Chapter 28 Descent into the Abyss: World War I and the Crisis of the European Global Order…
You have to study all your notes over Ch. 19 & 20, take the 2 online quizzes and look at and read the explanations for all the maps and pictures of the 2 assigned chapters.…
1.) To actually conquer this territory it required a well-trained and equipped army. Also it took lots of time and people with skills. When Genghis Khan died, the land that he had owned split up. The Mongols built highways which helped them in trading. They were also the first to use gunpowder, coal, and printing.…
1) What distinguishes those regions referred to as the "Third World" from other societies? Page Ref: 773…
AP requires you to expand it to 2; however, you write 3 to get the points from expanded core section.…
Pg. 143 The Popol Vuh greatly influences the Maya society, because that is their belief system for how humans were brought to this Earth. This story is like the story of Adam and Eve to Christians. The Mayas don’t have any other explanations for the origins of the human race. They grew corn to represent the human body, because they believed it would revitalize…
| Were said to have evolved about two hundred years ago. Homo sapiens or Human species are to have similar external features, and basic elements of genetic makeup and body chemistry- DNA, chromosomal patterns, life-sustaining proteins, and blood types with large apes.…
The great depression was a time of pessimistic views, the rise of physics and psychology, and the rein of a great power. Key concept 6.1 states “Researchers made rapid advances in science that spread throughout the world, assisted by the development of new technology.” Many advanced people of history lived in this time like Einstein who contributed to technological advances in physics.…
1. Hunger and poverty tend to be typical of all third world problems. The governments despise the poor. The people of poverty have to depend on religion for self- assurance and tend to be closed-minded since they are segregated within the community and looked down upon. The third world has contaminated resources and many people can become ill.…
Explain the importance of three of four of the points in the Peace of Westphalia…
The physical environment of the Mesopotamians generally led to a pessimistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods P12-13…
Before analyzing specific laws and rules of the Babylonian time, it is important to verify the reasons Hammurabi wrote the code and his responsibility in the social system of the empire. To begin, understanding the code of Hammurabi requires a basic knowledge of the Babylonian way of living. An example of this is looking at only the first eight laws in the code, and catching onto the pattern of consequence following these accusations. Six of the first eight laws say that the perpetrator must be put to death for their crimes. This mere fraction of the whole code prominently shows how Babylonian life was vastly different from modern times. The fact that most minor offenses now had deadly consequences in ancient times shows how control must have been different in a Babylonian social system, since a leader had to take into consideration the difficulty in convicting somebody fairly to a crime, and the social class of that person (slave or free)(Reader 13-14). Overall, Hammurabi built his code around a social system that was in need for stability.…
having to do with their geography. A primary reason we have religion is to explain things…
6. Most scholars believe that, during the Paleolithic Age, social organization was characterized by (p. 14)…
Bibliography: /b><br>1. A History Of the Ancient World Fourth Edition, Chester G. Starr, Oxford University Press, 1991.<br>2. Readings In Ancient History Fourth Edition, Nels M. Bailkey, D.C. Heath and Company, 1992.<br>3. <a href="http://saturn.sron.ruu.nl/~jheise/akkadian/mesopotamia.html">http://saturn.sron.ruu.nl/~jheise/akkadian/mesopotamia.html</a>.…