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    A History of the World in 6 Glasses 1) The way Tom Standage described beer in “A History of the World in 6 Glasses”; I would believe that beer had a big influence in the transition of hunting and gathering to agricultural based societies. At the time of early Egypt and Mesopotamia beer was a necessity. Everyone used to drink it. It was also used for religious purposes and Standage also described it as edible money. So I believe nomads had to finally settle to farm and supply people with the beer

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    Chapter 12 1. A) Justinian I was an emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He reformed the roman laws by rearranging them and putting them in order. The revised law code called Justinian’s Code. B) Theodora influenced the nika revolt because she stood strong and convinced her king to do the same. C) Justinian could have made his achievements by being more conscious of how much land his government could support when he was taking over the land to the west. 2. A) A mosaic is a piece of art comprised

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    Due to immense interest in evolution‚ the brain‚ and sex‚ Biologist David Bainbridge wrote Teenagers: A Natural History to discuss the uniquely human concept of adolescence. His book is divided into sections‚ beginning with the context of human development over the ages and how it compares to that of similar species. Bainbridge then moves into the main topic of his book‚ which resides in the topics of biological development in teenagers‚ mental differences in the sexes‚ and comparisons of adolescences

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    CHAPTER 15 The Latin West‚ 1200–1500 The period from 1200 to 1500 is better known as Europe’s [A] later Middle Ages. [B] Last Age. [C] Golden Age. [D] Renaissance. [E] Age of Reason. Western Europeans of the later Middle Ages referred to themselves as [A] Europeans. [B] Westerners. [C] “Old Worlders.” [D] Franks. [E] Latins. In the Latin West during the later Middle Ages approximately [A] nine out of ten people were rural. [B] five out of ten people were rural

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    Chapter 3 : Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations Explain the connections between climate‚ agriculture‚ and the Nile River in the development of Egypt and Nubia. Egypt referred to not the territory embraced by the modern state of Egypt‚ but to the ribbon of land bordering the lower third of the Nile between the Mediterranean and the river’s first cataract near Aswan. Cataracts are an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls. The Sahara became increasingly arid‚ cultivators flocked

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    have with people at my table and in my clubs in person still feel the same as before. A major change that happened during the last five years to me is the divergence of gaming‚ television‚ literature‚ and anime subcultures. Looking back into the history of what qualified as ‘anime’ from 2005 to 2014‚ the time when I have been most into the genre of television‚ will show that in 2005‚ there were a core amount of ‘must-watch’ shows such as Black Butler‚ Hetalia‚ etc. that I watched and everyone knew

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    Unit Two Test (Chapters 7‚8‚9‚10‚12‚13) 1) What was the fictional account of life at the court of the Caliph al-Rashid? A)  B)  C)  D)  E)  2) What accounts for the disruption of the agricultural economy of the Abbasid Empire? A) The government ordered regions of the empire populated by Shi’as abandoned. B) The decline of the cities led to a fall in the demand for food supplies and consequent drops

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    Chapter 27 1. Russia overturned its conservative policies in many ways. Alexander II removed the serfdom. Cultural nationalism led to political demands and worried the state. Their lust to become as successful as the west led them to industrialize. The lower classes suffered greatly in this time period‚ and they demanded better living conditions. Since the serfdom was disestablished‚ the government gave them land‚ but they would only be able to leave if they paid off the debt on the land. Many

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    to control commerce by force of arms rather economic competition. | Indian Ocean Commerce | spices | Goods were crude and unattractive in Asian markets. | Military advantage enabled the Portuguese to establish fortified bases in the Indian Ocean world. | Created “trading post empire”. They became heavily involved in carrying Asian ports‚ selling their shipping services because they were unable to sell their goods. | Britain(England) | Heavily focused on cotton trade since they were excluded from

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    Chapter 7 Terms Al-Mahdi- 775-785 CE‚ 3rd Abbasid caliph tried but failed to reconcile Shi’a to Abbasid rule and failed to resolve succession problem Harun al-Rashid- Great Abbasid ruler Harem- Buyids- 10th century Dynasty that invaded and captured Baghdad. Ruled Abbasid Empire under title of sultan and kept Abbasids as figureheads Seljuk Turks- Central Asian nomadic invaders. Sunnis who ruled in name of Abbasid caliphs from 11th century CE Crusades- Military adventures launched by western Christians

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