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Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar , also known as Shahanshah Akbar-e-Azam (14 October 1542  – 27 October 1605), was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Emperor Humayun, and the grandson of the Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of…

Patrick Henry was an American patriot who strongly believed in the rights of the colonies to govern themselves. He was elected to the House of Burgesses, the lawmaking body of Virginia, in 1765 where he became a spokesman for the colony’s independence from England. Along with 119 other delegates, he was in attendance at the…

A Book Review of  R.B.Y Scott’s Relevance of the Prophets I.                   Introduction Dr. Robert Scott’s Relevance of the Prophets written in 1944 is a work scholarly exploring the tradition and literature of the biblical prophets. It is an ardent and critical study of who and what prophets really are. He asks the question what makes…

Short Biography: Born in Mecca where his forefathers had settled during the 1857 Revolt, Abul Kalam Azad came with his parents to India in 1898. Settled in Calcutta, he began participating in the freedom struggle by associating himself with the revolution¬aries during the swadeshi uprising. Through Al Hilal and Al Balagh, weeklies which he began…

In the post classical era, the big picture that is being projected is that nomadic kingdoms were at its highest apex alike the Mongols. The Mongols lived on the high steppe lands of eastern central Asia, they also conquered most of all Eurasia, as seen on document 8, were it shows the expansion of this vast empire, making trade…

This paper examines the life of Mary Magdalene and her steadfast devotion to Jesus until the end. It also considers the importance of emulating her as an example. Born in Magdala, a city named after its watchtower, Mary was given the surname Magdalene as an identifier, according to The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible….

In the present society everything is dependent on religion. Both The Handmaid’s Story, which was composed somewhere in the range of 1980 and 1986, and Persepolis, which was additionally composed somewhere in the range of 2000 and 2002, enables the peruser to find out about a general public dependent on religion. The two written works…

How is the term myth commonly used? For instance, what does the expression “It’s a myth” signify? Conversely, how is the term myth employed in an academic setting? After deliberating on the definition found in your course materials and textbooks, compose your own interpretation. The popular usage of the word myth, such as the phrase…

The main character Dante has felt he has strayed from his life’s path and is having what we call today a “mid-life crisis”. Set around spring time. He stumbles into some Dark Woods and Dante is confused how he got here. He ended up at the bottom of the hill and is looking up to…

In order to boom a tree must hold strong roots. They are indispensable in the growing of the tree and without them it will finally shrivel off. The same can be said about a individual and his roots. Not cognizing who you are or where you come from can do things really tough. It can…