Red Sea. Egypt was the first country to dig a man made canal across its land that connected the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea through the branches of the Nile River. In 1854 Ferdinand de Lesseps‚ French consul to Cairo‚ made an agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build a canal 100 miles across the Isthmus of Suez; a strip of land located in between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. A team of engineers created a plan to construct the Suez Canal and in 1856 the Suez Canal Company was
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Economy of China China’s economic growth has no historical precedent and it is often described by analysts as one of the greatest economic success stories in modern times‚ changing really quickly from one of the poorest countries in the world‚ at the end of the 70’s‚ to the second largest economy in the world‚ and according to predictions it could become the largest within the next five years or so. Actually‚ in the Premodern Era‚ China was one of the worlds’ economic and technological
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Classical China and Classical India have many similarities‚ but some ideas like politics and the social classes can differ from one or another. Politics was a way on how these classical civilizations had a government and what made the government had power to lead their civilization. Social class was a way to put people in ranks which was also a way for the different types of jobs they did. Politics also goes with social class since it showed that only certain types of people could be in the government
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The fall of the Qing Dynasty was triggered by the ‘Double Tenth’ on 10 October 1911 at Wuchan where troops refused to obey an order to suppress a group of dissidents causing a mutiny. This undermined the control of the Qing government as their imperial army was no match for the Chinese military who had invested in modernisation. However‚ it can be argued that other factors such as Sun Yatsen’s influence‚ Yuan Shikai’s double crossing‚ the existing weaknesses of the Qing‚ and foreign intervention
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Two civilizations started out at the same time and evolved into empires of great similarities‚ yet compelling differences lie between them. The two countries represent societies beginnings with their impressive work and there astonishing achievements with such little technology at their disposal‚ nevertheless brilliant minds found ways to design massive buildings and a new form of language at their time. Mesopotamia and Egypt show there similarities in the aspects of economic‚ political‚ and social
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Courtney Professor English 1302 20 September 2013 An Analysis of Ronald Reagan’s “The Evil Empire.” Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Orlando‚ Florida on March 8‚ 1983 called‚ “The Evil Empire.” This speech was intended for the ears of all Americans and is one of the best known presidential speeches ever given. In his speech‚ Reagan uses multiple rhetorical strategies such as; metaphors‚ allusions‚ rhetorical questions‚ tone‚ pathos‚ and uses references from the bible. He talks about all the
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The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China ( pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng;) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China‚ built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups such as the Xiongnu from the north and rebuilt and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century. Since the 5th century BC‚ several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall
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Abstract The Carthage Empire was formed in 814 B.C. According to legend‚ this was when Princess Dido‚ of Tyre fled from her home‚ current day Lebanon. This was to escape from the clutches of her brother Pygmalion who had killed her husband‚ heir to the throne of Tyre after her father died. She fled across the Mediterranean with some citizens of Tyre and landed at the tip of Northern Africa‚ Carthage or current day Tunisia. There‚ she saw that Carthage was almost like an island jutting out into
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topic from history‚ how this topic relates to today‚ or anything we have covered in class (25 points). The Mongols: How Barbaric are the Barbarians? Who are the Mongols really? The Mongols had an empire that existed during the 13th and 14th centuries AD‚ and was the largest continuous land empire in human history lead by a great ruler called Genghis Khan. For centuries they have been remembered as a brutal tribe of nomadic barbarians who were a serious threat to people and civilization throughout
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How did the Ottoman-Safavid Conflict affect the World during the First Global Age? Two empires‚ labeled the strongest in the world‚ rose from the Middle East. In the midst of the First Global Age‚ they waged war against each other. This destructive event lasted from 1534 CE until 1639 CE (Ways of the World : a Brief Global History with Sources‚ Robert W. Strayer). Shah Isma’il I‚ the first Safavid ruler‚ (ruled from 1501 to 1524)‚ made his entire state’s religion Shia Islam‚ and furthermore pronounced
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