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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Trimester 1 Indo-Europeans: Were a nomadic group who came from the steppes. We know about them because of the roots of there language They tamed horses sheep cattle and goats. Language: Slavic speakers moved northwest‚ celtic‚ german italic moved west and greek and persia went south. Nobody new they moved from steppes but they started movement from one region to another in 1700 to 1200 bc. Hittites: Part of the Indo-europeans broke off and took over Anatolia: they were called the Hittites
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He believed that Christians must not tolerate Jewish actions and beliefs‚ so Christians must burn down their schools‚ synagogues‚ houses‚ Talmudic writings‚ and prayer books‚ to honor Christianity and God. During the 1st and 2nd Crusades in 1095-96 and 1145-46‚ the Europeans attacked the Jews rather than traveling East towards the enemies of God because many of the Jews lived in Europe. The Christian Europeans believed that they needed to attack the enemies of God‚ and no religion was
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The Castle of Otranto – A Gothic Novel Picture of the Title Page of the Second Edition A Dossier by Luisa Hiller‚ Johannes Klein‚ Benjamin Priebst‚ and Claudia Haack Table of Contents: 1. Introduction – The Gothic Novel 2. Horace Walpole 2.1. The Life of Horace Walpole 2.2. The Works of Horace Walpole 3. “The Castle of Otranto - A Gothic Novel“ 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Index of Characters 3.3. Summary of the Plot 3.4. The Characters ’ Appearance 3.5. The Character Constellation
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INTRODUCTION SALAHUDIN AYUBI Salahudin Ayubi‚ better known in the Western world as Saladin‚ was a Kurdish Muslim‚ who became the first Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He led Islamic opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power‚ he ruled over Egypt‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Hejaz‚ and Yemen. He led the Muslims against the Crusaders and eventually recaptured Palestine from the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem after his victory in the Battle of Hattin. As
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Chapter 21 A. The Toltec and the Mexica 1. Toltecs emerge in the ninth and tenth centuries after the collapse of Teotihuacan a. Established large state‚ powerful army mid-tenth to the mid-twelfth century b. Tula was the Toltec capital city and center of trade c. Maintained close relations with societies of the Gulf coast and the Maya 2. Toltec decline after twelfth century d. Civil strife at Tula‚ beginning in 1125
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The World’s Longest War Where We Are Journals practice a laudable self-censorship of criticism of religions. The most vicious devil worship is mentioned with little comment and then only in crime reporting of the atrocities committed. This is a good thing. Religious hatreds are so easily inflamed‚ and there is so much history of religious persecution‚ that we are much better off with this self restraint. Furthermore the separation of church and state is spelled out in our constitution and is practiced
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What is History? interpretation of the past gathering evidence & analyzing it‚ making interpretations way to construct arguments about past based on evidence goal of class is to teach how to think historically Herodotus ca. 484-420 BC Greek writer of “The History of the Persian Wars” used the word Historion (greek word - questioning‚ inquiry‚ investigation‚ gathering of evidence) his work is an investigation on a war etc. it’s something active - History is investigation/questioning
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Works Cited Barry‚ Dan. “Bias Suit Filed on Behalf of Disabled Men in South Carolina Meat Plant.” The New York Times‚ www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/bias-suit-disabled-workers-meat-plant.html?mtrref=www.google.com&_r=0. Accessed 23 Feb. 2017. The perception that non-able bodied people are not hardworking or are a hassle is the reason why less than half of non-able bodied people are unemployed. However‚ even when non-able bodied people are able to find jobs‚ they might have to work in horrendous conditions
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Topic 2: In the Prologue to The Travel of Marco Polo the author claims that his book is "an accurate record"�‚ free from any sort of fabrication"�. Is this Statement true? How reliable and useful is this book as a source of historical information (Support your answer with evidence from the primary sources)? Marco Polo has discovered much of central Asia. Over the years many manuscripts‚ evolve around the controversial issue‚ on whether Marco Polo did go to China. How accurate his account and reliability
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