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    Chapter 22 Study Guide- Northern Eurasia 1500-1800 1. What did Hideyoshi do in 1592? 2. What were the most dramatic consequences of the Japanese invasions? 3. What kind of artisan achievements were made in Japan in the 1600s and 1700s? 4. What were three (3) impacts of European contact with Japan? 5. What was the eventual response of the Japanese government to Christianity? 6. List three (3) reasons that contributed to the instability of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

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    The Ming Dynasty Angelica Roberts HIST111 American Public University Joseph Esposito The Ming Dynasty Every civilization has periods of time that they are well-known for‚ times of greatness. In Chinese history‚ one of these times was the Ming Dynasty. While there are unarguably many great moments associated with this empire‚ there are also weaknesses that cannot be ignored. The Ming Dynasty made great contributions to economics and engineering. However‚ their trade operations struggled quite

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    China’s development had started at a very early point in human history and continued to grow through millennium until the collapse of the Han Dynasty in 221. When China reunified it experienced political‚ social‚ and economical changes over a period of 700 years and 3 dynasties. Those dynasties were the Sui‚ Tang‚ and Song. The Sui Dynasty‚ founded by Yang Jian in 581‚ was responsible for unifying China for the first time in 400 years. The capital was re-established at Chang’an .Yang Jian turned

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    Marble Head Of a Ptolemaic Queen Daniel R. Diaz Professor Shelby Art History 101 December 11‚ 2004 This work of art is from the Greek‚ Hellenistic period‚ c. 270- 250 B.C.E. This fifteen inch marble bust corresponds to a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty according to the typical facial features of the ruling family at that time. The Ptolemaic dynasty occurred when there was a succession of Macedonian Greeks over Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. until the

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    Throughout history there have been many vast empires. No two are greater than the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty. In this paper you will read the and become familiar with some of the differences and similarities between these two. The Roman Empire was located around the Mediterranean. It had much greater connections to others than the Han dynasty did. Roman religion was Christianity. Their emperor was known to be the god. Christianity had many famous philosophers. Having their Christian religion

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    The Tang Dynasty (618-907) was a time of slightly deconstructed misogyny which allowed for the advancement of women. In fact‚ the Tang Dynasty experienced a small interruption with the second Zhou Dynasty (690-705) established by the only female monarch in Chinese history—Empress Wu. Empress Wu rose to power through ruthless tactics to move her from the emperor’s concubine‚ to the emperor’s consort‚ and eventually to the position of empress of China. Her significance as a Chinese ruler is exemplified

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    There were three reform movements between 1860-1911. They were the Self-strengthening movement‚ hundred Days Reform and late Qing reform. They all aimed at strengthening China. However‚ all of them ended in failure for many reasons. There were mainly six reasons: Empress Dowager Cixi’s role‚ the opposition from conservatives‚ lack of careful planning‚ lack of capital‚ corruption and the rising popularity of revolutionary movement. First‚ Cixi was the biggest problem in carrying out the reforms

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    Why did Chinese farmers move from northern to southern China during the Tang and Song dynasties? Attacks and wars by tribes drove many farmers to move south. How did the raising of rice change over time and how did it influence China? New types of rice were brought to China and it matured in two months instead of five which allowed the farmers to grow surplus amounts of rice. What was the importance of the Grand Canal? The farmers were able to ship their rice across the Grand Canal and busy boat

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    and Ptolemaic Egypt were ruled by a "king‚" and the Egyptian ideal of succession was from father to son (Shaw‚ 2003). The female relatives of the ruling king often played significant roles in the rule of Egypt‚ and the ideology of kingship itself was a careful blend of both male and female elements. Women who ruled autonomously as king were unusual in Dynastic Egypt‚ but it did occur; the best-known examples of this are Hatshepsut (from the 18th Dynasty) and Cleopatra VII (from the Ptolemaic period)

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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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