Guptas vs. Muryans The Guptas and Muryans were both ancient civilizations that were located in India. The Muryans lasted from around 323-185 BCE. The Guptas lasted from around 320 CE – 550 CE. Both the Gupta and the Muryan Empire united India but they different ways to do it. Asoka – one of the rulers of the Muryan Empire – used their main religion Buddhism to shape the laws of his empire. The Guptas used the caste system. The caste system was not just used to shape the laws it was part of
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Anne Kellerman Mr. Barrios World History AP- 6hr March 28‚ 2013 As the saying goes‚ History repeats itself‚ which is true about the course of Christianity from 100 CE to 1750 CE. The constant splitting of the Eastern and Western Christian churches‚ the expanding of the Christian church‚ and the fight against Islam are all constants throughout the history of the Christian faith. However the Western Christian Church further splits into both Protestant and Catholic beliefs‚ conversions of the Christian
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This is true because in document nine‚ Japan converting to mainly Buddhism is considered to be the turning point of the country’s history. Buddhism played three dominant roles in Japan when it arrived. Firstly religious-wise‚ it provided the country with an all new belief system and upbeat attitudes. Secondly as a religious establishment‚ it carried Chinese civilization to Japan which
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and democracies in Europe and other parts of the World by changing old traditions and expanding the arena of human rights. I choose Industrial Revolution and French Revolution for this question because both of them are significant milestones in the history in a earlier period comparing to other revolutions. And one is relating to the revolution of science and technology while the other is relating to the revolution of society and
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Zinn Questions – A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn Chapter 1 – Columbus‚ the Indians and Human Purpose 1. According to Zinn‚ what is the main purpose for writing A Peoples History of the United States? * Zinns purpose for writing this book is because he wants to tell the various point of views of the common people. 2. What is Zinns thesis for pages 1-11? * Zinns thesis for the first eleven pages is to tell/ describe events the way they happened. He starts with
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contact with such varied groups as the Goths‚ Vandals‚ Ostrogoths‚ Visigoths‚ and Huns. Document 1 Source: Philostorgius‚ a Roman citizen and bishop in the early Christian Church. Excerpt from his work‚ Church History‚ written in the 400s CE. Now the devout band of Christian prisoners [from the Roman Empire]‚ living as they did among the barbarian Goths‚ converted many of them to the way of piety and persuaded them to adopt the Christian faith instead of pagan
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Introduction Ten of the most influential people in all of European history have been nominated to win the award for most influential person in all of European History. Over a scheduled television broadcast‚ each one of the ten individuals will give a brief speech of their accomplishments and how their presence forever influenced European history. Once all have spoken it is up to the audience who was truly the most influential person. In order to ensure that the broadcast is child friendly‚ written
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industrialization‚ journalists‚ and outsiders. Supporters of the industrialization of Manchester were typically British politicians or businessmen‚ impressed by the progress and production of Manchester. One of these was Englishman W.H. Thomson‚ writer of History of Manchester to 1852. Thomson provides a map that shows the growth of Manchester over a period of one hundred years in which in transformed from a small town into a robust industrial city with railroads and canals. This map shows how industrialization
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Bangladesh Floods 1998 [pic] ----------------------- Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges‚ Brahmaputra‚ Meghna River‚ this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta‚ and this is increasing. Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical
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open up the possibility for growth rather than simply just cause for fighting. The conflict between the Jews and Arabs is a prominent representation of this concept because of their past prejudices; Jews and Arabs have had very conflicting views in history and thus there was lots of confrontation. In another example‚ the genocide in Kosovo was a result of Serbians disliking the Muslim religion and resulted in a mass “ethnic cleansing” in their attempts to separate from the different culture. With a
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