Why did islamists, or islamic fundamentalists, emerge in the 1970s? they wanted to move toward greater democracy. they wanted an increased role for women. they wanted all arab states to unify. they wanted to fight the influence of the west on the middle east.

isaac newton first proposed that earth was not perfectly round. instead, he suggested it was an oblate spheroid—a sphere that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.

the idea of the earth being a flat disc is also inconsistent with the fact that a given lunar eclipse is only visible from half of the earth at a time. the only shape that casts a round shadow no matter which direction it is pointed is a sphere, and the ancient greeks deduced that this must mean the earth is spherical.

they wanted the u.s. to fight on the side of the central powers.