Achaemenid authority in India shed light on Persian techniques of administration to local rulers. A few centuries later‚ Alexander of Macedon crossed the Indus River and destroyed the states he found. Although his campaign had an effect on politics and history in India‚ he created a gap in N.W. India when he crushed the existing states and then withdrew. Came to fill the gap was Magadha who had an opportunity to expand when Alexander withdrew. This laid the foundation for the Maurya Empire when Chandragupta
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twelfth century D. The kingdom of Vijayanagar (1336-1565 C.E.) 1. Established by two Indian brothers 2. They renounced Islam in 1336 and returned to their Hindu faith II. Production and trade in the Indian Ocean basin A. Agriculture in the monsoon world 1. The monsoons (rains in spring and summer) 2. Irrigation systems were needed for dry months a. No big river in south India; waterworks included dams‚ reservoirs‚ canals‚ wells b. Stored rainwater in large reservoirs connected to canals c. One reservoir
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stationary homes around the world‚ moved across temperate zones Human population started to grow exponentially about 60‚000 to 50‚000 years ago Homo sapiens (continued) Crossed land bridges into Australia 60‚000 years ago‚ crossed form Siberia into Alaska 25‚000 years ago Migrated with animals Used tools to control surroundings‚ wore animal skin and used fire to keep warm Brought pressure on some animals and even drove others into extinction Archaeologists study hunting and gathering societies
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Unit Two Test (Chapters 7‚8‚9‚10‚12‚13) 1) What was the fictional account of life at the court of the Caliph al-Rashid? A) B) C) D) E) 2) What accounts for the disruption of the agricultural economy of the Abbasid Empire? A) The government ordered regions of the empire populated by Shi’as abandoned. B) The decline of the cities led to a fall in the demand for food supplies and consequent drops
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Chapter 9 P192-211 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Introduction: BIG IDEAS DETAILS One: Two major Christian civilizations took shape- the orthodox Christian Byzantine & Catholicism in Central and West Europe- yet the remained mostly different Two: Expansion into areas never controlled before • Both new civilizations were impacted by Islam o They had Different principles • Byzantine places a higher stress on politics‚ economy‚ and cultural life (from
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Margin Review Questions 1. They established parts of Chinese life that lasted all the way into the 20th century. They were also the “golden age” of arts and literature because of their poetry‚ landscape‚ and ceramics along with the birth of Neo-Confucianism. 2. In the Tang Dynasty‚ elite women had greater freedom and influence. In the Song Dynasty‚ they had tighter patriarchal restrictions. In both‚ they started foot binding and textile production became larger which replaced women’s role in that
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Carson Coats Chapter 9 Period 2A 1. Problems facing Byzantine Empire (600s-1100) - the Empire lost a lot of territory from expensive wars‚ which put them at an economic and territorial disadvantage. As a result of this‚ they had constant pressure from militaries from the north and south‚ preventing any advances from occurring. 2. Cyril and Methodius- Brothers who went on a successful mission in the Slavs of Moravia. Developed a written language called Cyrillic that was used by the Byzantine
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Mr. Ward‚ APWH Period 1 18 April 2013 Chapter 33 Study Questions 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. 2. Women in third world nations‚ especially the mestizo‚ mulatto‚ and
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Chapter 19 Read Pages 483-506 ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: _______ Historical Terms and Concepts: Please include the significance for each term/concept. 1. Bantu Migrations migrations of the Bantu people that helped to spread agriculture and herding to many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa‚ iron metallurgy‚ and rapidly increased the population. (started around 2000 BCE)‚ linguistically influential. 2. Stateless society term relating to societies such as those of sub-Saharan Africa after the
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Chapter 3 : Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations Explain the connections between climate‚ agriculture‚ and the Nile River in the development of Egypt and Nubia. Egypt referred to not the territory embraced by the modern state of Egypt‚ but to the ribbon of land bordering the lower third of the Nile between the Mediterranean and the river’s first cataract near Aswan. Cataracts are an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls. The Sahara became increasingly arid‚ cultivators flocked
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