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    and a conclusion. ♦ Analyze the documents ♦ Use evidence from documents to support your answer ♦ Include specific related outside information. Historic Background: The civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere laid the foundation for the modern world. Many contributions such as inventions‚ technology‚ arts‚ architecture and ideas continue to influence our lives today. Task: For Part A‚ read each document carefully and answer the question or questions after each document. Then read the directions

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    food-gathering people who ate wild vegetables‚ meat‚ wild edible plants‚ and insects to survive 4. Agricultural Revolutions: A series of separate transformations that occurred when agriculture arose independently in many different places around the world. 5. Megaliths: A complex of stone structures in Egypt that included burial chambers‚ a calendar circle‚ and pairs of vertical stones that frame the sun on the summer solstice. 6. Sumerians: The people who lived in Mesopotamia at the start of the

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    monarchy and totally vanish from any power and communications with it. Settlers were not yet strong enough to do this ‚they had to be much more unified in order to become strong and be able to defeat a very strong if not the strongest nation in the world‚ England. Settlers had to find a new identity as Americans to become unified and and they did this by the eve of revolution.

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    Women in World War One On the eve of war‚ the position of women in British society was largely unfavourable. In the workplace‚ ’women’s work’ - most commonly‚ domestic service - was poorly paid and considered separate from‚ and inferior to‚ ’men’s work’. Women were still expected to give up work once they were married‚ to revert to their traditional roles of wife‚ mother and housekeeper. After the war‚ the status of women and Britain was entirely changed. The women used the war to show their patriotism

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    Women during world war II were powerful‚ strong and a huge support in getting through the war. Women had many roles and groups in the war such as “WAVES” “WASP” “WAC” and “WAFS.” Their roles were things like working in defense plants (working with finishing touches on cars) and volunteering for war-related organizations‚ in addition to managing their households. Women were also accepted for voluntary emergency services and they also became airforce service pilots. Women played an important role

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    Because of the Berlin Conference in Europe‚ the scramble for African land ended up colonizing inhabited areas in Africa‚ destroying native nations and their traditional culture. During this time‚ African natives had many different reactions. Some wanted to cooperate peacefully‚ others wanted to withstand European pressure‚ but most of all‚ most Africans wanted to react violently and rebel against the Europeans. Many nations in Africa wanted to cooperate with the British and react to their wants

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    Will men and women ever be equal? I believe that they never will in any world! Someone has to be on top no matter what. In the Brave New World they are not equal either. Men are clearly in power and women do not have much importance in Brave New World. First‚ in the beginning of the novel there is already is signs of men being more important and or in power. When the director is giving students a tour of the hatchery‚ if you pay attention all students are males‚ none are females. Next‚ the director

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    During the post-classical time period‚ both the Umayyad and Mongol empires rose to the height of their power through many similarities and differences. For example‚ both dynasties expanded by militaristic advances‚ but a single man was responsible for the rise of the Mongols and they also supported all faiths unlike the Umayyad. The Mongol founder‚ Genghis Khan‚ conquered surrounding nomadic tribes and brought them under his rule through extensive military conquest. Over the entire rise of the

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    Department: Social Studies Course Title: Advanced Placement World History Length: One 18-week semester (Block Scheduling) Credit: One Course Overview: Advanced Placement World History is like no other class you have ever taken. We will be looking at the history of the world via the examination of five time periods. In this class we will study 10‚000 years of history over six continents. European and United States history account for no more than 30% of the total class‚ so be prepared to look

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    for these two civilizations. Egypt was not in total isolation‚ but was as self-contained as possible. Unlike Egypt‚ Mesopotamia was more focused on expanding as far as they could. Egyptian leaders liked to think of their civilization as their own world. Emperors of Mesopotamia focused on expanding their territory toward the Middle East. Egypt had a few interactions here and there along the Nile‚ but other than that‚ they preferred to stay within its borders. They traded on the southern part of the

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