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    AP World History Reading Guide Ch 20 The Muslim Empires 1) Which of the following was NOT one of the early modern Islamic empires? * Ottoman * Abbasid * Gujarat * Mughal * Safavid 2) How were the three Muslim early modern empires similar? 3) What were the differences between the various Muslim early modern empires? 4) Prior to the Mongol invasions of their empire‚ the Abbasid dynasty was dominated by what group? 5) The original base of the Ottoman Turks was where? 6) Following the Timurid invasions

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    AP World History Rachel Mahadeo Mini-Essay Due: February 2‚ 2012 King Afonso I was king of Kongo during the 1520s. Qianlong was emperor of China during the Qing dynasty‚ during the 1790s. In the kingdom of Kongo‚ there were many Portuguese merchants whom had established close political and diplomatic relations with the king. These relations brought much wealth and recognition to Kongo‚ but it also brought problems that led to its inevitable destruction. Portuguese merchants

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    Two worlds in the Little Prince -------Loneliness in human nature and contradiction in life Two worlds in the Little Prince -------Loneliness in human nature and contradiction in life [Abstract]: The essay divides the journey of the little prince into two worlds: adults’ world and children’s world. Then it analyzes the loneliness in human nature and the contradiction in life presented by the characters that the little prince meets. At last‚ the essay stresses the original

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    A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 1: “New World Beginnings” Summary: 225 million years ago‚ Earth was one supercontinent (Pangaea) and ocean. About 10 million years ago‚ the North America that we know today was formed (geographical shape). The first discoverers of North America were nomadic Asians who wandered over here by way of an exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Though they were hunters at first‚ by 5000 BC‚ they had become hunter-gatherers with a diet of

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    The movie Little Buddha follows the story of a boy named Jesse who lives in Seattle and is said to be the reincarnation of a dead monk named Lama Dorje. The monks bring Jesse and his father to Bhutan where him and two other children are to be determined if they are really the reincarnation of Lama Dorje. There is also a second story going on in the movie which shows how Siddhartha left his fathers kingdom and became Buddah. The movie follows many of the topics on Buddhism that we covered in class

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    EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture

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    into the capital. The different nationalities in the capital had each a head officer to represent their interests with the government‚ and to whom the stranger could appeal for counsel or help." —William Stearns Davis‚ ed.‚ Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources‚ 2 Vols. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon‚ 1912-13)‚ Vol. II: Rome and the West‚ pp. 365-367 Considering this excerpt written by the Arab geographer Yakut in the 13th century‚ what can we say about Islamic Baghdad

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    Flowers: How they changed the world by William C. Burger. In the book Williams explain clearly how plants work and their function. And by the end of the first chapter you will have a clear understanding of the basics if how a flower works. As you move on in the book you learn more on how plants defend them self‚ how the reproduce... He found all of this out trough fieldwork. In chapter five he talks about how plants spreaded around the world and how they help change the world. Pamela finds this

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    The book The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto was very interesting and gave me a different view on history. I felt the story that was told was very intriguing but it did get confusing at times. There were parts in the book where he would discuss an important person like Adriaen Van der Donck for example in one chapter then he would jump to a new person in the next chapter and then Van der Donck would be mentioned again two chapters later. This was hard to follow because he would

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    Brave New World Chapter 1 Summary (Notes) -Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. -The year is a.f. 632 (632 years “after Ford”). -Director of Hatcheries / Conditioning is giving students a tour of a factory that produces humans and conditions them for their roles in the world. -Explains that humans no longer produce living offspring. Instead‚ surgically removed ovaries produce ova that are fertilized in artificial receptacles and incubated in bottles. -The Hatchery destines each

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