Advanced Placement World History Summer Assignment Contact info: Mary Thompson Kristina Moser mthomp2@neisd.net (school year) kmoser@neisd.net mthompson84 @aol.com (summer) cell: (210) 639-6798 1) Obtain all required materials for the course. • loose paper • spiral notebook • textbook (available at Roosevelt High School (356-2200) World Civilizations: The Global Experience. Stearns
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DESCRIPTION: The 95 Thesis was Martin Luther’s response to the indulgences. WHERE: The door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg DATE: May 25‚ 1521 DESCRIPTION: The Edict of Worms was a decree issued by The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V banning the writings of Martin Luther and labeling him a heretic and enemy of the state. The Edict was the culmination of an ongoing struggle between Martin Luther and the Roman Catholic Church over reform‚ especially in the sale of indulgences. Where: The city
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refuses to bow down to Haman when all inhabitants of Shushan have to‚ and this enrages Haman so he issues a decree to execute all Jews‚ including Mordecai. After all this‚ Haman then misleads the king into issuing an edict to sentence all Jews. Mordecai tells Esther about the edict‚ and convinces her to put her life in jeopardy so that she may protect all her people from this. Esther develops a strategy to get the job done. She prepared a fancy banquet for King Xerxes and Haman. The king tells Esther
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ruler" with whom Alexander the Great was familiar. In fact the history of the place dates back to the 3rd century BC during the pre-Mauryan era. It is believed that the place was an important urban center‚ a bustling town during the tenure of King Ashoka and most probably a port city.Artefacts suggests that th site was continuously inhabited and flourished through the Sunga-Kushana period‚then the Gupta period and finally the Pala-Sena period.From all indications Chandraketugarh was an important urban
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AP Human Geography Comparative Religions Project This project asks students to produce a summary of evidence concerning six of the world’s major belief systems. This project will help you develop a good study resource to review for the AP exam in the spring. 1. Prepare an information sheet for Judaism‚ Confucianism‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Christianity and Islam. Include answers to the following questions on each information sheet. a. What is the point of origin? b. How
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moreover‚ the grand historian‚ Sima Qian‚ provided a gruesome account in his magnum opus‚ Shuji‚ of an incident wherein Shihuangdi burnt all philosophical texts of certain types under private possession and buried more than 460 scholars who opposed the edict. Han‚ however‚ had much in common with its infamous predecessor.
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led to his being unable to restrain forces that were pushing him towards a change. One of his main pushes towards modernisation was the abolition of serfdom. In March 1861 the liberation of the serfs was officially announced and The Emancipation Edict was introduced. There were three stages to it. The first one was freedom for the surfs which meant that they had personal freedom to marry‚ own property‚ run business‚ travel and have legal protection. The first staged also meant that the surfs has
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Gospel of Matthew urge the faithful to pray? What does the Greek word Christos mean literally? Christos means "anointed; chosen. What Roman Emperor divided the empire into eastern and western halves?- Emperor Diocletian What did the Edict of Milan do? The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire. What Greek city did Constantine transfer the capital of the Roman Empire to? Constantine made the Greek colony of Byzantium the new capital of the Roman Empire. He changed its name to
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The late Roman empire saw a significant increase of Christian followers. The majority of traditional Romans viewed this rapid growth as a threat to Roman tradition‚ and even a threat to the prosperity of the empire. In some instances it became such a large issue‚ that massive persecutions had been implemented against worshipers of the new faith. These persecutions took place on and off for hundreds of years‚ Christians remained unable to worship legally until the rise of Constantine the Great
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their recent calamities‚ claims that Polyneices shall not be given a proper burial. However‚ this decree is tested by two individuals‚ Haemon and Teiresias who try and sway Kreon’s decision. Teiresias‚ was effective in his ability to overturn Kreon’s edict and in turn sway his judgement. He was triumphant in
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