In China‚ gunpowder is termed Huo Yao‚ meaning burning medication. It was created by blending elemental sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and saltpeter. Daoist scientists created this by mishap. At first‚ the Tao were attempting to discover an elixir for indestructibility. It was made in the course of the 9th century‚ and the initial documents of the ingredients were seen in the 11th century. At first‚ gunpowder was applied to commence fires. The Chinese also used it to blind‚ burn and poison people and give off
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using neutral shades (red‚ orange‚ blue). In Tugh Tempur’s biography‚ it suggests that the mandala was made for a imperial family who practiced Yamantaka initiations to inaugurate emperors. The mandala was silk tapestry and that was a staple of the Mongol
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chaos 4. Who ruled during this time? Various kingdoms fought with each other to rule 5. What other problems did China suffer from during this time? Floods‚ droughts‚ and food shortages 6. What did the invading Mongols eventually do? Settle down and adopt the Chinese culture 7. What is Confucianism? a belief system based on the ideas of Confucius 8. What principles were emphasized in Confuciabism? Use right relationships to produce social
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Tarek Sahyoun AP World History Unit 3 Vocabulary * Bedouins are pretty much the stereotypical Arabs because of their culture based on herding camels and goats * I would have liked to be a Shaykh if I lived in a Bedouin society because they usually possessed large herds. * It is a Muslim practice to pray toward the city of Mecca. * I was surprised to hear that Muhammad’s flight to Medina began the Muslim calendar. * The Umayyad clan dominated Mecca‚ and later became a Muslim
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During the age of European imperialism‚ strong ideas of cultural pride began to arise. European nations began to expand their empires to other continents‚ and make use of the resources they gained in doing so. As a result of the spread of European nations‚ many local people of Asia and Africa were suppressed‚ assimilated‚ or killed. Their industrialized subjugators often felt a compulsion to civilize and assimilate foreigners into European practices. Many imperialists felt that it was the burden
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civilization) Simon’s butterflies: innocence of childhood Title of the novel: (translation of Beelzebub) the latent evil that is within each of us‚ but is kept in check by reason and social pressure (civilization). In the absence of these controls‚ barbarism erupts. Pig’s head: stark reality of spiritual corruption War paint: hidden desire to move outside of social controls (when boys wear war paint‚ they are not the same people – they are not responsible for the actions that are done while masked
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caused the internal conflicts. The spreading of diseases and the ruler/representatives inability to rule the whole empire caused the external conflicts. With the rise of barbarism‚ the empire no longer saw itself as encompassing the entire world as it once did but instead saw itself as an island civilization in the world of barbarism. In around 280 C.E. the Roman Empire split into the East and West under Diocletian. Power moved eastward and the Byzantine Empire formed. Also‚ by the fourth century the
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Before the Ming Dynasty‚ the Yuan Dynasty had been part of the Song Dynasty‚ which was the Mongols and China united as one dynasty. But‚ a shift in power allowed for the Mongols to take over. Once the Mongols took over the Chinese‚ they removed the Chinese culture. Hongwu had to later restore it when the Mongols were overthrown in 1368. So‚ when Hongwu finally reestablished the culture‚ he had to prevent it from losing it again. That was the same mentality
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The most popular theory places the first cases in the steppes of Central Asia‚ though some speculate that it originated around northern India. From there it was carried east and west by Mongol armies and traders making use of the opportunities offered by the Mongol Peace (a guarantee of free passage within the Mongol Empire) along the Silk Road‚ and was first exposed to Europe at the trading city of Kaffa in the Crimea from which it spread to Sicily and on to the rest of Europe. Whether this hypothesis
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the Chinese used the gun powder idea and made a bigger tube and a longer arrow to help them fly straighter they used these new rockets to defend them from the attack of Mongols in 1232 the Mongols called these rockets “arrows of flying fire” and these arrows had great psychological effects on the Mongols. Europe the Mongols took this rocket idea and spread it through out Europe. In England a monk named Roger Bacon worked on improving the gun powder to make the rockets fly farther. In France
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