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    Thinking about traveling to a new place? Do you like history? Then travel back in time to the Golden Age of Islam! Learn new things about a time of the past. The Golden Age of Islam was a period where there were many advancements in several aspects of Islam. Experience the economic‚ intellectual‚ political‚ and social achievements of the Golden Age! Intellectual Art included detailed floral or vine designs. These designs can be found on pottery‚ textiles‚ paper manuscripts‚ and buildings. This artwork

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    Both witnessing the decline of power‚ the Ottoman Empire and China experienced serious economic and political issues. The Ottoman Empire and China were among the most prosperous empires in the world‚ militarily eclipsing European countries in ancient times. However‚ due to similar reasons and idiosyncratic factors‚ the two empires saw the downfalls. To begin with‚ economically‚ the Ottoman Empire and China deteriorated from inside. However‚ the declines were different. The Ottoman Empire was one

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    In 1346 European traders began to hear reports about earthquakes‚ floods‚ locusts‚ famine‚ and plague in faraway China. They knew very little then that the plague they were hearing about would follow the same trade routes to the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Europe that they themselves used. (doc. 1) In five short years‚ the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered. (doc 2) So how different were the Christian and Muslim responses? In 1348 Christianity and Islam came face

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    a professor and the current department chair of the history department at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The author’s primary thesis revolves the external and internal politics that influenced England’s declaration of war prior to the Opium Crisis. When constructing the source‚ the author used a wide arrange of materials ranging from English-Argentinian treaties‚ to personal letters from prominent English officials within China. His approach in the source primarily revolves around the

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    Protests of Tibet against the republic of China have occurred early as the 1950s. Tibet has once been an independent nation‚ until it was incorporated into the Mongol Empire in 1246 and was under Yuan Dynasty until the 1350s. In 1720‚ the Qing Dynasty Army entered Tibet and defeated the invading forces of Dzungar Khanate; thus starting the Qing rule of Tibet. During the Qing rule of Tibet‚ bad blood between Chinese and Tibet grew with the assassination of the Tibet prince‚ Gyurme Namgyal by two

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    Chapter 26 The West and The World "Old Imperialism" occurred between the 16th and 18th centuries; European powers did not usually acquire territory in Africa and Asia but rather built a series of trading stations; the New World was the exception--many countries established colonies in the Americas; many Europeans also emigrated from their homelands "New Imperialism" Began in 1880s in Africa‚ earlier in Asia; in 1800 Europeans controlled about 7% of the world’s territory--by 1914 they controlled

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    goods continued to be extremely popular in Europe. The Opium War and the “Opening” of China Opium‚ however‚ changed everything. In greater and greater numbers‚ Chinese accustomed to tobacco began to use opium brought by Europeans. Although the Qing court banned the drug‚ usage spread. Seeking to trade opium for tea‚ the East India Company induced Indian peasants to raise opium‚ which could then be shipped to China. Enormous quantities of opium made their way to China‚ swelled by the number of merchants

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    THE ANALYSIS ESSAY OF ASHPUTTLE The tittle of the story is Ashputtle; retold by the brothers grimm ( Jacob and Wilhelm ). Ashputtle was a daughter of a rich man who married another woman with two daughters after Ashputtle’s mother had passed away. She faced a series of mistreatments from her step mother and sisters. Her father was heedless and not skepetic to find out how Ashputtle’s dairy life flow in absence of her mother. She was strong enough to endure all hardship and ended up in the loyal

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    did not. This led to hostility between China and the European Countries Opium Wars Inflexible‚ close-minded (about commerce with Europe) Bad harvests‚ warfare‚ rebellions‚ overpopulation‚ economic disasters‚ and foreign imperialism contributed to the dynasty’s collapse. Manchu Dynasty was not able to control or adjust and get an efficient solution to China´s just arisen problems Opium Wars  There was a high demand for China’s tea ceramics‚ and silks in Great Britain

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    first Opium War in 1839 until the 1940’s and the rise of the Communist Party‚ forced Western ideas into China and caused doubts of and the eventual fall of the Middle Kingdom. Many factors of the Century of Humiliation‚ ranging between the Taiping Rebellion‚ the ‘rice bowl’ mentality of the Chinese in the face of reform‚ and World War 1 influenced the cultural shifts and the humiliation of China‚ but the most significant of the contributing events of the Century of Humiliation was the Opium Wars

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