Chapter 6 Key Terms Aspasia A foreign woman resident in Athens (ca. 470-400 B.C.E.) and partner of the statesman Pericles who was famed for her learning and wit. Ban Zhao A Chinese woman writer and court official (45-116 C.E.) whose work provides valuable insight on the position of women in classical China. Brahmins The Indian social class of priests. Caste The system of social organization in India that has evolved over millennia; it is based on an original division of the
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Europe were very upset and the pope urged the kings of Europe to unite against Salah al-din‚ and in the end Richard‚ the Lionhearted‚ the king of England‚ Philippe Augustus‚ the king of France‚ and Friedrich Barbarossa‚ king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor‚ all went to Jerusalem. Beside‚ a special tax in both France and England raised money for the crusade. Nevertheless‚ the Third Crusade‚ like the Second‚ ran into a lot of
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This time period‚ and personal information about this Being resemble information we have for another Prophet‚ Krishna. Krishna’s tale as you will see later does suggest contact with Chinese people. Fu-Xi is known as the first Supreme Ruler and God-Emperor of China. He was born around 4952 to 5‚468 years ago. What is known about His birth shares details with virgin
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pro-German than pro-French and therefore wouldn’t protest at the isolation. Therefore in fear of a future two-fronted war‚ Bismarck managed to bring Germany‚ Austria Hungary and Russia together to form the Dreikaiserbund also known as the league of 3 emperors‚ in 1872/3. The aim of this alliance was to maintain existing borders in Europe Fight and fight both socialism & republicanism‚ effectively slowly
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Summer Mountains Summer Mountain is an exquisite painting of a landscape in China. It is painted on a hand scroll made of silk with ink and pale colors. The painting is from the Northern Song dynasty 960-1127 in the 11th century. The painting was attributed to Qu Ding {Chinese‚ active ca. 1023-ca. 1056}("Attributed to Qu Ding: Summer Mountains (1973.120.1)". Included in this paper is why I choose this work‚ an assessments to its subject matter and content‚ and the works value in China and western
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Thousands of Jews were robbed and killed by these Crusaders‚ just because they were not Christians. Finally in the fall of 1096 the main Crusade left for Jerusalem. They went by different routes‚ some by land and some by sea‚ to Constantinople. Here the Emperor Alexius was quite surprised to see them and not altogether pleased. Would this army try to take over his own empire? But he sent them on towards Jerusalem. The Fatimids were still not worried‚ because they thought this was just a little army of Roman
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When most couples today are thinking about kids‚ they wonder how many they should have. Some people want big families and others would rather have smaller ones. Then there are others that have no clue. They may worry about ‘the only child syndrome”‚ there are some people that believe it’s true. The question is ‘what is the only child syndrome? It’s a myth that dates back all the way to the late 1800s. When G. Stanley Hall said being an only child was “a disease all in itself.” Susan Newman‚ a social
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France c. England b. Spain d. All of these answers are correct. 4. The Cluny reform movement sought to a. remove the clergy from royal authority and strengthen the powers of the pope. b. strengthen the powers of the Holy Roman Emperor. c. rejoin the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. d. abolish monasticism and promote clerical marriage. 5. One of the most important results of the Crusades was that a. permanent Christian kingdoms were established in
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the Han Empire Liu Bang ruled the Empire very peacefully and restores unity to China‚ Bang established a centralized government‚ lowered taxes and softened punishments. Following Bang’s death Wudi ruled the Han empire and was known as the Martial Emperor because he wanted to expand China through wars‚ both Wudi and Bang were very successful leaders but after the death of Wudi china experienced many bad rulers and thus starting the fall of the Han Empire. Internal and external factors led to the decline
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on the abolishment of Western Japan. (History.com Staff‚ "Henry VIII"‚ 2009) He invaded the Bitchu province and took over the daimyo Mori Terumoto at Takamatsu. In mid the 1580’s‚ he had become the kampaku‚ meaning he was the chief minister to the Emperor. Soon in the 1590’s‚ he became the head of an alliance of daimyo. Soon enough‚ Toyotomi conquered Japan and became one of Japan’s greatest leaders. He passed away September
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