World Civilizations

i, im a freshman in college and im currently working on a writing assignment for world civilizations, I need to write about the rules of st benedict, however, im having trouble translating some of... more

How was the founder and prophet of Islam, Muhammad, able to unify the peoples of Arabia, and set out on what would become a massive and rapid campaign of conquest in the 7th century?

In what ways and to what degree did early Islam tolerate other faiths?

How was the Umayyad expansion different from the earlier expansion of Islam?

 In what ways was the Shari'ah unline other legal codes?

How was the Peloponnesian war unlike anything previously experienced by the Greeks and what were the ultimate results of the war, and what factors help to explain these outcomes?

1. What singular focus made Spartan society radically different from that of any other Greek city-state? What specific factors account for Sparta’s development of this unique way of life? In what... more

How were Darius’s policies in the areas of law, administration, and commerce influenced by Mesopotamia?

Why were Persia and Greece frequently at war and why did the Persians eventually fall to the Greeks?

What made Zoroastrianism so distinct and how did it differ from Hinduism and Buddhism?

Why did Persia feel it necessary to invade Greece after putting down the Ionian Revolt?

What principles of governance were developed by Cyrus the Great and how did Darius’s principles of leadership differ from those of Cyrus?

What happens at the Mass Suicide of Masada? What did the men do to be able to “die with honor?”

What was Hellenization and what events led to the Maccabean revolt?

This is for my World Civilizations class and I am needing help knowing how to answer. "Read Ezra 1:1-8. Cyrus the Great allows the Jewish captives from the Babylonian captivity to go back to... more