CCOT: Rome‚ Republic to Empire Discuss the political and economic changes and continuities that occurred as Rome went from a Republic to an Empire During the classical age‚ Rome transitioned from a republic to an empire. During this time Rome’s senate was weakened becoming nothing more than a meaningless place for debates. This was because Rome became an empire in which the emperor had absolute power. While the senate was weakened Rome still controlled trade throughout the Mediterranean
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Notes 32.2 Japan’s Pacific Campaign (page 931) 1) Setting the Stage i) Japan‚ like Germany‚ sought to have an empire too‚ they took over Manchuria‚ and Northern China. ii) Then they went into the heartland of China and expected a quick victory‚ but when the resistance was stronger than they expected‚ and the war dragged on‚ their economy was under stress iii) They looked south toward European colonies of Southeast Asia 2) Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor
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CCOT Study guide Enlightenment thinking and revolution : Continuity : french revolution that went against the traditional monarchy did not create any enduring representative institutions. The revolution resulted in the rise of Napoleon‚ who became the emperor of france women continued to have little to no rights compared to men slavery had still endured in the Americas until past the 1850s Change : people‚ inspired by enlightenment ideas‚ started to challenge traditional monarchy
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Alissa Bradeen Mrs. Mcelroy AP World History September 19‚ 2014 Caste System in India from 1000BCE- 500CE When the Aryan’s migrated to the Harrapan society bringing important and useful resources such as horses‚ chariots‚ iron‚ and the Sanskrit language they begin to slowly overpower the Dravidians currently settled there. Since the Aryan’s were the more people they decided they needed a system to help keep social classes in their rightful order. So they created the caste system. Although the development
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World War II and the Cold War The world was left unhappy after World War I and another war broke out‚ World War II. This was followed by yet another war‚ the Cold War. The aggression of European and Asian dictators led to war. These dictators were totalitarian dictators. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens’ lives. One of the most infamous dictators of all time‚ Adolf Hitler‚ was the despot of Germany. Hitler created Nazism
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Gender Imbalance would lead to Third World War- XAT 2008 • Economic growth without environmental damage – a mirage or a reality. –XAT 2007 • ’India has one of the largest pools of talented manpower‚ but few innovations and patented products.’ –XAT 2006 • More than one billion Indians: A gigantic problem or a sea of opportunities –XAT 2005 • Asked at the age of 83‚ as to which of his project would he choose as his master piece‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ the architect answered
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The Civil War was a time of great social and political upheaval. It was also a time of great technological change. Inventors and military men devised new types of weapons‚ such as the repeating rifle and the submarine‚ that forever changed the way that wars were fought. Even more important were the technologies that did not specifically have to do with the war‚ like the railroad and the telegraph. Innovations like these did not just change the way people fought wars--they also changed the way people
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Karl Marx’s ideas as a guide‚ Stalin had believed that it was necessary to become socialist as a country before being able to become communist. Because Russia was not sufficiently capitalist and modernized as seen from Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War‚ there was a need for industrialization on a major scale. As a result‚ Stalin had implemented the 5 – year plans in order to raise production so that Russia would soon be one of the leading producers. This was majorly different from the “old” Russia
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quelled with the Ottomans winning the Battle of Chaldiran and reconfirming their superior military and religious views. The religious tolerance that was institute under Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566) continued to be practiced within the Ottoman world. The bureaucratic millet system is still protecting the “dimmi “within separate religious authorities (localized religious jurisdiction) responding to and respecting the authority of the Sultan. The 15th -18th century were known for the institution
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of WW1 There were a lot of reasons for the cause of WW1 but there were three in particular that were major reasons: militarism‚ alliances‚ and imperialism. Lots of wars were fought and some deadly more so than others. The underlying cause of WW1 was the war and the disagreements between countries. WW1 was a major war and disagreements between the countries were major problems. Militarism in my opinion was the biggest cause of WW1. For instance‚ in 1914 on Document C it shows Germany
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