... belonged to the Sultan, shows that Muslim cities at 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 perspective, commerce and manufactures made the merchants who probably ... Muslim cities in the Post-Classical Age were to provide the Caliph the safety, loyalty and most importantly, political power he required. But although Al-Tabiri was one of the most important sources of ...

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... as a training camp for terrorists that threaten the free world we live in with their extreme fundamentalist ideals, endangering our freedom of speech, privacy, will and to express ourselves. After September 11th terrorist attacks, the US government can not deny the vulnerability it has against terrorist ... had been liberated, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York might have never happened. Based on the preceding event, the possibility of another terrorist attack on US soil or US interests abroad would be higher if drastic means have not taken place. For this reason, if none ...

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