... that's not the reason I chose to write about this word. I chose assassin because it had an unusual history and I like the way it sounds. I was trying to think of a word to write about so I went to a web-site that was devoted to origins of words. On this page was a list of words and ... one of the words was assassin. I clicked on the word and its history intrigued me. Webster's Dictionary defines assassin as a ... words, an assassin is a person who kills somebody because they are obsessed with them or somebody hired them to kill. The history of this word comes from the Arabic word hash,...

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... the world. This paper is about the influence the Muslims, or "Moors" as they were called, had on the widely known style of Spanish music called flamenco. The word "flamenco" has and uncertain origin or definition. It was stated that it is possible that it is derived from the term meaning "flame". The music and ... . Under Muslim rule, Spain became the most advanced, wealthy, and populous country in Europe, with great leaps forward in art, architecture, and many other fields. Because of its lower-class origins, it is hard to say if it really was influenced by the Muslims. It had fallen ou...

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... 45). The new Christians also had the support of Pope Nicholas, who, in the Humani Generis Enemicus, denounced the idea of excluding Christians from office simply because of their blood origins (Kamen 34). Normal, friendly social relations between Conversos and Jews could still be found at all levels, but there were also ominous signs of tension. "I repent having become a Christian," (qtd ... economic problems and natural disasters in the fourteenth century provoked a rise in intolerance, especially anti-Semitism. Common people became jealous of the prosperous Conversos and renamed them ...

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