2004‚ China celebrated the 2‚555th birthday of Confucius‚ despite Communism. 1. Buddhism and Christianity also growing rapidly in China 2. part of enduring legacy of the classical world B. In the period around 500 b.c.e.‚ there was a great emergence of durable cultural traditions that have shaped the world ever since. 1. China: Kong Fuzi (Confucius) and Laozi 2. India: Upanishads defined Hinduism a. Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism 3. Middle East: development
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Southernization Essay The idea of Southernization came from the observation that "Southern" values and beliefs were becoming more important to the success of the government‚ reaching a climax in the 1990s‚ with a Democratic president and vice-president from the South‚ and Congressional leaders in both parties originating in the South. Some would agree that Southern values started to become more and more important in national elections through the early 21st century. American journalists started
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Zara Khan Midterm Essay History Since the 1700’s political‚ economic and intellectual changes have radically altered the history of the world. They have had a major impact on the production and distribution of goods‚ the scale of warfare‚ and the rise and fall of the totalitarian dictators. The production and distribution of goods affected people’s lives completely. New innovations and new inventions spurred the industrial growth. The scale of warfare was resulted from Militarism‚ the Alliances
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others areas at the highest level at that period of time. The muslims achievements will always have a lasting impact on our world. One of the areas the Muslims were advanced in was the medical field. It states in document 3 that many medical books such as the five volume‚ The Canon of Medicine. Books like those were translated to different languages and used around the world. European medical schools gained critical access to references sources. In document 1 it states that muslims reasons for supporting
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Khamurzov World Civilizations 1 November 30‚ 2005 Post-Classical Europe‚ Muslim World and China. The period following the decline of great classical empires of Asia and Mediterranean is known as the post-classical period (500-1000 CE). This period is famous for the expansion of civilizations to new areas‚ spread of major world religions such as Islam and the decline of the Western world. While Europe was in a period of a decline‚ the Muslim world was on the rise and the Eastern world followed
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spices from India‚ he landed in the Americas and mistakenly called the people there Indians. New Worlds were being discovered between those three masses and the population was escalating due to the slave trade and booming economy‚ and the industrial production advanced from man-made to machine-made. Western Europe is the sum of an abundance of positive outcomes from their interaction with the Atlantic world. Although all these different changes took place‚ the Atlantic World’s agriculture continued
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Traditions and Encounters‚ AP Edition (Bentley)‚ 5th Edition Chapter 24: New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania Chapter Outline I. Colliding worlds A. The Spanish Caribbean 1. Indigenous peoples were the Taino a. Lived in small villages under authority of chiefs b. Showed little resistance to European visitors 2. Columbus built the fort of Santo Domingo‚ capital of the Spanish Caribbean a. Taino conscripted to mine gold b. Encomiendas: land grants to Spanish settlers with total control over local people
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Islam and Buddhism have spread significantly throughout the world and have influenced those regions drastically. The majorly impacted regions are African civilizations‚ Spain‚ Korea and Japan. These regions were reached by the spread through travelers who made a larger imprint on the regions than they initially thought. The primary advancements that occurred over several hundred years in said regions include‚ but are not limited to‚ architecture‚ arts‚ science‚ medicine‚ astronomy and mathematics
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Chapter 33 Study Questions 1. Hunger and poverty tend to be typical of all third world problems. The governments despise the poor. The people of poverty have to depend on religion for self- assurance and tend to be closed-minded since they are segregated within the community and looked down upon. The third world has contaminated resources and many people can become ill. 2. Women in third world nations‚ especially the mestizo‚ mulatto‚ and indigenous populations do not have equal rights
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trend was maps and charts that became more accurate and navigational instruments became easier to use. The ease of navigation made people more prone to exploring. This contributed to the increased water traffic seen in this time period all around the world. [pic] This image represents the main trend of technology‚ demography‚ and environment from 1450 to 1750 because shipbuilding was used as an advantage for faster transportation. Key Words: caravel‚ ships‚ bow & arrow‚ guns Culture
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