Hideyoshi dreamed of ruling Korea‚ China‚ and even India with his power base in Japan. His attacks on Korea eventually stalled and he died before he could fulfill his dreams. but his actions sparked the unification of Japan‚ for the first time in history‚ a step that would be crucial in the country’s rise to world power 3 centuries later. Political unification encouraged economic growth‚ partly because it put an end to much of the fighting that had consumed Japan during the preceding years. At the
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Chapter 5 Outline I. Opening Vignette A. In 2004‚ China celebrated the 2‚555th birthday of Confucius‚ despite Communism. 1. Buddhism and Christianity also growing rapidly in China 2. part of enduring legacy of the classical world B. In the period around 500 b.c.e.‚ there was a great emergence of durable cultural traditions that have shaped the world ever since. 1. China: Kong Fuzi (Confucius) and Laozi 2. India: Upanishads defined Hinduism a. Siddhartha Gautama
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while lords and nobles benefited the most from feudalism. 8. The Church was the only place of knowledge at a time in the Dark Ages in which education was rare. It was a religious learning center that allowed people to become scholars and preserve history and philosophy‚ one of the only places in which someone could rise in social status. Christian religion and church was also a link to God. The seven sacraments provided codes to live by and it brought people together under common beliefs. The church
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The Green Revolution had a positive‚ negative‚ or possibly both consequences on the way human beings have evolutionized through out the years. Each of these documents specifically proves that whether good or bad the different societies have been able to incorporate a little from what the Green Revolution has left them into their daily lives. The Green Revolution on one-side has ignited the revolution for new ideas and traditions. On the other side the Green Revolution has become a form of destructing
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p us history master terms Unit I Terms Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army‚ with Bacon as its leader‚ which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness. John Winthrop-He
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Comparative Essay- William Wilson 10.18.14 What are the differences‚ similarities between the Paleolithic and Neolithic human eras? In this essay we will unfold how each group survived‚ lived‚ created‚ traveled and died. The Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age‚ is a period of prehistory from about 2.6 million years ago to around 10‚000 years ago. The Neolithic Era or New Stone Age began around 10‚000 BC and ended between 4500 and 2000 BC in numerous parts of the world. In the Paleolithic
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Chapter 11 Notes The English Reformation to 1553 England had a reputation for maintaining the power of the king over the pope. Edward I rejected efforts of the pope to not tax the clergy. Parliament passed the Statutes of Province and the Praemunire in the mid-14th century to lessen payments to Rome. Lollardy‚ humanism and anticlerical feelings paved the road for Protestant ideas in the early 16th century. Preconditions of Reform William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English in 1524-1525
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Which of the following is true of the peoples of Australia in the fifteenth century? They exchanged goods among themselves over long distances.. The agricultural civilizations of West Africa were characterized by what kind(s) of government(s)? A mixture of stateless societies‚ city states‚ and more highly centralized kingdoms. Which of the following was a West African pastoral society? The Fulbe Why did the Ming government suddenly stop the exploration of the Indian Ocean basin?Emperor Yongle’s
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SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS PAGES 351-361 MORAL REFORM‚ ASYLUMS & PRISONS Social evil --- alcohol; prostitution ( common in port cities) Evangelical reformers approach o Rescue prostitutes o Offered salvation of religion‚ prayer & temporary shelter Poor rate of success Offered women domestic work which was low paying/restrictive Campaigns against prostitution organized by women o Continued throughout the 19th century Earliest‚ most effective anti-prostitution movement o Female
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Continuities and breaks 1. Most tumultuous eras in world history a. “age of extremes” 1. Tons of democracies vs. extremist dictatorships 2. Unprecedented prosperity vs. total poverty – income gap widens b. 1914 clearest demarcation line 1. After war‚ nations fight everywhere for power and territory 2. Empires weakened‚ monarchies toppled‚ new nations rose 3. Last 100 years‚ most dramatic/tragic in recorded history 2. World Wars a. WWI 1. Destroyed several
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