with iron weapons Conquered surrounding territories and unified region d) Legalism dominant belief system e) Great Wall of China- empire was well organized‚ centralized and territorial Standardized all laws‚ currencies‚ weights‚ measures‚ and systems of writings f) Patriarchal g) Peasant rebels Han Dynasty a) Wu Ti b) Enlarged empire to central Asia c) Political organization d) Buddhism spread along Silk Road Believed politicians should be educated and excellent
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Mansa Musa Mansa Musa is mostly remembered for his extravagant hajj‚ or pilgrimage‚ to Mecca with‚ according to the Arab historian al-Umari‚ 100 camel-loads of gold‚ each weighing 300 lbs.; 500 slaves‚ each carrying a 4 lb. gold staff; thousands of his subjects; as well as his senior wife‚ with her 500 attendants. With his lavish spending and generosity in Cairo and Mecca‚ he ran out of money and had to borrow at usurious rates of interest for the return trip. Al-Umari also states that Mansa
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Neha Rattu 09.06.2014 APUSH Chapter 1 1. Native Americans in the “New World” a. bad omens- lightning struck temple‚ blazing lights in the sky b. BAMM! White people are on the shores :O big shocker (let’s just welcome them‚ forgetting all the bad omens) c. HERNAN CORTES------ 1519 ----- shows his beautiful face to the Indians (key event in the discovery of the New World) d. WHYY DID HE COME? Well‚ in short‚ during the 1400-1500s in Europe‚ there was a lot of
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| Ming China | Songhai | Mughal India | Government and Society | * Absolute rulers * Government followed out all emperor’s orders * Emperor seen as god | * Peace patrolling by navy * Surrounding chiefs kept more of their power if they paid tributes * Based on Islamic Principals. * Performance based NOT birth * Based on military and religion * Slaves did all manual labour | * Based on Islamic principals * Local rulers kept power but had to pay tributes * Centralised administration
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The Western African region has had many different empires come and go‚ but there are three that stand out the most. The Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai empires are very famous in the Western African region because of the cultural significance they had. These three empires had immense control over the gold mines and trade and so therefore the territories had a surplus in gold. They had so much gold that they would trade it for something as little and common as the spice salt. The kingdoms started out as
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While the Niger River and Western Sudan remained key geographical features of the Mali and Songhai kingdoms‚ the thirst for more wealth and larger trade networks caused each kingdom to expand its territory. Greed was the key factor in driving this expansion‚ because both kingdoms were well placed for trade and had access to resources. Specifically‚ the Niger was an essential river in West Africa because it “integrated the region economically and linked the interior regions of Western Africa with
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The presence of Islam was a powerful force in Mali and Songhai‚ leading to improvement in scholarship and government. The empires of Mali and Songhai were able to have an improvement in scholarship in West Africa due to the thirst for education by conversion Islam‚ as well as an increase in opportunities for people living in the kingdoms. The kingdom of Mali brought Islam to West Africa‚ which was extremely crucial to development in scholarship as there was a social mindset of Muslims being well
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The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture
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beginnings‚ the Islamic Empire established itself as a rival to the Byzantine Empire‚ capturing a large portion of Byzantine-controlled territory within the first few decades of its inception. In three or four paragraphs‚ compare and contrast the societies of the Byzantines and the Muslims in ONE of the following areas: politics‚ economics/trade‚ social structure/culture‚ religion. Why were the Muslims initially so successful in capturing territory from the Byzantine Empire? Why were they unable
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Empire or Emperor? An empire is a state‚ or political system that exercises coercive power over a population. Those with larger populations are more frequently labeled as empires. They conquer‚ rule‚ and extract resources from other states and peoples. Usually‚ empires encompass a considerable variety of peoples and cultures within a single political system. The negative things that come with an empire cannot be overlooked. Many empires are known by their violence‚ exploitation‚ oppression‚ cruel
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