WHAP 95 Theses 2012 Period 1: to 600 B.C.E. Technological and Environmental Transformations; Ancient Civilizations 1.1 Big Geography and Peopling the Earth 1. Describe and evaluate Paleolithic human society; demography‚ migrations‚ social gender structures and impact on environment. 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies 10‚000 years ago the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of more complex economic and social systems
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During the year of 1937‚ Japan officially launched their official full-scale invasion of China. On July 7‚ 1937‚ the Marco Polo Bridge Incident marked the beginning of the second Sino-Japanese War. This incident took place when during a Japanese field exercise in Beijing when a Japanese commander found that a soldier went missing and believed that the Chinese had kidnapped
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empires‚ and countries. It gave Europe an economic boost and a share of ideas from everywhere else. One example of things from other nations is Marco Polo’s book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo. According to the article in https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/expansion-interconnection/exploration-interconnection/a/marco-polo‚ “...[Marco Polo] found Mongolian customs fascinating and reported them enthusiastically‚ such as the use of paper for money and the burning of coal for heat
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Venice doesn’t have a capital being that is a city. Attractions Grand Canal St. Mary of the Friars Lagune von Venedig Marco Polo Marco Polo was born in 1254‚ in Venice and he was a famous explorer from Italy of the Roman Catholic religion and brought back important information from a significant amount of European countries and wrote a book about his travels. Polo died in 1324. Venetian Culture Venice is known for it’s infamous masquerade balls that were once year round‚ but a new law
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the American economy. Europe’s involvement of America’s economy can be dated as far back as Marco Polo’s expedition to China. In 1323‚ Marco Polo voyaged to China‚ a country that was obscure to the majority of Europeans. Polo depicted China to be “abound with ginger‚ silk‚ and fowl” and also stated that “there [was] vast abundance of silk and much trade” (Marco Polo‚ Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo‚ ).Europe‚ ready to explore the new land and new resource of wealth‚ decided to establish thriving
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their king should be which made them very loyal. The kings of Mali were influenced by this and mixed politics with religion as well. Another area of Mali rule that was influenced by the Egyptians was their lack of violence towards their subjects. Ibn Buttata states‚ “one of their good features is the lack of oppression” which demonstrates that the kings of Mali were king to their subjects and respected them. The Egyptians were also king to their subjects and wanted to keep them content so that
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Zayn El Hajji First Year Writing Professor Bodenrader The Replication of Everything Replication‚ reproduction‚ repetition‚ it is all the same in the end. Postmodernism was defined by its use of replication and reproduction to show the dehumanization of the mass production capitalistic world. David Foster Wallace writes in the book A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll never do again “The apotheosis of the pop in postwar art marked a whole new marriage between high and low culture. For the artistic
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Kublai Khan was a ruler during the thirteenth century. He was a Mongol dreamer‚ visionary‚ and had the desire to unite different nationalities‚ religions‚ and cultures together under the Yuan Empire. Kublai Khan was a great sympathizer for the Chinese people‚ even though he was Mongolian by birth. He didn’t necessarily always trust the Chinese people‚ but he was fascinated with their traditions‚ culture‚ and arts. Conservative Mongolians would get offended and would repeatedly cause Kublai Khan problems
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The "two dates most often mentioned as "the beginning of World War II" are July 7‚ 1937‚ when the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" led to a prolonged war between Japan and China"‚ other than September 1st‚ 1939(“World War 2” 24). During the Marco Polo Bridge incident‚ Japan surrounded a small town near the Marco Polo Bridge‚ while being as subtle as an elephant playing the trumpet on ice‚ that was legal due to a law that was exploited before China knew what
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People have believed that Marco Polo introduced spaghetti from China to Italy‚ but that is incorrect. Though‚ Chinese were eating noodles as long ago as 2000 BC (this is known thanks to the discovery of a well-preserved bowl of noodles over 4000 years old)‚ but the familiar legend of Marco Polo importing pasta from China is just that—a legend. In additions‚ there is evidence state that the ancient Etruscans in Italy were eating pasta at least 1600 years before Marco Polo was born. It is also believed
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