Ap World History Chapter 1 Summary
STUDY GUIDE: AP WORLD SEMESTER 1
52 points- 2 points apiece for summarizing each of the following: (Complete sentences NOT required.)
1. Definition of Civilization
Some scholars prefer to define civilizations only as societies with enough economic surpluses to create division of labor and a social hierarchy. The chief difference between civilizations and other societies involves the emergence of formal political organizations, or states. Another trait that makes a society a civilization is when the society can produce political units capable of ruling large regions. More traits are when a merchant and manufacturing class is present, and when almost all societies have sedentary agriculture and food surplus.
2. Geographic Determinism 2. Animal Domestication (Diamond’s Thesis)
3. Persian and Peloponnesian Wars
4. Greek Golden Age of Philosophy, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Era
5. Umayyad, Abassid Dynasties, House of Wisdom, The Ulama
6. Abbasid view of slavery
7. The Abbasid view of slavery was a good one. There were many slaves employed byduring the Abbasid dynasty. The wealthy elite employed many male and female slaves.Female slaves were often made into concubines, and the males into eunuchs. Most slavescame from non-Muslim regions such …show more content…
The Ming, described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history",[5] was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese. The Ming dynasty began a strong trading empire for a short time. The Ming rulersreestablished influence over surrounding states and won tribute from Korea, Vietnam, andTibet. They also began huge, state-sponsored trading expeditions to southern Asia and beyond. The leader of these expeditions was a eunuch named Zhenghe. Zhenghe was aMuslim from western China. China
52 points- 2 points apiece for summarizing each of the following: (Complete sentences NOT required.)
1. Definition of Civilization
Some scholars prefer to define civilizations only as societies with enough economic surpluses to create division of labor and a social hierarchy. The chief difference between civilizations and other societies involves the emergence of formal political organizations, or states. Another trait that makes a society a civilization is when the society can produce political units capable of ruling large regions. More traits are when a merchant and manufacturing class is present, and when almost all societies have sedentary agriculture and food surplus.
2. Geographic Determinism 2. Animal Domestication (Diamond’s Thesis)
3. Persian and Peloponnesian Wars
4. Greek Golden Age of Philosophy, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Era
5. Umayyad, Abassid Dynasties, House of Wisdom, The Ulama
6. Abbasid view of slavery
7. The Abbasid view of slavery was a good one. There were many slaves employed byduring the Abbasid dynasty. The wealthy elite employed many male and female slaves.Female slaves were often made into concubines, and the males into eunuchs. Most slavescame from non-Muslim regions such …show more content…
The Ming, described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history",[5] was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese. The Ming dynasty began a strong trading empire for a short time. The Ming rulersreestablished influence over surrounding states and won tribute from Korea, Vietnam, andTibet. They also began huge, state-sponsored trading expeditions to southern Asia and beyond. The leader of these expeditions was a eunuch named Zhenghe. Zhenghe was aMuslim from western China. China