May 4‚ 2012 COMPARE AND CONTRAST MONGOLS AND BYZANTINE EMPIRE The Mongols and Byzantium were similar and different in terms of state forms (both had provinces or khanates‚ but only Byzantium had a theocracy)‚ cultural exchange (trade flourished in both countries‚ but the ways in which cultural diffusion occurred differed)‚ and the effect each empire had on neighboring countries after they declined (they both heavily impacted the surrounding countries but how they declined differed)‚ and
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Name: Patrick Smith Period: 6th Date: 1/ 29/ 13 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY ESSAY PACKET UNDERSTANDING WORDS This essay asks students to access how larger global issues and themes such as gender‚ trade‚ technology‚ and environment have changed and remained the same. If any one essay will give students difficulties‚ it is likely that this essay will. Students will not only have to identify areas of change‚ but also areas of continuity across
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CE and 1750 CE. Beginning- Muslim Spain Middle- The Crusades End- Ottoman Empire The Muslims build libraries and universities. Cities‚ such as Córdoba‚ become cultural centers. In fact‚ it was one of the richest and most sophisticated cities in Europe at the time. The Muslims introduce new crops and new agricultural technology. The Muslims share their architectural and poetic styles. Isabella and Ferdinand reconquer (reconquista) Spain from the Muslims. In 1492‚ Grenada
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The period of 1492-1750 opened up new worlds and old worlds to a world of growing interdependence and connectivity. This era was home to the discovery and subsequent European colonization of the Americas and the African slave trade (the diaspora) both being remarkable and profound events in world history. The interactions focused on three regions: Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. The communication expanded the economies of all three regions while damaging social structures of Africa and
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Strayer AP Practice Essay Prompts Chapter 1 and 2 1. Analyze the continuities and changes that resulted from the spread of agriculture beginning around 10‚000 years ago to 5000 years ago. 2. Compare the interaction between humans and the environment between two of the following types of societies between 3000 B.C.E. a. Hunter-gather b. Agricultural c. Pastoral Chapter 3 1. Analyze the continuities and changes in social and economic life that emerged as a result of the formation of city-states
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AP European History Spring Final Study Guide Table of Contents: Timeline Semester 1 (1300-1850) Timeline Semester 2 (1750-2010) Unit 1: Middle Ages & the Renaissance (Ch. 12-13) Unit 2: The Reformation (Ch. 14) Unit 3: Religious War & the Age of exploration (Ch. 14-15) Unit 4: Absolutism & Constitutionalism in Western Europe (Ch. 16) Unit 5: Age of Absolutism in Eastern Europe (Ch. 17) Unit 6: Expansion & Daily Life (Ch. 19-20) Unit 7: Scientific Revolution
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Spain and Portugal led the European Age of Discovery‚ an era lasting from roughly 1450-1750‚ in technological advances‚ exploration‚ and colonization. Both countries had been incorporated into the Islamic world during much of the Middle Ages and emerged as newly reformulated kingdoms in the period leading into the Age of Discovery. Each sought to push forth from their geographic boundaries and‚ in so doing‚ enrich their kingdoms through exploration and trade. Portugal emerged as a nation in 1128
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America. When American arrived from Bering land bridge between 15‚000 years before‚ they also brought diseases to west. By 1492‚ some of the disease were emerged like smallpox‚ cough and influenza in Americas. Many People were affected by epidemic in areas of Mexico and Peru by which about millions of people lost their lives. Most of the American population lost their lives‚ between 1492 and 1650‚ 90% of Americans had died due to various diseases and this was the biggest loss in human history. Decline in
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reserve the right to amend these study guides when necessary. Please contact me with any questions. --Professor Hagy The Pre-Columbian World 1492 & Beyond: Conquest Chronology 1300s: rise of the Aztec 1469: Isabela & Ferdinand marry‚ creating a united Spain 1481: Portuguese build Elmina slave castle on Africa’s Gold Coast 1492: Columbus discovers the Americas 1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas 1497: John Cabot’s voyage 1521: Cortes conquers the Aztec 1533: Pizarro conquers
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Mongols sack Baghdad 1271-1295 - Marco Polo travels 1324 - Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage 1325-1349 - travels of Ibn Battuta 1347-1348 - Bubonic plague in Europe 1433 - end of Zheng He’s voyages/Rise of Ottomans 1450-1750 1453 - Ottomans capture Constantinople 1488 - Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope 1492 - Columbus sailed the ocean blue/ Reconquista of Spain 1502 - Slaves to Americas 1517 - Martin Luther/95 theses 1521- Cortez conquered the Aztecs 1533- Pizarro toppled the Inca 1571 - Battle of Lepanto‚ (naval
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