and natural disasters. Gender and social status Women and men were seen as equals They needed women to share the workload in order to survive. 2. Why were the Mongols more successful at emerging from Central Asia where larger groups were not? They were successful because of their speed and because Genghis Khan unified the Mongols. 3. Genghis Khan successfully united warring groups due to these two factors: a. He put people in certain classes based on their education and merit‚ instead of family
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islands are collectively called Dokdo. The name means a "rock island." Dokdo has been a Korean territory throughout all known history except during the Japanese occupation of Korea between 1905 and 1945. Dokdo is also called Liancourt Rocks after the French whaling ship‚ Le Liancourt‚ which rediscovered Dokdo on January 27‚ 1849. The Japanese name for Dokdo used to be Matsushima (松島) until 1905‚ at which time it was renamed as Takeshima (竹島) along with a Japanese territorial claim. Dokdo has been under
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empires of the post classical Byzantine; Tsui‚ Tang and Song in China and the Caliphates in Persia. Only India did not return to an over reaching centralized empire. During the post-classical Dar el-Islam united much of Eurasia with a single religious adherence to Islam. Also‚ the largest empire the world was ever to see‚ the Mongols‚ rose during the post classical period. These large‚ complex empires altered governments and economies‚ more by scale than bringing about any revolutionary changes
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Essay: How did black churches function during the antebellum period? Frederick Douglas‚ perhaps‚ said it best when he mentioned that the AME Mother Bethel Church in Philadelphia‚ obviously being a black church‚ was “the largest church in the Union‚” with up to 3‚000 worshipers every Sunday. This fact‚ along with black churches being the most influential institution in the antislavery movement (even more so than black conventions and newspapers) gave the religious aspect of the movement a powerful
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Ancient Egypt is divided up into three main time periods‚ the Old Kingdom‚ the Middle Kingdom and the New kingdom. The Eighteenth Dynasty marked the beginning of the New Kingdom and played a key role in the revolution of Egypt’s religion‚ architecture‚ trade and it’s expansion. Some of Egypt’s best known Pharaohs reigned during this time period‚ including Ahmose I‚ Hatshepsut‚ Thutmose III‚ Amenhotep III‚ Akhenaten and Tutankhamun. The Pharaohs of the time‚ as well as other aspects helped push Egypt
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Elaine Woo “Modern Times” short critique The movie ‘Modern Times’ (1936)‚ directed by and staring Charlie Chaplin‚ was set during the Great Depression and industrial revolution period‚ where machines and technology were starting to dominate humanity‚ which led to severe unemployment and poverty. Machines were also served as a method to illustrate how people are supposed to deal with fast-paced living‚ when factories were starting to use machines and technology as their main ways to produce‚ and
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The interwar period (1919-1939) is crucial in the history of India as it is an important part of the jigsaw puzzle in understanding the contemporary political structure and the formation in Modern India and Pakistan. This period as a whole is very sensitive as huge changes and restructuring were taking place all over the world after the drastic world war. Since the world I war was mostly fought between colonies and as the World War I came to end‚ many or simply most of the colonies which due to
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Letters 1 -4 1. What does Robert Walton hope to accomplish on his voyage? Robert Walton wants to travel to the Artic and be the first to set foot on it. Walton is also excited by adventure and new experiences. 2. How did Walton prepare himself for the expedition? He has been preparing himself for six years‚ gathering information about the Arctic‚ and training himself physically so that he will be able to endure the harsh climate of the region. 3. What did Walton read for the first 14 years of his life
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the trust of one of the most powerful men in history: Kublai Khan. The book outlines the assimilation of one man into Mongol culture. The Mongols were very accepting of other cultures so cases like these are far from rare. One other example is the Flemish Monk Willem van Ruysbroeck’s first hand account of the Mongols. In both pieces of literature you see the culture of the Mongol Empire completely awe the travelers. The movie Marco Polo questioned whether or not all aspects of the book were credible
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A Moment in Time Cecelia D Norwood English 311 Professor Sayre Monday‚ May 7‚ 2012 A Moment in Time I was asked to capture a special time in my life and reflect on it‚ as I look back on my life‚ the one I hold dear to me is when I was a child. I guess I was about ten years old. I came from a family of ten. Being from a large family it was always something going on in our house. My mother was a stay at home mom who took raising her children her pride and joy. My stepdad worked
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