1. Expansion & Integration - All classical civilizations expanded - New challenges: How did they cooperate? ○ Seminal thinkers brought central values; Confucius‚ Laozi‚ Buddha‚ Socrates - Unity attempts ○ China= Centralize the government § Royal citizens -> resettlement around the government § Language promotion § Confucian hierarchy § India= Hierarchy society § Caste system § Hinduism ○ Mediterranean § Local autonomy (freedom in life for their people;
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In Chapter 24 there are plenty main topics that are discussed. It looks back on Liberty and Political Theory‚ The birth of the Economic Theory‚ The Philosophes‚ The Crusade for Progress‚ and the Enlightenment Literature. This Chapter goes through the Philosophes that were the intellectual activity gathered in salons to exchange views on morality‚ politics‚ science and religion. The two philosophes that advanced the idea of government based on the social contract were Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
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Ch. 20: The Muslim Empires Introduction -Nomadic invasions wasted much of the Muslim world w/ the sacking of Baghdad in 1258 • 3 new Muslim dynasties emerged after the nomadic invasions -New flowering of Islamic civilization; Competition(political divisions+military incursions -Largest-Ottoman from N Africa to S Russia; Safavid dynasty to the E; Mughals in Delhi region of Ganges plain -3 empires combined=largest Islamic political+military power ever -All 3 depended on firearms-“gunpowder
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AP US History Monique Lynn President Davis versus President Lincoln Limitations on Wartime Liberties Volunteers and Draftees: North and South The Economic Stresses of War Friday‚ September 27‚ 2013 The one defect of the South was that its own states could secede. Some state troops refused to serve outside their borders.President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy often had disputes with his own congress. Davis’s task as President proved to be beyond his powers. Lincoln and
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continued SOME Western policies * Coup 1908: Ottoman Society for Union and Progress (Young Turks) fought for return to 1976 constitution‚ Sultan remained as figurehead. * War in North Africa: Ottomans lost Libya * Young Turks vs. Arabs * World War I: Turkey sided with Germany…. Arab Heartlands * Fertile Crescent‚ Egypt‚ North Africa\Identified with Ottoman rulers as Muslims‚ disliked Ottoman rule * Fear of Western rule Muhammad Ali‚ Westernizing Europe * Napoleon invades
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AP History Final Study Guide Chapter 35-42 35 FDR 1933-1941 • London Conference o In not attending this meeting in 1933‚ FDR signaled his desire for the US to act unilaterally by taking the US off the gold standard o aimed at stabilizing currency and restarting world trade • Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934 o provides independence for Philippines (after 12 year period…aka tutelage). • Good Neighbor Policy o Renouncing armed intervention in Latin America o In an effort to pursue further “isolationism”
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AP American History DBQ: Jacksonian Democracy Jacksonian democracy was created during the antebellum America. The Jackson democrats made an attempt to grant power to the lower classes while decreasing the influence of the rich and potent. The Jacksonian democrats viewed themselves as saviors of the common people and ruled by the means of a powerful executive branch who attempted to destroy aristocracy in America. In reality‚ they were typically very wealthy‚ they disregarded the capability of the
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While reading this article I reflected and thought about things I could have changed. What popped into mind was my AP History class. At the beginning of the year I had told myself that I would retake all tests I had done poorly on and done all extra credit opportunities but I didn’t follow through. I realized in the second semester that I had not done what I said. I currently have an A- in the class but that still doesn’t average my class grade to an A. I feel like if I would have pushed myself more
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Witchcraft DBQ (Many of the people who were persecuted as witches from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries were those of a seemingly inferior mindset‚ those who are blamed for problems in the community and those who were social outcasts.) This time period occurred throughout the Protestant‚ Catholic and Scientific revolutions. The victims of the witch trials were usually persecuted in Europe as a whole however focused on areas like South Western Europe. Witches were usually people who were
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street. Suddenly I heard an explosion-- the grenade. I looked back down the ally‚ something started on fire down there‚ yes‚ I just bought myself more time. I ran trying to get past the zombies with our shooting (so I wouldn’t attract more). The world was a mess‚ the streets were filled with cars‚ there were corpses everywhere‚ buildings deserted. As I was walking past a few corpses‚ one started to move. I pointed my rifle muzzle on the corpse‚ it started to crawl towards me‚ it’s lower half was
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