The most important city in the Islamic religion is Mecca. ... The city is still the most important city in Islam today. When Muslims pray each day they pray toward the city of Mecca. Also, each Muslim, if able, is required to make a pilgrimage (called the Hajj) to Mecca at least once in their life.
Would take away their slaves
<span>The Western tradition is indebted to Judeo-Christian formations
of the special dignity of human beings and the rights and responsibilities
which are theirs by virtue of that dignity. All human beings owe their lineage
to a set of common parents according to the Hebrew Bible. These parents, Adam
and Eve, were made in the image and likeness of their Creator (Gen. 1:27), and
thus all their progeny bear that image (i.e., the imago Dei). From these
beginnings we inherit the concept of human exceptionalism—the belief that human
beings are unique, possessors of inalienable rights, and ought to exercise
managerial stewardship over nature.</span>
In the 1890's, the main goal of those who supported United States imperialism was creating a market for trades and obtaining naval bases. During the period of the 1990's, the United States became a great industrial power. They needed to sell the goods manufactured in their factories. For this purpose they needed to find new market.
