QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS 1) Why did more standard historical explanations for the collapse
of the large river-basin societies precede the more recent
emphases on climate change?
2) Few scholars are willing to regard climate change as the
overwhelming factor in the collapse of these river-basin
societies. Why do you think that this is the case?
3) On the basis of your reading, do you think that the evidence
for climate change is convincing for all three societies? Which
ones are the more persuasive, which the less convincing?

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.

your answer will most likely be a.

islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. however, in the modern contexts of muslims minorities in non-muslim countries as well as secularised muslim states like turkey, indonesia and bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes.

compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other abrahamic faiths, islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. unlike catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and god",[1] have "process of ordination",[2] or "sacramental functions",[1] but instead serve as "exemplars, teachers, judges, and community leaders," providing religious rules to the pious on "even the most minor and private" matters.[1]