Persian Wars
... the leader Miletus, one of the city-states, organized a revolt of all the rest of the city-states along the coast. Darius managed however, to subdue things in a five-year campaign. After this long sought victory, Darius became bent on revenge against Athens, one of the few states outside the area ...
Quick facts on Stonewall Jackson- Confederate General.
... in 1846. He served in the Mexican war in the artillery. He taught Philospy at the Virginia military institute. The Cadets coined his nicknames him "Tom Fool Jackson" and "Old Blue Light". Jackson was commissioned as a Colonel at beginning of the Civil War. In the first battle of Bull Run General ...
Israel-Arabs Conflict
... the world the rules and symbols of Islam; he was the prophet of Islam and a descendant of Ishmael. (Goldschmidt, 43) In 132 AD, when Israel was under Roman rule, the Jews revolted and fought for independence. In 135 AD, the Romans crushed the Jewish revolt and expelled nearly all of the Jews of ...