people in our society take for granted the simple things like written languages‚ or laws. In around 3500 B.C.‚ in what is now present day Iraq (OI)‚ these new inventions were priceless. Many civilizations‚ including Ancient Mesopotamia‚ influenced our world today in many ways. Two contributions from the Mesopotamians Civilization were the cuneiform and Hammurabi’s Code. Let’s begin with cuneiform. The ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform‚ which made it possible for change to be made in the future. Cuneiform
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After World War I‚ European countries were devastated. Europeans were disappointed in their old governments; they felt that they had failed them by causing the war and catapulting them into a depression. Destroyed‚ they turned away from democratic governments and supported communism and fascism simply to avoid democracy. Others were intellectually lost and desperate for leadership. The government encouraged the people’s support by instilling irrational fears amongst their citizens and promising to
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The printing press was transformed by Johann Gutenberg‚ a German goldsmith‚ and more than 8 million books were printed in Western Europe between 1456 and 1500. This invention had an effect with the Protestant Reformation. It not only furthered the knowledge of geography‚ but it also expanded knowledge throughout the countries and whether you were wealthy or poor‚ printing made books available to the general public. By 1560‚ many people were either Catholic‚ Protestant‚ or mixed (Doc. 5). Non-Catholic
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“The Passage‚ Extension and the Terminal of the Chinese Exclusion Act” By: In the 1840’s the discovery of gold in California blew up extremely‚ in the way that many people believed they could make a fortune by finding gold on their own; to be exact it was January 24‚ 1848 when James W. Marshall saw something that appeared to be shiny -near Sutter Creek Coloma‚ California- in which‚ unexpectedly‚ it turned out to be gold. At the time of his discovery Marshall was overseeing construction
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Name: AP World History Document-Based Question (DBQ) DIRECTIONS: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-9. The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents uses all of the documents analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many ways
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a. Moche The civilization in modern-day Peru around 600 C.E. that became the rise on the Incan Empire. It did not have any political unification. They depended on trade and agriculture. b. Roman Empire Julius Cesare marked the beginning of this empire. They had an autocratic form of government; held lots of land around the Mediterranean and throughout Europe. It was weak partly because of the many civil wars. c. Twelve Tables: These were the laws of Rome which were codified. d. Draco’s Code Was
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Although the Green Revolution was started to end world hunger and the disparity in developing countries‚ it caused other consequences which included population growth and changes in genetic diversity of certain plants and cultural lifestyles. This revolution introduced the use of new technology and many scientifically altered crops to the world. With the rise in food supply‚ the population increased and some countries weren’t as starving as before. But with the advancement in technology and crop
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Je Chul Escobar August 28‚ 2013 4th Block World History DBQ Buddhism‚ originated in India‚ was brought to China by the first century C.E. During 220 C.E. - 570 C.E. Buddhist influence expanded but was also questioned. Buddhism’s structure was the preaching of the “Four Noble Truths” which spoke about the truth of sorrows. It spoke of Buddhas teachings and how he over looked the ways of life; Sorrow of life. No gratification if nothing is fulfilled‚ which the desire for fulfillment arises
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DBQ – To what extent had the colonies developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? Early settlers left their homes searching for freedom and looking to improve their lifes and the ones of their families. Britains monarchy was hard to escape and the british settlers in order to achieve their goals and escape this monarchy and totally vanish from any power and communications with it. Settlers were not yet strong enough to do this ‚they
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Unit 6 DBQ When thinking about the history of the world‚ one must always consider that merchants as well as trade have played an immerse role in shaping the world as it is today. They are responsible for many of the cross-cultural interactions that we have had in the past. Christianity and Islam‚ the two predominant religions of the world today‚ have both grown and spread through merchants and trade also. These two chief religions both have attitudes towards merchants and trade that have either developed
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