Large groups of merchants traveled together forming early caravans. Also‚ irrigation systems allowed produce to be grown in trade centers. Foods such as bananas and cocoyams traveled from SE Asia‚ providing Africans with nutritious food. With increasing demand for food‚ thousands of Africans were enslaved. Diseased slaves were transported through the Sahara‚ which helped spread major diseases such as small pox and the flu. Theme 2: Development of Interaction of Cultures Where there is interaction
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Alvaro Nava 10/18/12 AP World History Block 8 DBQ After reviewing these documents‚ it is clear that the Islamic civilization was able to besiege such an extensive empire by spreading the Islamic belief throughout various methods. Throughout these documents‚ Islam is shown to spread quickly because of the Muslim’s respect toward other people’s religion. Furthermore‚ Muslims also used war and battle to grow the Islamic empire and reach other lands. Finally‚ the Islamic civilization practiced
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was a war that many expected to be short. In fact‚ it lasted more than four long‚ terrible years‚ taking the lives of millions of combatants and civilians. The Underlying causes of world war I were mainly alliances‚ imperialism and militarism. The first underlying cause of World War I is Alliances. .Alliances caused world war I by alliances due to Russia providing support for Serbia and Germany supporting Austria-Hungary. An example of this is that on Document A it shows both Serbia and Russia had
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The four main causes of World War I were militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism was a popular idea at the time and can be defined as the belief that war would make one’s country stronger. Alliances were abundant before and especially during World War I and brought a multitude of countries into the war. Imperialism is the goal of expanding a nation’s territory‚ which would have been a rational aim of provoking warfare. Nationalism is an ideology of allegiance and loyalty to
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1993 DBQ Early English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them
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1 / 259 AP Euro Notes Unit 1: Renaissance and Discovery I. The Renaissance in Italy (1375-1527) Renaissance-a time of transition from the medieval to the modern world Jacob Burkhardt: the renaissance was the release of the “full‚ whole nature of man” Started after the death of Pertrach‚ “the father of humanism” and ended with the sack of Rome from Spanish-imperial soldiers. A. The Italian City-State Growth of City-States: endemic warfare between emperor and pope of Italy weakened
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Arsheen Memon AP US History DBQ Imperialism was a significant factor in shaping the foreign policy of the United States from the 1890’s to the early 1900’s. Imperialism is when one superior country dominates their authority on other weaker or smaller countries. The concept of manifest destiny had dies down during the Civil Rights movement‚ but now that things were slowing down‚ the urgency of the United States to move to the West was more prevalent. By taking the path of imperialism the United
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AP European History Essays These are the APEH essay questions for the years 2001-2005. How would you have done? Can you categorize them? Develop a thesis? Find supporting evidence? 2005 1. (DBQ) Analyze various views regarding Western European unity from 1946 to 1989. 2. Analyze how economic and social developments affected women in England in the period from 1700 to 1850. 3. Using examples from at least two different states‚ analyze the key features of the “new monarchies” and
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The world was plunged into World War II in 1939 for many reasons. There were reasons such as Japan invading Manchuria‚ Mussolini’s attack on Ethiopia‚ and when Hitler defies The Versailles Treaty. Appeasement was one of the biggest things that lead to WWII. It basically just postponed the War from happening. The Most effective response to aggression at this time was surely collective security. Using Appeasement got the countries no where and didn’t benefit them in the least. Many things brought
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Albert Moncada Jr. Ms. Oberman AP U.S. History‚ Period 6 2 February 2012 APUSH DBQ Reform movements in the United States from 1825-1850 greatly benefited to expand democratic ideals that shape our nation today‚ but they also limited the expansion with some reforms. Reform movements took place in the North to fight off the forced labor and cruelty of slavery‚ and throughout the states‚ religious revivals and women rights movements arose. These reform movements expanded the democratic ideals by
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