Chapter 22: The Revolution in Energy and Industry I. The Industrial Revolution in Britain A. Eighteenth-Century Origins 1. Social and economic factors influenced England’s takeoff. a. Colonial markets for manufactured goods contributed. b. The canal network constructed in Britain after 1770 contributed. c. Productive English agriculture meant capital available for investment and spending money for ordinary people to purchase industrial goods. 2. A stable government and an effective central bank also
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AP US Chapter 22 I. Roots of Imperialism 1. Ideological Arguments * Scholars‚ authors‚ politicians and religious leaders provided interlocking ideological arguments for the new imperialism. * Some used Darwinism which they believed the US should engage in struggle for wealth and power with other nations. * Others belief in racial inequality. * To Americans‚ the industrial progress‚ military strength‚ and political development of England and US were proof of an
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******************** AP World History ********************* September 15‚ 2012 Chapter 14 Outline Introduction: Every year or al least once in their life‚ the Muslims must travel to Mecca. This is a holy pilgrim that has been a tradition for the Muslims since Muhammad made the trip. At the beginning the pilgrims to Mecca were made by small amounts of people. However‚ by the ninth century‚ thousands of people traveled to Mecca in the 9th lunar month. All these people survived on food and water
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Terry Wei Traditions and Encounters AP World History Review Chapter 1: Prehistory The first chapter of Traditions and Encounters sets the stage for the drama of world history by presenting the major milestones in the development of humans from their earliest appearance on earth to the dawn of civilization. This chapter addresses the physical evolution of the species and their migrations throughout the globe as well as the revolutionary transformation from all humans surviving by hunting and gathering
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CHAPTER 32 Crisis‚ Realignment‚ and the Dawn of the Post–Cold War World‚ 1975–1991 A. Postcolonial Crises and Asian Economic Expansion‚ 1975–1990 I. Revolutions‚ Depressions‚ and Democratic Reform in Latin America 1. The success of the Cuban Revolution both energized the revolutionary left throughout Latin America and led the United States to organize its political and military allies in Latin America in a struggle to defeat communism. 2. In Brazil a coup in 1964 brought in a military government
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Josh Vincent Chapter 7 The Empires of Persia a) The empires of Persia arose in the arid land of Iran. For centuries‚ Iran had developed under the shadow of the wealthier and productive Mesopotamia while absorbing migrations and invasions. b) During the sixth century BCE‚ rulers of the province of Persia in southwest Iran embarked on a series of conquests that led to the formation of an enormous empire. c) Four dynasties ruled during the times- The Achaemenids (558-330 BCE)‚ Seleucids
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Chapter 22 The Origin and History of Life on Earth * The universe began with a cosmic explosion called the Big Bang about 13.7 billion years ago (bya). * Our solar system began about 4.6 bya after one or more local supernova explosions. * The Earth is estimated to be 4.55 billion years old. * The period between 4.0 and 3.5 billion years ago marked the emergence of life on our planet. * Section 22.1: Origin of Life on Earth: * Four Overlapping Stages of the Origin
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Chapter 13: The Expansive Realm of Islam Chapter Outline I A prophet and his world A Muhammad and his message 1 Arabian peninsula was mostly desert a Nomadic Bedouin people organized in family and clan groups b Important in long-distance trade networks between China/India and Persia/Byzantium 2 Muhammad’s early life a Muhammad ibn Abdullah born to a Mecca merchant family‚ 570 C.E. b Difficult early life‚ married a wealthy widow‚ Khadija‚ in 595 c Became a merchant at age thirty and was exposed to
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Chapter 9 Outline Christian Europe Emerges (600-1200) I. The Byzantine Empire •The Byzantine Empire’s official religion was Christianity •The Byzantine’s practiced the Roman Imperial system of government and the political oversight of the Christian church to insure the church’s power did not exceed the government’s power. A.An Empire Beleaguered •Between 634 and 650 the Arabs captured the Byzantines as well as the Egyptians‚ the Syrians‚ and the area of Tunisia. The land lost to them and
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CHAPTER 23 The Early Industrial Revolution‚ 1760–1851 I0.Causes of the Industrial Revolution A0.Population Growth 10. In the eighteenth century more reliable food supplies‚ earlier marriage‚ high birthrates‚ and more widespread resistance to disease contributed to significant population growth in Europe. England and Wales experienced particularly rapid population growth. 20. Rapid population growth meant that children accounted for a relatively high proportion of the total population
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