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    The Ottoman Empire

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    At its height‚ the Ottoman empire (ca. 1299–1922) spread from Anatolia and the Caucasus across North Africa and into Syria‚ Arabia‚ and Iraq. Its size rivaled that of the great cAbbasid empire (750–1258)‚ and it united many disparate parts of the Islamic world. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Ottoman conquests allowed them control of many ports and sole access to the Black Sea‚ from which even Russian vessels were excluded‚ and trade among the provinces increased greatly. As the largest city

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    Mediterranean”) 10. Define “Mandate of Heaven‚” “Confucianism‚” “Daoism‚” “Warring States Period” (Chapter 2‚ pp. 42-48 “The Zhou Period” and “Confucianism‚ Daoism‚ and Chinese Society‚” Chapter 5‚ p. 142 “The First Chinese Empire”) 11. Briefly describe Persian Empire (system of government‚ economy‚ culture/religion). (Chapter 4‚ pp. 93-99) 12. Define “democracy” (as it existed in Ancient Greece”) and “oligarchy” (Chapter 4‚ pp. 107). 13. What ancient society started colonization

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    Ancient Empires

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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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    The Tools of Empire

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    these new explanations are surprising; most of them conflict at some point with each other. Imperialism has been linked to multiple theories of the actual origins of the imperialistic Headrick uses the argument that technology made the creation of empire a worthwhile endeavor for the first time in the latter half of the 19th century. It permitted European nations to seize large amounts of property‚ subjugate the land and people and then milk it like a cow in the barn. This is a valid thesis‚ for men

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    The Evil Empire

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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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    Mongol Empire

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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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    Carthaginian Empire

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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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    the periods of 300-750 C.E‚ there were three empires that had dominated this region in the late Antiquity. Those three empires were the Sasanid Empire‚ the Byzantine Empire and the Arab-Islamic Empire .These three empires had affected this region economically‚ politically‚ religiously and in culture. . The Sasanid state emerged against the background of Old Iranian history. The Achaemenids establish the framework for the Sasanids and the Achaemenids ruler formed the political layout by which to

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    The Ottoman Empire

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    ~ T HE O TTOMAN E MPIRE ~ AND THE W ORLD A ROUND I T ~ For Virginia Aksan in friendship ~ ~ The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It ~ S URAIYA F AROQHI ~ Published in 2004 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road‚ London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 Copyright © Suraiya Faroqhi 2004 The right of Suraiya Faroqhi

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    Bysantine Empire

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    1413. From this unpromising position‚ the son and grandson of Mehmed (Murad II and Mehmed II‚ whose combined reigns span nearly seventy years) achieve an astonishing recovery for the Ottoman state - posing an ever greater threat to the Byzantine empire.   Murad patiently reasserts control over much of western Anatolia‚ and makes equivalent headway in the Balkans. Serbia is brought back into the Ottoman fold (Murad marries a Serbian princess in 1433). Much of Bulgaria also is recovered. A strong

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