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    The British Empire was the largest the world had known. It was said “the sun never sets on the British Empire‚” as it was so large it covered all time zones. Britain had a small population and army so governing was done by inflicting a devastating military defeat on the conquered nation. The defeat was so great that would be no future resistance. It had the desired effect of scaring the locals into doing anything they could to maintain Britain’s favor. This kept the peace. Part of this would

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    African Kingdoms and Empires

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    African Kingdoms and Empires During 400 AD‚ West Africa witnessed the rise and fall of the indigenous medieval empires of ancient Ghana‚ medieval Mali‚ and Songhai. Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged‚ functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves‚ gold‚ firearms‚ textiles and

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    The Ghana Empire: Notes

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    Fowlkes Professor Marrow History 101 November 26‚ 2013 1. Ghana means: "Warrior King". Ghana was the title given to the emperors of Wagadou‚ which is why it became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire. Although present day Ghana took its name from the ancient Ghana Empire‚ there is no territory common to the two‚ as Wagadou was located in what is now Southeastern Mauritania‚ Western Mali‚ and Eastern Senegal. (The name Wagadou meant ’Land of Herds’). 2. Ghana’s capital city is Kumbi

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    During the Emperor Justinian’s reign‚ from 527 until 565‚ the Byzantine Empire expanded in wealth‚ power and prestige. Much of this was due to Justinian’s skilful rule. There were also periods of retrenchment and plague which often makes the period seem an unsuccessful one‚ although I believe these times showed his quality as an Emperor. One reason that the Empire expanded under Justinian was because of his ability to pick exceptional advisors. The men that he gave power to owed this to him and

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    Charlemagne brought some key administrative developments into his domain‚ which got to be known as the Carolingian Empire. He based on the current arrangement of seignorialism‚ whereby lords gave tracts of area to their nobles in return for faithfulness and administration. Charlemagne conceded vast landholdings called fiefs to numerous tribal military pioneers. Furthermore‚ he delegated various Frankish nobles to the posts of checks (the leader of a locale called an area) and margraves (the number

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    religious‚ and cultural changes and continuities from the now extinct classical empires to the post-classical empires? Periodization: There were diplomatic dealings with Harun al-Rashid. There was political turmoil and other concerns so they laid the foundation of European Christendom- a region that never experienced political unity but adopted Christianity as the dominant source if cultural authority. The Byzantine Empire remained a political and economic powerhouse of the postclassical world. It was

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    Rome’s successes as well as from her mistakes in the area of organization—actually the world’s first experiment in organizing a truly far-flung empire.The problem‚of course‚was how to maintain control‚loyalty‚and taxes in a geographically dispersed empire.Too much delegation on a local level tempted the military and others to divide or sever their loyalty to Rome.And because of the distance involved and the ned for local “autonomy” to meet local peculiarities‚ a highly centralized form of organization

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    Roman Empire and Pp

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    1. Define the term Agricultural Revolutions and explain how it impacted the world. (Chapter 1‚ pp. 7-8 and p.11 two paragraphs before the subsection “Life in Neolithic communities”) 2. What was the most important result/benefit of the development of settled agricultural communities? (Chapter 1‚ p. 11) 3. Who were the earliest settled people in Mesopotamia and what kind of writing system did they use? (Chapter 2‚ section “Mesopotamia”) 4. Why did the status of women decline with

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    Roman Empire Essay

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    The Roman Empire was one of the greatest and longest lasting empires to date‚ but by A.D. 476 the empire was divided in two and its downfall was inevitable. There are many reasons for the downfall of the Western Roman Empire‚ some political some economical‚ but the four biggest factors were religion‚ war‚ size‚ and the decline of the Military. The problems that brought about the downfall of the Western Roman Empire were not unsolvable‚ but the leaders lacked the will and organization to fix them

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    How Roman were the successor states in the former western Empire? 500ad to 800ad (GENERAL) The successor kingdoms are homogenous forms of power in terms of culture‚ administration‚ military power‚ etc. and were all variations of the former Empire. The barbarian forces were able to effectively invade the roman empire and the military fighting was used to show the power of the ruler. Traditionally the Roman forces were paid in fee regularly whilst the Barbarians were not due to the lack of a tax

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