Middle Ages
The Islamic conquests reached their peak in the mid-8th century. The defeat of Muslim forces at the Battle of Poitiers in 732 led to the reconquest of southern France by the Franks, but the main reason for the halt of Islamic growth in Europe was the overthrow of the Umayyad dynasty and its replacement by the Abbasid dynasty. The Abbasids moved their capital to Baghdad and were more concerned with the Middle East than Europe, losing control of sections of the Muslim lands. Umayyad descendants took over the Iberian Peninsula, the Aghlabids controlled North Africa, and the Tulunids became rulers of Egypt. By the middle of the 8th century, new trading patterns were emerging in the Mediterranean; trade between the Franks and the Arabs replaced the old Roman patterns of trade. Franks traded timber, furs, swords and slaves in return for silks and other fabrics, spices, and precious metals from the Arabs.
Hunter in the Dark
Hunter in the Dark is a young adult novel by Monica Hughes, first published in 1982 and has been the subject of school study. It is about a boy with leukemia who goes on a hunting expedition.
Mathai Joseph
Joseph studied for a BSc in physics at Wilson College (Mumbai, India, 1962) and an MSc in the same subject at the University of Mumbai in 1964. He later studied for a Postgraduate Diploma in electronics at the Welsh College of Advanced Technology (1965) and then undertook a PhD in computing at Churchill College, Cambridge under the supervision of David Wheeler (awarded 1968).
Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli, such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone". Because it is a complex, subjective phenomenon, defining pain has been a challenge. The International Association for the Study of Pain's widely used definition states: "Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." In medical diagnosis, pain is a symptom.
Scottish Parliament
Subject Committees are established at the beginning of each parliamentary session, and again the members on each committee reflect the balance of parties across Parliament. Typically each committee corresponds with one (or more) of the departments (or ministries) of the Scottish Government. The current Subject Committees in the fourth Session are: Economy, Energy and Tourism; Education and Culture; Health and Sport; Justice; Local Government and Regeneration; Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment; Welfare Reform; and Infrastructure and Capital Investment.
Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة 750 -- 1258 1261 -- 1517 (under the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo) Black Standard Abbasid Caliphate at its greatest extent, c. 850. Capital Kufa (750 -- 762) Baghdad (762 -- 796, 809 -- 836, 892 -- 1258) Raqqa (796 -- 809) Samarra (836 -- 892) Cairo (1261 -- 1517) Languages Arabic (central administration); various regional languages Religion Sunni Islam Government Caliphate Caliph 750 -- 754 As - Saffah (first) 1242 -- 1258 Al - Musta'sim (last Caliph in Baghdad) 1508 -- 1517 al - Mutawakkil III (last Caliph in Cairo) History Established 750 Disestablished 1517 Currency Dinar (gold coin) Dirham (silver coin) Fals (copper coin) Preceded by Succeeded by Umayyad Caliphate Ottoman Empire Fatimid Caliphate Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) Saffarid dynasty Ziyadid dynasty Aghlabids Mongol Empire
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University
The university was established in August 1982 by Act of the State Legislature. It was inaugurated by the President of India. The Founder & First Vice Chancellor of the University was Prof. G. Ram Reddy. The University was renamed as ``Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University ''on 24 October 1991 after the Architect of the Indian Constitution Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on the occasion of his birth centenary. The principal aim of the University is to provide an opportunity to those who are not in a position to avail themselves of the facilities for higher education through regular on - campus study at conventional colleges / universities. It adopts a flexible approach to eligibility, age of entry, choice of courses, method of learning, conduct of exams and operation of educational programmes. The Univ makes use of a variety of learning media including Radio, TV, film, audio cassette and the printed study material, besides arranging contact and counselling programmes and Sc 'Practicals' which makes for the traditional teacher - student interaction. The University functions through anetwork of 117 Study Centres located in the twin - cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and all the districts of the State. The Study Centres are located in selected colleges throughout the State from which they drawtheir counselling staff who are experienced members of their teachingstaff. The students receive guidance and counselling from the Counsellors at the Study Centres. The BSc students are expected to complete 30practicals in each subject at the Study Centre. Students Enrollment (1999 -- 2000) 63,046 (men 43,276, women 19,770).
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Ibn Qutaybah
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Jörg-Peter Ewert
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Allameh Helli High Schools
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Guru Nanak Academy, Ratia
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Shchusev Museum of Architecture
The Shchusev State Museum of Architecture is a national museum of Russian Architecture located in Moscow the capital of Russia and also a research centre to study and promote the architectural and urban heritage. The museum was founded in 1934 and is located on the Vozdvizhenka Street. The collections include more than 1 million items. The museum is named after famous Russian and Soviet architect Alexey Shchusev.
Félix Louis Leullier
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Sino-Tibetan relations during the Ming dynasty
Josef Kolmaš, a sinologist, Tibetologist, and Professor of Oriental Studies at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, writes that it was during the Qing dynasty "that developments took place on the basis of which Tibet came to be considered an organic part of China, both practically and theoretically subject to the Chinese central government." Yet he states that this was a radical change in regards to all previous eras of Sino-Tibetan relations.
History of mathematics
Babylonian mathematics refers to any mathematics of the peoples of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) from the days of the early Sumerians through the Hellenistic period almost to the dawn of Christianity. The majority of Babylonian mathematical work comes from two widely separated periods: The first few hundred years of the second millennium BC (Old Babylonian period), and the last few centuries of the first millennium BC (Seleucid period). It is named Babylonian mathematics due to the central role of Babylon as a place of study. Later under the Arab Empire, Mesopotamia, especially Baghdad, once again became an important center of study for Islamic mathematics.
Capitals of Brazil
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Ellen Eagle
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Marcel Griaule
Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine Dieterlen and Jean Rouch on African subjects.
Under the Arab Empire, what subject was studied in the city that was the capital of the Abbasid state?
What was the capital of the Abbasid state?
Baghdad
What subject was studied in #1 ?
Islamic mathematics