A is for apple, B is for Bull.

There reaches a point when too much really IS too much.  Like, 4 midterms in one weekend for example.  Yep, that's right.  Four.  Quatro.  Count them on your fingers... if you've lost one of your fingers, anyway.  I took my first one today (well, technically yesterday since it's now Sunday), and I'm taking two more tomorrow and the last one on Tuesday.

Not only do I have to take four, but they're all essay based history exams that involve memorizing things to identify, and then applying them into the bigger picture.  I finished with US history from 1815-1830, and spent a good sized chunk of tonight preparing for Middle East and Islam from Muhammad to the Crusades.  Then I have Isaiah.  Then I have Ancient Near East.  I'm studying for all of these, and the facts are starting to blur together.

I think I've got them straightened out, though.

Near as I can tell, Isaiah, who was the Seal of the Prophets, fiercely advocated Indian Removal from the city of Ugarit near the Mediterranean Sea.  This happened because the Abbasid Caliphate, in response to Suppiluliuma I's siege of Jerusalem, determined that the only way to prevent Western intervention in the Byzantine Empire was to instigate internal improvements and a transportation revolution, but the Indians were occupying the land they wished to improve.  The Indians were also inciting rebellion amongst the slaves, who were Mamluk Turks, in hopes of inspiring the Hittites to intervene in the affairs of Mittani, where the Caliphate was located.
Isaiah warned that if they didn't remove the Indians to the Western world (west of the Mississippi River, in fact), the people would turn to idolatry, and be subjected to destruction and rule by a foreign nation, and then be sifted as chaff.
Upon hearing this warning, Andrew Jackson determined he would be the hero to remove the Indians from Ugarit, and invaded their fort, deporting their governor to Cuba.  These actions were a blatant violation of the orders given to him by Al-Ghazli, the pharaoh in Egypt, and created an international incident between the "Great Powers Club," which consisted of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and the United States of America.
Because of this incident, the United States sent their top diplomat, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, to deal with the situation.  He succeeded in getting the Umayyad Dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula to cede not only Ugarit, but all of Anatolia as well to the United States in the Adams-Onis treaty, with the understanding the the United States would not try to interfere with the actions of the Umayyads in Constantinople.
However, the United States violated this treaty during the Fourth Crusade, in which they sent Richard the Lionheart to Egypt, but he was diverted by lack of finances, and sacked Constantinople instead.
Both Isaiah and Pope Urban II condemned Richard's actions, and criticized James Madison for allowing this to happen.  Madison insisted Richard had acted of his own accord, and did so in direct violation of orders, much as Jackson had done.

There.  Pretty sure that covers it.  I'll get an A for sure!