Comparisons 8000 BCE- 2000 BCE: River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia‚ China‚ Egypt‚ and India were all river valley civilizations‚ meaning they arose in the valleys of major rivers. Mesopotamia arose on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; china on the Yellow river; Egypt on the Nile river; and India on the Indus river. Irrigation systems were built to control water for farming. All four civilizations were governed by kings who derived their authority form the gods(either they claimed
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Look at political and economic systems‚ cultural and intellectual development‚ and technological progress. 18. Discuss the changes and continuities that occurred in the roles and functions of cities in major societies from the Neolithic Revolution to 1750. 19• Trace and analyze the changes and continuities in global demographics from 8000 BCE through 1900 CE. Be sure to address what global processes affected it throughout that time? 20• Trace and analyze the evolution of slavery and serfdom
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Although most people only know of the “thirteen original colonies”‚ there were‚ in fact‚ thirty-two English colonies in North America by 1775. However‚ only thirteen of them participated in rebellion. These thirteen settlements shared certain characteristics‚ most prominently of all‚ their rapid population growth. There were 300‚000 people in the New World in 1700‚ but by 1725‚ 2.5 million populated the thirteen colonies; it went from twenty English subjects for every American to only 3 for every
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shown in Fig. P-507 is in contact with 45° incline. The coefficient of static friction is 0.25. Compute the value of the horizontal force P necessary to (a) just start the block up the incline or (b) just prevent motion down the incline. (c) If P = 1780 N‚ what is the amount and direction of the friction force? Solution 507 Part (a) – Force P to just start the block to move up the incline The force P is pushing the block up the incline. The push is hard enough to utilize the maximum allowable
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10/7/1777|The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)|Saratoga County‚ New York| 6/28/1778|The Battle of Monmouth|Monmouth‚ New Jersey| 12/29/1778|The Capture of Savannah|Savannah‚ Georgia| 3/29/1780|The Siege of Charleston|Charleston‚ South Carolina| 8/16/1780|The Battle of Camden|North of Camden‚ South Carolina| 10/7/1780|The Battle of King’s Mountain|Near Blackburn‚ SC and King’s Mountain‚ NC| 1/17/1781|The Battle of Cowpens|Cowpens‚ South
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Chapter 6: The Intimately Oppressed 1. In the Zuni tribes of the Southwest‚ for instance‚ extended families- large clans-were based on the woman‚ whose husband came to live with her family. It was assumed that women owned the houses‚ and the fields belonged to the clans‚ and the women had equal rights to what was produced. A woman was more secure‚ because she was with her own family‚ and she could divorce the man when she wanted to‚ keeping their property. 2. The conditions under which white settlers
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hardships that came their way‚ as well. By 1780 the number of soldiers abandoning their posts/camps had greatly increased due the number of hardships they encountered. Even commanding officers had to put out desertion notices in newspapers to let the public know that a cash reward would be given to individuals that could provide assistance in the recapturing of deserting soldiers. Numerous advertisements (desertion notices) were placed in newspapers throughout 1780 in an attempt to stop the increased desertion
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The people & the States There was some problems: No standing army‚ no execuive leadership‚ no National Currency‚ Each state had Equal Vote in Congress‚ Required unanimous vote to amend. In the 1780’s‚ the Flaws of the system. > Reasons for a new Constitution Economic Crisis 1780’s Absence of an American economic policy + Trade barriers between the states : Risk of implosion Debt transferred to the states Crisis of legislative rule : Legislative tyranny
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permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent writing (3400 b.c.); Hammurabi writes his law code (1780 b.c.); Abraham founds monotheism Egyptian (3100 b.c.–30 b.c.) Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting Imhotep‚ Step Pyramid‚ Great Pyramids‚ Bust of Nefertiti Narmer unites Upper/Lower Egypt (3100 b.c.); Rameses II battles the Hittites
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1. Analyze the changes in global commerce from 1750 to 1914 due to changes in technology‚ communication and economic theory. 2. Analyze the demographic changes between 1750 and 1914 due to three of the following: industrialization food supply immigration birth rate patterns health slave trade 3. Analyze the social‚ economic and political changes and continuities facing women between 1750 and 1914 in the industrialized world. 4. Choose TWO of the areas listed below
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