Paragraph 1: Intro Context:The political characteristics of Islamic states change during the postclassical period 600
CE to 1450 CE

equal area projections

equal-area projection. a projection in which regions on the earth's surface that are of equal area are represented as equal.

fighting to keep abortions legal

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.