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    Jingyi Jenny Tan Period 1 / 12.3.12 Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration Turkish Migrations and Imperial Expansion - Early Political Organization o Never formed single group o Organized in clans/tribes o Bitter fights with one another o Turkish clans & identity emerge after breakup of Xiongnu confederation 0-100 CE - Speak related languages - Nomads or descendants of them Ghaznavid Empire (977–1186 CE) - Initially interested only

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    useful to do businesses; in order to enhance the communication and business between Mongolia and China‚ they can come to China without a visa. The interview took place in the library. Before the interview‚ I made some research about Mongolia’s history. In 1203 AD‚ Mongolia was founded by nomadic tribal groupings under the leadership of Genghis Khan; the meaning of name is “universal king”. Mongolian was very good at fighting wars; China was briefly ruled by Mongolia in Yuan dynasty. From 1691 to

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    Homework #13 cont.d a. The Byzantine Empire acted as a shield against the Arabs and Turks‚ preventing them from wilder invasions and conquests in Europe. Classical Greek and Roman texts were used during the rule of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of the Roman Empire (in the west). When the Crusades came‚ the crusaders brought a grand quantity of important Europeans into close contact with the wealthier and sophisticated Byzantine culture. The European texts that were supposedly lost or forgotten

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    Roman Empire and Mongolian Empire The key to the Mongolian success lied in their excellent horsemanship‚ their use of the composite bow‚ their unimaginable discipline and communication on the battlefield and also their ability to adapt to enemy tactics. The Mongolian invasion of China often makes it sound as though these nomadic people did not have much of a battle plan‚ however it is the exact opposite according to (Conant‚ 1994) “Genghis Khan was a very cautious man‚ and would study the towns

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    Two civilizations started out at the same time and evolved into empires of great similarities‚ yet compelling differences lie between them. The two countries represent societies beginnings with their impressive work and there astonishing achievements with such little technology at their disposal‚ nevertheless brilliant minds found ways to design massive buildings and a new form of language at their time. Mesopotamia and Egypt show there similarities in the aspects of economic‚ political‚ and social

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    HIS204: American History Since 1865 (GSN 1307B) Introduction of Two Progressive Candidates In the presidential election of 1912 there were two progressive candidates that impacted the landscape of America. Candidates Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were the frontrunner of the 1912 election. This election changed the country in ways that we as Americans can feel today. These two candidates spawned a progressive movement from a place where many American felt as if their government fell

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    country it once was. Not too long ago this nation used laws to discriminate against African American people. In the year 1877 Jim Crow laws were born from the ashes of the civil war. This war fought for freedom for the slaves in the south. Jim Crow laws were created by white men to keep African American men and women from being truly free. These laws segregated and hindered many aspects of African American people’s lives. These aspects include their personal lives‚ their education‚ and their daily activities

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    Fall Of Empires

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    The first empires rose‚ and when they fell new ones were ready to take their place. These empires became even more connected through trade routes. With trade came the spread of religion‚ culture‚ and ideas. The spread of religion also lead to today’s widespread world religions. Trade was not always a good thing‚ though‚ it also spread deadly diseases that reduced populations and caused the fall of empires. The three classical civilizations of China‚ Rome‚ and India were great empires at their peaks

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    ------------------------------------------------- Empire of the Sun ------------------------------------------------- An analysis of “Empire of the Sun” focusing on the supporting roles occurring in the four matrices of the film. The film “Empire of the Sun” tells the story of Jamie “Jim” Graham‚ a young boy who goes from living in a British‚ wealthy family in the suburb of Shanghai‚ to becoming a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. The Japanese Empire had been at war with China since

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    While the Mughal Empire was extremely large in both size and population‚ it was very faulty and led to chaos in northern India‚ resulting in its decline and Britain’s control of India. During the rule of Aurangzeb Alamgir was the point when things started to decline. His corrupt policies and bad relationships with certain groups in India was the final event leading to the fall of an already weak empire. With all the chaos arising in the North due to succession battles‚ invasions‚ a weak ruler‚

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