It would have been impossible for cultures to learn about one another without trade and travel between China and the people of the Mediterranean. Central Asia provided “The Silk Road” to bring together the eastern and western parts of Afro-Eurasia. China took advantage of The Silk Road and expanded it. This enabled China to be more open to the populations and cultures of its far western regions. Also‚ The Silk Road allowed the spread of Buddhism from India into central Asia and China. Buddhism
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those “lost souls” to save. Christopher Columbus’ letter to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand is a vital primary source to historians because it was the first proof to Europeans that illustrated that there is more to the “Known World” than the Afro-Eurasia. By describing the landscape of America‚ the culture of the indigenous people‚ and announcing a new water route for trade‚ Europe started to gain an interest in extending its knowledge of the known world and eventually increased its interactions
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1. Both Christians & Muslims share what belief in God One god omnipotent 2. Buddhist religious statues found in China are examples of what? Cultural Diffusion 3. The Code of Hammurabi illustrates the laws of Babylonian society were influenced by lex talionis and what? Social Class structure – social inequalities 4. What of the following contributed to the fall of both the western Roman and the Han? Invasion by barbarian & borderland tribes (Huns‚ Visigoths‚ Vandals) 5. Graph 6. Describe
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There were many different things going on in Latin America during the 15‚ 16‚ and 17 hundreds. Triangle Trade‚ Mercantilism‚ Columbian Exchange‚ Cultural Blending‚ Cultural Assimilation and Cultural Annihilation were all part of the time. Many different parts affected different types of people in different social classes. In Latin America‚ social classes were based on privilege. Peninsulares were on top‚ followed by Creoles‚ then Mestizos and Mulattos‚ and on the bottom‚ Native Indians and Black
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East Asia Mediterranean Eastern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa • Analyze the changes and continuities in the nature of slavery from 8000 BCE to 1750 CE. • Discuss the continuities and changes in migrations to and within afro-Eurasia from 100 CE to 1450 CE. • Analyze the changes and continuities in the movements of peoples (Huns‚ Germans) • Analyze the changes and continuities in women’s experience from the Neolithic down to 1450 CE. • Analyze the changes
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lifestyle of gathering and hunting societies. c) They created a series of nomadic empires and controlled major trade routes. b) They spread their polytheistic religions to neighboring civilizations. 2. Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian world and not in the Americas? a) The environments in the Americas were not suitable for pastoral societies. d) There were no agricultural societies with which to trade in the Americas. b) The settled societies in the Americas lacked
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During this Common Era‚ great empires in the Afro-Eurasia area fell due to one of the most fearsome and dangerous armies in the 13th century‚ the Mongols. From China to Persia‚ across the Nile River to Egypt‚ the Mongols took what they wanted and controlled what they wanted. With the Mongols military‚ brutality and their form of equality in the 13th century‚ this enabled them to conquest large territories within such a short time. The Mongols were brutal people when they didn’t get what they pleased
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The Roman Empire gave way to a new Religious Belief. Changing their ways from a polytheistic religion (the greek gods) to a monotheistic religion (Christianity). This begin through Christian dissenters and then was accepted through the emperor Constantine. Although Constantine made Christianity accepted throughout the Roman Empire‚ Theodosius the Great made Christianity the main religion in the empire. Up until 300-600 CE Rome had been a polytheistic religion. The romans believed in multiple gods
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Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact‚ 1200-1550 13. Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath‚ 1200-1500 * The Rise of the Mongols‚ 1200-1260 * The Mongols and Islam‚ 1260-1500 * Regional Responses in Western Eurasia * Mongol Domination in China‚ 1271-1368 * The Early Ming Empire‚ 1368-1500 * Centralization and Militarism in East Asia‚ 1200-1500 * Diversity and Dominance:
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Margin Review Questions 1.In what ways did pastoral societies differ from their agricultural counterparts? Pastoral societies supported far smaller populations. Pastoral societies generally lived in small and widely scattered encampments of related kinfolk. Pastoral societies generally offered women a higher status‚ fewer restrictions‚ and a greater role in public life. Pastoral societies were far more mobile. 2.In what ways did pastoral societies interact with their agricultural
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