Learning about West Asian civilization is akin to unearthing the root causes and unraveling the complexities of the issues that pervade that part of the world today. It is the same as getting up close and personal with the seemingly most controversial and sought after people in the realm of international relations at present. But more importantly, studying the prehistory and history of this region sheds light to the origins of both man and his great achievements.
In general, the report has two major contributions as far as my being a student and my being a follower of Christianity are concerned. On the one hand, it has increased my academic understanding of West Asia –its history and its civilization’s great achievements. It has always been in my interests to study West Asia not only because it’s difficult
On the other hand, aside from learning a great deal about Islam (thanks to the tape), the report, through the facts it presented, has strengthened my beliefs as a Christian in the same manner that it has enlightened me on concepts that are related to Christianity. As a follower of that religion, I always find myself eager to find evidences that there really is a Supernatural Being, which many people either refuse to accept or have difficulty in accepting, who was responsible for the creation of all that our senses perceive and even those that are non-empirical. Because of this, I consume a few minutes of my every day to explore the Bible, which I discovered to be the most difficult book to read and comprehend, with all its complexities. But the report has somehow bore a personal impact on my spiritual life because it gave evidences to the phenomena and even to the