I’ve had‚ World History II sticks out the most to me. When I was struggling you were always willing to help me and didn’t give up on me when things still were not quite clicking. You believed in me and helped me to relax when everything seemed so stressful.You taught me not to stress myself out by worrying about all of the small details and to just do my best. I’ll be honest with you‚ I don’t remember a lot from my previous classes but I remember a lot of what we studied in World History II. Your
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Abdullah Dobashi AP World History Due: 9/11/13 Day of Empire In order for Amy Chua to fully understand how nations succeed she first studied the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States. While she was studying the ancient empires of Persia and China she discovered a historical pattern that even leads into today’s society. Amy Chua found out that tolerance and assimilation were necessary for an empire to succeed‚
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Many students unfamiliar with World History come to think of the Silk Roads as one road or literally a road made of silk. But it is not. The Silk Road can be thought of as a network of routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China. These complex interconnecting routes included both land and sea routes. In fact‚ many goods reached Rome via the Mediterranean Sea. Along these routes‚ merchants would carry goods for trade. The goods being traded would often
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I got the pleasure to observe a ninth grade boy in a World History Class. I will refer to this student as B. B is a fourteen year old Latino young man who lives in a broken home. From what I learned from the other teachers‚ B’s family has learned that his younger sister has cancer and will be spending the holidays in the hospital. After the news of his sister hit him‚ his behavior has gotten more and more distracting. He said to the co-teacher‚ “My life sucks at home and my parents are constantly
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AP World History Study Guide for Exam One: “Foundations: Prehistory- 600 C.E” Terms/Ideas To Know: 1.Pastorialism: Branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. 2.Patrilineal: System in which one belongs to one’s father’s lineage. 3. Matrilineal: A societal system in which one belongs to one’s matriline or mother’s lineage. 4. Hominids: Primate of the family Hominidae‚ which Homo sapiens is the
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AP World History Notes Ch 6 Early Americas & Oceania August 4‚ 2004 The cultures of the Americas and Oceania developed in relative isolation to the other early complex societies. Nevertheless‚ they too developed an agricultural base sufficient to support growing populations‚ specialized labor‚ political institutions‚ diverse societies‚ and long-distance trading networks. Less is known of these cultures than those in other parts of the world primarily because either writing systems did not develop
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Guptas vs. Muryans The Guptas and Muryans were both ancient civilizations that were located in India. The Muryans lasted from around 323-185 BCE. The Guptas lasted from around 320 CE – 550 CE. Both the Gupta and the Muryan Empire united India but they different ways to do it. Asoka – one of the rulers of the Muryan Empire – used their main religion Buddhism to shape the laws of his empire. The Guptas used the caste system. The caste system was not just used to shape the laws it was part of
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses Journals By:Jennifer Jones Journal 1 Introduction Tom Standage’s main thesis is that there is six vital fluids. Theses fluids are vital to history as well as vital to life‚ without fluids humans could not survive. Standage states on page 1‚ “The availability of water constrained and guided humankind’s progress. Drinks have continued to shape human history ever since.” There are six main vital fluids which are beer‚ wine‚ spirits
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AP WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM ONE: “FOUNDATIONS: PREHISTORY – 600 C.E.” TERMS/IDEAS TO KNOW: 1. Pastorialism 2. Patrilineal 3. Matrilineal 4. Hominids 5. Cuneiform 6. Hammurabi’s Code of Law 7. Upper Egypt 8. Lower Egypt 9. Mandate of Heaven 10. Scholar-gentry 11. Legalism 12. city-state 13. Monotheism 14. Polytheism 15. Maize 16. Civil service examination system 17. Delian League 18. Peloponnesian League 19. Council
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The invention of the printing press in 1445 would have an immensely large affect on the communication throughout the world for an eternity. The printing press had many large affects including making information exchange both easier and more accessible. However‚ many do not remember the fact that there were other ways of exchanging information and communicating long before the printing press was invented. Some examples of information exchange and written communication prior to the era of the printing
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