the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca, through the experience of present-day American Muslims and learn about the origins of Islam in its birthplace of Medina in this media gallery from Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler. According to Muslim tradition, all of the world’s able-bodied believers must make the Hajj at least once in their lives. They strip themselves of worldly possessions and ask God’s forgiveness for their human failings. Pilgrims enter a sacred state of spiritual purity and wear plain garments. Then, inside the city’s Great Mosque, they walk in a circle seven times around the Ka’bah shrine.
If you're referring to the Great Depression, after the stock market crash, many banks lost money and closed. If you're referring to the recent recession, they lost money and became government-run.
Germany entered neutral Belgium on August 4, 1914, Britain then gave an ultimatum to Germany to leave the country. That was refused, and the UK declared <span>war later that same day.</span>
The Mongols were a nomadic tribe to the north of China. They shared the mountainous areas between China and Siberia with many other such tribes, many of them Turkic.
The <span>common purpose of the three amendments added to the u.s constitution between 1865 and 1870 was to grant basic civil rights to African Americans after the Civil War. These were also known as the "Reconstruction Amendments". </span>
