provincial‚ and imperial. - They had high paid officials with little to do. Interaction Demography Disease Patterns of settlement Migration Technology -Chinese Junks – refined in late Tang and Song period - are best ships in the world - Established market networks along Indian ocean coast. - Rival Arab control of Indian Ocean - Transmission of art and religion (Buddhism; Christianity; Islam) Culture Religions‚ belief systems‚ philosophies‚ ideologies Math‚ Science and
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Theme 1: Interaction Between Humans and Environment As part of the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade networks‚ technology‚ ways of farming‚ and diseases spread. For example‚ Bantu people spread from central to southern Africa along with iron and agriculture. One of the revolutionary technology that spread was Arabian camels that could survive 10 days without water‚ making it possible to travel across the Sahara. Large groups of merchants traveled together forming early caravans. Also‚ irrigation
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the economic and technological changes and continuities in ONE of the following regions between 600 and 1450. Central Asia- inventions and technology (rockets‚ gunpowder‚ paper making‚ printing of books)‚ trading with India and the rest of the world‚ clocks and windmills from Middle East‚ drought-resistant rice from Vietnam East Africa- South America- 4) Compare and contrast the state-building experiences of TWO of the following political units. The Mongol Empire Medieval
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8/1/11 AP World History Book Report Elie Wiesel’s Night is a terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horrors that turned between 11 to 17 million people into agonized witnesses to the deaths of their families and friends. I chose this book to read because I had heard from numerous people that it was "the best book about the Holocaust I could ever read" . I read it and found out that it went into much more detail than some of the other Holocaust books I had read. This book was extremely powerful
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Key Concept 2.1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions Answer Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline “Factoids” 2.1.1 How did religions help strengthen political‚ economic‚ and cultural ties within societies? Religious and political authority often merged as rulers‚ some considered divine‚ use religion‚ along with military and legal structures‚ to justify their rule and ensure its continuation. 2.1.2 How did religions promote a sense of unity?
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AP World History Extra Credit Book List I encourage you to expand your knowledge and interests by reading books for extra credit. It is possible to receive up to 40 extra credit points per quarter (excluding the 4th quarter)‚ but you will have to earn them. Each book review is worth 20 points unless otherwise noted. Any book assigned for another class (ex. English) will no longer be eligible for extra credit for that year. Book and Film Review Format Write a minimum of a four-paragraph review
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During the post classical era‚ we find the world evolving by expansion and intense communication along many regions. With expansion and communication‚ trade and culture travels such as West Africa being introduced to Islam. Moving into western African‚ between 1000ce-1450ce‚ the introduction of Islam has brought a great increase in slave trade and rose literacy rates‚ creating literate officials in state administration. However‚ no rigorous conversion was made‚ some traditional practices remained
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Salinas‚ Lauren Assignment #3 Haitian Revolution and Independence The Saint Domingue (modern Haiti) was a rich society of European colonies in the Caribbean that produced many goods such as sugar‚ coffee‚ and cotton. Their productions accounted for “almost one-third of France’s foreign trade” (P.501). Wealthy planters usually owned black slaves who normally toiled in the fields under brutal conditions. Many slaves ran away into the mountains to escape. By the late eighteenth century‚ Saint
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3. Was colonial rule a transforming‚ even a revolutionary‚ experience‚ or did it serve to freeze or preserve existing social and economic patterns? What evidence can you find to support both sides of this argument? Colonial rule transformed many societies in terms of ways of working‚ more independence for women‚ and the spread of religion. New ways of working emerged that spurred on the development of these colonial states. Although coerced labor remained‚ cultivation systems in areas like Indonesia
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Chapter 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism: Thesis: During the eighteenth century the Ottoman Empire lost much of its power to provincial governors‚ escalating many new encounters of reform. To justify or deny such climatic choices of reform called for a time of war. Following times of war were times of recovery; however‚ some empires could not withhold such responsibilities and fell through the cracks of their own broken establishment. The Ottoman Empire: In 1798‚ Napoleon invaded
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