Chapter 4 Reading Questions: Why is so little known about the Harappan society? What is it that we do know about the nature of that society? Because the earliest Harappan remains are below the water table‚ archaeologists can’t research them. Also the Harappans used an elaborate pictographic system that has not yet been able to be deciphered. We do however‚ that it had city walls‚ a fortified citadel‚ and a large granary-Harappa and Mohenjo-daro represented an investment of human labor and established
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World Civilizations - The Global Experience Fifth Edition AP Textbook Chapter 10: A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe In Depth Introduction Post Classical Period Fall of the Roman Empire Known as the Middle Ages Gradual recovery from the shock of the Roman Empire’s collapse Growing interaction with other societies (Mediterranean mostly) Forms of civilization Northward covering Western Europe Spread of new religious beliefs Christian missionaries converted people of polytheistic
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Chapter 7 India Monday‚ October 15‚ 2012 12:21 PM Indian Subcontinent • 3 topographical zones: - Northern mountainous zone - Indus and Ganges basins - Peninsula Vindhya Mountains and Deccan plateau divide peninsula from other two zones 4 sub regions in Peninsula: - Tropical Kerala in west - Coromandel Coast in east - Flat area of Tamil Nadu in south - Island of Sri Lanka Weather‚ Crops‚ and Geography • Peninsular India and Ganges Valley have a subtropical climate and
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CHAPTER 13: *The tropics were warm all year-round. The center of the tropical zone is marked by the equator. *The rainy and dry seasons in the Indian Ocean reflect the influence of monsoons. *To accommodate the uneven distribution of rainfall‚ South Indian farmers constructed elaborate irrigation canals. *Empires of Mail in West Africa and Delhi in Southern Asia both utilized Islamic administration. *Mansa Kankan Musa made a famous pilgrimage that served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of
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Societies that were present by 15th century – hunters and gatherers‚ villages of agricultural peoples‚ newly emerging chiefdoms or small sates‚ nomadic/pastoral communities‚ established civilizations and empires. Paleolithic Persistence: Australia and North America Paleolithic=Old Stone Age peoples Australia‚ Siberia‚ the arctic coastlands‚ parts of Africa‚ and the Americas were all Paleolithic peoples Australia had 250 or so separated groups in it Despite the absence of agriculture‚ Australia’s
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Chapter 12 Notes Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era p 267 * Splinter states fought for the control of China in the centuries after the fall of the Han * Yang Jian was a member of a prominent northern Chinese noble family that had been active in these contests * Yang Jian struck a marriage alliance with his daughter and the ruler of the northern Zhou empire * The Zhou monarch had recently defeated several rivals‚ which united much of northern China * Yang Jian
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Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Chapter Thesis I. Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era Sui Excesses and Collapse The Emergence of the Tang and the Restoration of the Empire Rebuilding the World’s Largest and Most Pervasive Bureaucracy Institutionalizing Meritocracy: The Growing Importance of the Examination System State and Religion in the Tang and Song Eras The Anti-Buddhist Backlash II. Tang Decline and the
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A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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Chapter 4 Big Picture Questions 1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All
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HIST 120 June 17‚ 2013 Chapter 1 1. What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? Life and human fortune was very instable in Mesopotamians’ eyes. People just observed death and afterlife from a distance and some made them into a series of myths. For instance‚ “The Epic of Gilgamesh” expresses its idea on eventual death. No matter how hard Gilgamesh tries to lengthen his life‚ his death is predestined. The Mesopotamians viewed afterlife as an inevitable end. 2. What is the message
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