WHAP: Midterm REVIEW: Complete and study the review sheet and you will do very well on the exam! 1. The political organization of the Tigris Euphrates civilization. a. Tightly organized city-states b. King with divine authority c. Carefully defined boundaries and territory d. Regulates religions and enforces religious duty e. Court system for Justice f. Organized defense and army g. Early code of law (Hammurabi) 2. The river valley civilization which was most completely destroyed by
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Definitions of Migration | | | | | | There are two basic kinds of migration—internal and external. Internal migration occurs when someone moves from one section of a country to another‚ usually for economic reasons. The most notable example of internal migration has been the movement from rural regions to cities. This kind of migration has occurred since the earliest recorded periods of civilization. | | | Reasons of migration | | | If people are satisfied where
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African pastoral society? The Fulbe Why did the Ming government suddenly stop the exploration of the Indian Ocean basin?Emperor Yongle’s successors viewed expansion as a waste of time and resources.. In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule‚ the Ming dynasty took which of the following steps?Ming rulers sought to recover the Chinese cultural past.. The Hundred Years’ War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century
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Chapter 1: The Peopling of the World Section 1: Human Origins in Africa Artifacts - human-made objects such as tools and jewelry Artifacts help hint to the culture of prehistoric people Culture - a people’s unique way of life Archaeologists vs. Paleontologists vs. Anthropologists Archaeologists study the life of early people Paleontologists study fossils Anthropologists study artifacts found at archaeological digs Hominids - human-like creatures that walk upright Lucy is the oldest
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Asia during the thirteenth century returned to center stage in world history. The Mongols ended or interrupted the great postclassical empires while extending the world network of that era. Led by Chinggis Khan and his successors‚ they brought central Asia‚ China‚ Persia‚ Tibet‚ Iraq‚ Asia Minor‚ and southern Russia under their control. The states formed dominated most of Asia for one and a half centuries. The Mongol success was the most formidable nomadic challenge to the global dominance of the
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societies into a far more centralized and hierarchical political system in which power was concentrated in a divinely sanctioned ruler and differences in the status of clans were more pronounced. The Xiongnu system created a model that later Turkic and Mongol empires emulated. It was within the Arab world that Islam‚ the largest and most expansive religious tradition of the postclassical period‚ emerged. Pastoral Arabs also provided the shock troops of the Islamic expansion that carved out the Arab Empire
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differences and similarities of how the Mongols treated China and Russia consisted of the good use of trade routes‚ and how the Mongols weren’t strict to Russia. The Mongols controlled china differently from Russia by having a direct rule over them‚ and by changing their capital to another place‚ some of the similarities that both china and Russia shared was that their economics dropped and both wanted to conquer different places. The way that the Mongols controlled China and Russia economically
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The Mongols were a vast and powerful empire that thrived off of conquest and the conquering of other societies. While they took over vastly different kinds of cultures and government systems‚ they always used the same strategy and tactic. They were primarily focused on economic gain‚ power‚ and striking fear into their enemies and the rest of the world in a way that was convenient for them. The Mongols invaded China and Russia with that in mind‚ and because of this they had a similar effect on
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1. Which of the following describes the role pastoral societies played in world history before the Mongol Empire? d) They introduced new political models that reshaped the states of older civilizations. a) They preserved the lifestyle of gathering and hunting societies. c) They created a series of nomadic empires and controlled major trade routes. b) They spread their polytheistic religions to neighboring civilizations. 2. Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian
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accepting Genghis Khan’s activities as pivotal in world history and the shaping of the modern world. Thus‚ the publication of Jack Weatherford’s book‚ Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World‚ is a welcome addition to the literature on the Mongols. The book is organized into an introduction‚ and then three sections of the text itself‚ and concluding with an epilogue‚ notes‚ glossary‚ and bibliography. Preceding all of these is a genealogical table showing Genghis
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