Part VI – Spinning the worldwide web (1450-1800) Beginning in around 1450‚ peoples of the earth increasingly formed a more single community o This process is known as “globalization” As globalization continued‚ the process of specialization of labor became global The World’s Webs as of 1450 The web was created by migration‚ trade‚ missionary work‚ technology transfer‚ biological exchange‚ and military conquest o Encompassed Russia up to Siberia‚ Korea & Japan‚ England‚ Northern & Eastern
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According to Malcolm Clark‚ “Muslims today who want to establish a Muslim state often look to the first Islamic states for models to emulate and for inspiration” (Clark 15). Therefore‚ to develop an understanding of the Muslim culture‚ we must review the birth and expansion of Islam. Islam began when the angel Gabriel appeared before Muhammad‚ telling him that God had declared him as “His last prophet” (Clark 9). This happened in 610 A.D. in Mecca‚ presently known as Saudi Arabia. Over the course
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My Essay is a discussion of the causes for the Age of Discovery‚ and the early colonization of the Americas‚ the Age of Discovery occurred in Europe‚ in the mid 15th to 16th centuries‚ and describes the time period in which Europe; predominantly Spain; set out to discover a new safe passage to the Indies‚ and Asia. The impetus for the discovery was the continued unrest in the Middle East after the Crusaders had returned to Europe. I will discuss how these events influenced the discovery of the Americas
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Constantinople is located today in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmed II who was known as the conqueror attacked Constantinople in 1453. The fall of Constantinople then made the Ottoman Empire seem invincible to anyone around. Safavid Empire- Safavid Empire was the Iranian kingdom from 1502-1722 and was established by Ismail Safavi. The Safavid
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few observations made on Muslim scholars have previously been non-Arab. - portrays the surprising intelligence and knowledge scholars had‚ causing Islam to gain popularity and royal authority. [ unified ] Document 7: Letter from (Ottoman Sultan) Selim to (Safavid Sultan) Isma’il‚ 1514. - tone of the letter sounds
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1/28/14 Mrs. Wheeler World History History Web Quest Mughal Empire The empire laid by Akbar was eroded without a new basis for its administrations because Aurangzeb could not manage the empire because he lacked trustworthy men. Aurangzeb treated the Hindus harsh‚ spent too much money on his military campaigns‚ and reversed the liberal religious policies of Akbar. Akbar developed the Din because he didn’t believe that there was just one true religion but believed that Hindu and Muslim should
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711 A.D. and over the intervening (and nearly equivalent) amount of time the area was contested by various powers‚ including the Mughals (from the east) and the Safavids (from the west). The Portuguese captured‚ sacked and burnt Gwadar in 1581 This was then followed by almost two centuries of local rule by the various Balochi tribes. The city was visited by Ottoman Admiral Seydi Ali Reis in 1550s and mentioned in his book Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries)‚ 1557. According to Seydi Ali
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as Portugal and Holland. In 1870‚ Germany and Italy both became unified‚ and both countries began to acquire colonies. In addition to overseas empires‚ there were three major continental empires. These were the Russian empire‚ the Austrian empire and the Ottoman empire. Britain had set up colonies in North Africa and India in the 17th century. This brought Britain into conflict with France in the 18th century. The Seven Years War was the turning point in the British Empire. In 1759 the city of Quebec was captured from the French in Canada
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Islam: The Straight Path By John L. Esposito Due to recent events (the war in Afghanistan and Iraq‚ September‚ 11)‚ I decided that I should stop listening to what people in the media say about Islam and find out for myself what Islam stands for. In John L. Esposito’s Islam: The Straight Path I found a fairly easy to read and informative guide to understanding the world’s second largest religion. Mr. Esposito divides his book into three parts: The first consists of the early history of the
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Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor‚ ascending the throne at the very young age of thirteen. During the time of Akbar’s reign he abolished military threats from some of the most powerful empires including the Second Battle of Panipat where he defeated the Hindu king Hemu. Aside from being a great military commander Akbar the Great was also a huge influence on India’s culture and art‚ even having the walls of his palaces covered in murals. He also took an interest in Sanskrit literature
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