History - October 2007

There were only seven wonders of the world in the text book in Malaysia and Singapore then, no such thing as ancient wonders nor nature wonders. I remembered that Niagara Falls, Taj Mahal, The Great Walls, Angkowat, The Pyramid were among them, but just could not remember which were the other two. Please do not give me the new versions of world wonders, they were not what I wanted to know. Thank you for your help in advance.

2007-10-06 06:48:18 · 3 answers · asked by Want To Know 1

2007-10-06 06:45:50 · 10 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7

2007-10-06 06:42:10 · 5 answers · asked by gabriella.first 2

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2007-10-06 06:17:20 · 2 answers · asked by Nabin R 2

2007-10-06 06:04:15 · 2 answers · asked by perikles 1

can anyone help me find out what indentured servants wanted in Maryland in the year 1730? Please help. Thanks! ^_^

2007-10-06 06:00:52 · 3 answers · asked by hulastar99 2

If you can find a site with the date of birth and death and what war they fought in that would be awesome!

2007-10-06 05:59:16 · 2 answers · asked by sai s 1

2007-10-06 05:53:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How did britian make countries part of the British Empire? Was it by force (wars) or people wanting to join?

How was it done? What made britain want certain countries? (This is for homework).

Also please explain it simple as I'm only 13

2007-10-06 05:35:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Cann someonee find me a map of Burgundiann Invasionnnnn???

Are the Anglo-Saxons and Angle Saxons the same thing?

2007-10-06 05:35:45 · 2 answers · asked by the fresh. 4

Which of the following factors contributed significantly to the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown in 1781?

A.Arrival of Admiral Rochambeau's fleet in Chesapeake Bay

B.Americans' capture and hanging of the traitor Benedict Arnold, who had been leading British troops in harassing Washington's army

C.Washington's audacious strategy of feigning an attack on British-occupied New York City while secretly dispatching a French army from Rhode Island to Virginia


I got this question wrong on my quiz and was wondering the correct answer

2007-10-06 03:45:16 · 3 answers · asked by confused 1

2007-10-06 01:26:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

people i hear, say that the past doesn't matter. it's a waste of time thinking abt the past, because the past is the past.. then can i know, why do we have an entire subject called "History" which teachers us ABOUT the past??

doesn make sense to me..

2007-10-05 23:06:35 · 35 answers · asked by Hema 3

2007-10-05 22:42:45 · 8 answers · asked by brad 1

2007-10-05 22:15:54 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-10-05 20:11:32 · 2 answers · asked by Ray Joseph S 1

2007-10-05 19:18:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i live in round rock texas,, and where was filmed the beggining??

2007-10-05 19:02:23 · 1 answers · asked by 2late2be 3

2007-10-05 18:58:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-05 18:44:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-05 18:10:10 · 22 answers · asked by Hector H 2

I've read :
Annie frank, Doctors from hell, hitlers ovens, twins of mengele, night, eye witness awschwitzs, the reawakening, three years in the gas chamber.

So basically im really into reading stuff about the holocaust and i was wondering if anybody else has any suggestions for other ones. I really like the descriptive ones. I'd also like to find some books with pictures. So if anybody has any suggestions plese do so. By the way, the ones i've read are really good books.

2007-10-05 16:25:43 · 6 answers · asked by SUGEY 3

can someone please explain the bolshevik revolution in simple terms for me? thanks.

2007-10-05 15:59:37 · 7 answers · asked by secret 2

What would be the outcome?
Most likely no WW2.
The soviet union still would have tried to take Finland and Poland.
Would Germany and Austria-Hungary have attacked the soviet union to protect poland.
Would finland and Great Britain help germany by attacking with them?

2007-10-05 15:36:11 · 8 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3

http://islambyquestions.net/crossroads/crossroads.htm

It is a striking fact of history that within three centuries, after Prophet Muhammad started preaching Islam in Mecca, Islam spread over the area of three continents; Asia, Africa and Europe. There are many reasons why people have been, from past to the present embracing Islam. Muhammad Asad, a Jewish convert to Islam, says:

“Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other, nothing lacking, with the result of an absolute balance and solid composure. Everything in the teaching and postulates of Islam is in its proper place.” (Islam at the Crossroads, p.5)

In the race for the propagation of religion, Islam has always won over Christianity, in spite of the latter’s sophisticated and well-organized missionary activities. This has been the case in the course of fourteen centuries. As a result, most of the Christian missionaries started depicting Islam as a regressive, vulgar religion of savage people which was spread by the sword.

Yet, an unbiased Western Christian writer has written:

“…We may feel certain that if Western Christians, instead of the Saracens and the Turks, had won the dominion over Asia, there would be today not a trace left of the Greek Church, and that they would never have tolerated Muhammadanism as the 'infidels' have tolerated Christianity there. We (Christians) enjoy the fine advantage of being far better versed than others in the art of killing, bombarding and exterminating the Human Race." (Bayle P., Dictionary, 'the article Mahomed', 1850)

Among the reasons for the rapid and peaceful spread of Islam was the simplicity of its doctrine. Islam calls for believing in only One God, worthy of worship. It also repeatedly instructs man to use his powers of intelligence and observation. Within a few years after the dawn of Islam, great civilizations and universities were flourishing under its influence, for according to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), “seeking knowledge is an obligation for every Muslim man and woman”.

The zeal for understanding God’s creative power, as realized in the universe, led the followers of this religion to new ideas, new realms of knowledge and great advances in medicine, mathematics, physics, astronomy, geography, architecture, art, literature, and history.

We find that the spread of Islam was not limited to its miraculous early expansion outside of Arabia. During later centuries, the Turks embraced Islam peacefully, as did a large number of the people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the people of Malaysia and Indonesia.

In Africa too, Islam spread during the past two centuries, while under the mighty power of European colonial rulers. Today Islam continues to grow, not only in Africa, but also in Europe and the Americas as well. Islam is the fastest growing religion now, with a following of about one and a half billion people.

Mr. Lamaan Ball, editor of Ask About Islam, adds:

Although in the early years of the expansion of the Islamic state much land came under the rule of the Muslims, conversion to Islam of its inhabitants took several generations. This is because conversion by force is explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an:

Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And God heareth and knoweth all things.

Surah 2 Verse 256

In more recent times such as in the case of Indonesia, conversions to Islam happened in the absence of an Islamic state and where the rulers were Dutch Christians. Commentators and historians have to acknowledge the fact of Islam's peaceful spead even if they dislike it. A classic example of such a grudging acknowledgment is in the book "The Legacy of Islam" edited by Joseph Schacht with C.E. Bosworth (1974) p145:

"... the general picture of the spread of Islam so far as we know it. This is often said to resemble an oil stain: gradual yet effective. Many, too, have praised its peaceful nature. Again so far as we know, the acceptance of Islamic doctrine has been a gradual process, partly thanks to the practice of conversion prior to indoctrination"

The false allegations that Islam was spread by the sword is just part of unfounded propaganda. To which the best reply is perhaps the Qur'an itself. In particular this verse comes to mind:
Their intention is to extinguish God's Light (by blowing) with their mouths: But God will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it).

Surah 61 Verse 8

2007-10-05 15:02:54 · 6 answers · asked by muslim-doctor 3

A)It was the first formal theory of agriculture.
B)It was the first written set of laws.
C)It was the first constitution granting people the right to vote.
D)It was the first method of encoding communications during war.

2007-10-05 13:11:41 · 3 answers · asked by sharae1606 1

in 1876 against the Cheyenne and Lacota?

2007-10-05 13:10:49 · 4 answers · asked by Vic 1

I was just wondering how this could have changed the course of history if the colonists had been defeated in 1776, and America gained it's independence from Britain through legal means similar to Australia, rather than an illegal armed insurrection and ensuing guerilla style warfare they employed.

2007-10-05 12:55:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anyone tell me the names of some good books about Germany and Russia during or leading up to WW II? I've read about the Western Front, but not that much about the Eastern Front. I would like to read about battles and stratigies, but anything would be helpful.

2007-10-05 12:49:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-05 12:29:20 · 5 answers · asked by hello 1