... that time period were on the trade routes and were important in keeping trades going. Italian merchant Marco Polo's (Doc #5) picture of another prosperous city on the trade route, Tabriz, focuses more on the trading activities happening in the city, and from his ... of "Muslim Trade Routes" (Doc #4) that trades among Muslim cities were so active then that a massive trading network was found in the Muslim society. Also, the conversation between Abd al-Rahman and Al-Jahiz (Doc #7) shows that although Muslim cities all played crucial roles in the trading network, every city was distinct ...

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... of the same year leaving 525 deaths accounting 440 of them to the US. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as the US Government called the major conflict campaign in Iraq, comprehended of only 42 days, generating the death of one hundred thirty nine US soldiers. Even though OIF officially ended on May 1st, the military operations ... in this Middle Eastern country are still being held in order to keep peace to ensure the reconstruction of an Iraq shattered by decades of war and embargo while Saddam Hussein's Regime was still on the power. By ... . For this reason, if none actions were taken ag...

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