Events/Important/key Dates • 7‚000~ 4‚000 BCE: Spread of agriculture through most of Middle east. • 5‚000 BCE: Farming along Nile River • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians settle in Tigris- Euphrates valley • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians (a people who had migrated into the area from the north) provided final boost toward establishing civilization • 4‚000 BCE: cumulative effects of agriculture & technology → civilization as a new organizational form (wheel‚ bronze use‚ and writing facilitated) • 3‚500 BCE: Writing
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help them understand why the sun changes during the day and the different types of changes insects go through in life. Gottfried Kirch‚ who was a German astronomer and was the husband of Maria Winkelmann‚ had agreed with what women have done in the research of science. His wife discovered a comet and he was surprised because she stayed up all night and had the courage to search the skies for stars and comets. The "age of reason" helped women progress their studies because philosophers such as Rene Descartes
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DBQ Introduction: In the late 18th century‚ Europe experienced a substantial amount of urbanization due to the increase of industrialized factories‚ especially in the textile industry. Question: Describe the inventions that improved production and the European marketplace through the pre-Industrial Revolution. How did these advances affect social classes? Document 1: Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants (a major center of wool manufacture in Yorkshire)‚ 1791. Defending the use of machines. “yet
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Ch 7 The Empires of Persia This chapter describes the series of empires that arose in Persia (modern-day Iran) and controlled much of the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and India for over one thousand years‚ from about 550 B.C.E. through 650 C.E. The first empire‚ founded by Cyrus the Achaemenid‚ expanded under him and his successors until it became the largest empire the world had ever seen. The four Persian dynasties of this era (Achaemenid‚ Seleucid‚ Parthian‚ and Sassanid) were noted
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with fresh breeze rolling in from the bay. The constant sound of swishing and large splashing as the ocean lapped at the large ship. This technology has long since been surpassed by autonomous‚ unmanned versions of these turrets. The ship has a long history of wartime records. It served in WWII‚ demolishing over 50 ships‚ including a Japanese aircraft carrier and an assist in the destruction of the super battleship Yamato‚ as well as downing more than 1‚000 planes. This ship has been a huge hand in the
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AP US History Ch.1 Identifications 1. Tenochtithin- the Aztec capital built on the site of present-day Mexico City and had a population of over 100‚000 in 1500 and an impressive complex of majestic public buildings including temples equal in size to the great pyramids of Egypt. 2. Iroquios Confederation- is a collection of five original nations bound together by mutual peace and friendship. The founding nations were the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga and Seneca Nations‚ with the Tuscarora
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985: Leif Ericson went to Greenland and New Finland (Canada) 30/50 years -- Canadian colony exploration ended in 50/70 years Reasons for Exploration 1. Trade: gold‚ silver‚ and spices spices were used to put on rotten meat for flavoring 2. Convert heathens Prester John -- "mystical missionary" -- whereabout unknown 3. Glory: wanted fame and spreading of ideas 4. New Navigation techniques astrolabe‚ compass -- easier for
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As the first official document that defined the United States government‚ the Articles of Confederation both reflected the principles and view points of the American Revolution and emphasized the practical uncertainties of democratic government. To say that the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government‚ would be over-exaggerating quite a bit. The Congress was weak‚ and was purposely designed to be weak. They were purposely set up as a weak government so that
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APUSH UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE Articles of Confederation: agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays
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DBQ: Rise and Fall of Ottoman Turkey‚ Safavid Iran‚ Mughal India What factors contemporaneous observers attributed the rise and fall of the Muslim empires which factors made them successful‚ which factors weakened empires? Discuss overall strengths and weaknesses additional documents to help access rise and fall of Ottomans‚ Safavids‚ Mughals? Documents: Document 1: SAFAVID “great liking for warfare and weapons of war…fine soldier and very skilled‚ and his men so dexterous—use of muskets””realm
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