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    The Mesoamerican civilization of the Incas was Inevitably incredible. The Incas had a large impact on the world and modern cultural advances would not be possible without it. Some areas of their lifestyle that was influential were culture‚ achievements‚ and the effects from the Spanish conquest. Not only did they have a large influential impact‚ they were also highly affected by other cultures. This made them the unique civilization that they still are today. The Inca civilization was rich with culture

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    conflicts in world history (Oxford Dictionary). Patriarchy began to rise in early pastoral times when agriculture had recently been invented‚ and the status of women slowly declined as women stayed at home to take care of children and men took over the agricultural field of work. Men began to assume economic power slowly over time‚ transforming into the majority of leadership roles in many empires. Throughout world history‚ Patriarchy has had an extremely large effect all over world history‚ appearing

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    The aftermath of the Holocaust left us saying “Never Again”‚ but when can “Never Again” become reality. Nobody is able to get rid of the past‚ without it we have no future. Mistakes and achievements in history shape humankind today. The Holocaust was a disastrous event that happened in 1933‚ extending throughout 1945. During these brutal years‚ six million Jews and others were destroyed by Hitler and the Nazi regime. Hitler decided to do this because these individuals were not of the “Aryan race”

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    AEGEAN ART Discuss two possible theories on how Aegean civilization perished. Natural Disaster A fact that was attributed by some scholars. Many explanations attribute the fall of the Mycenaean civilization and the Bronze Age collapse to climatic or environmental catastrophe. Dorian Invasion Dorian‚ any member of a major division of the ancient Greek people‚ distinguished by a well-marked dialect and by their subdivision. The Dorian people are traditionally acknowledged as the conquerors of

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    Long before any white man ever set foot in this hemisphere‚ there were fully functional and highly developed societies here. These civilizations were sophisticated‚ could even be considered more advanced than the European nations at the time. While the rest of the Eastern world was in the dark Middle Ages‚ the people here were flourishing. The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern México at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan CORTES in the early 16th century.

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    The Minoan Civilization lives were very peaceful. The government did not turn their back on the poor but they actually looked out for their less fortunate people. Women were not treated as minority but as equals. The kind ruled his people inspired by the grace of the God’s (Mahdavi‚ 2012). The king also shared his governing powers with priest and the bureaucrats. They took great pride in their art work which glorified their kings‚ pharaohs and the prominent members of their household (Mahdavi‚ 2012)

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    The Early Civilizations Most people think that caveman were dumb‚ but have you ever wondered what they did to bring us here? The time of the Nomads was in the Stone Age which was in the year 3500 B.C.. The Nomads were hunters and gatherers. They made their tools and weapons for hunting from stones and sticks‚ by attaching sharp rocks to the end of sticks to make a club or an ax. Some animals that they hunted were wolves and mammoths. The gatherers collected berries‚ nuts‚ and roots to eat. The

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    Contributions of Chinese Civilization to The Modern World The ancient Chinese civilization had a great impact in the modern world. They invented many things that are still in use today. There are very important contributions like paper‚ tea‚ process of printing‚ the water clock‚ the sundial‚ the chain pump and medicines based on herb and minerals. The greatest Chinese invention is the development of iron and steel. The development of iron and steel led to other advances. In the 4th century

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    There were many various civilizations in Mesoamerica approximately 3000 to 500 years ago. Though they were different civilizations‚ they had some similarities. One may think that ancient civilizations could not have been as advanced as we are today. Yet‚ who knows? They might have even been more advanced than we are in modern times in many various fields such as Inventing‚ Astronomy‚ Mathematics‚ Technology‚ Art‚ and maybe even more. Religion portrayed an important role in early Mesoamerican civilizations

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    Lopez‚ Jaymie A. D2B World History and Civilization 1 August 4‚ 2014 MY REFLECTION I choose Social Science as my major because I wanted to know a lot more about the field of economics and our history not only our history but the history of the whole world which made me get the WHISCVI1 subject‚ In this subject the use of technology was demanded. There were multiple assignments‚ quizzes‚ and reports. Using powerpoint presentation as our visual aids in sharing our knowledge is very important. Incorporating

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