DBQ: Chapter Seven The Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade routes were trading systems essential to exchange from the coast of China all the way throughout the Mediterranean. The Indian Ocean trade routes used sailing vessels that often carried colonists from Indonesia to Madagascar. While both routes were important‚ the Silk Road was used more frequently than the former. The Silk Road was about 4‚00 miles long and stretched from Iran to China. It passed through mountain ranges of the Himalayas
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During the late 19th century‚ the United States was divided into a informal country known as the Confederate States of America which consisted of seven secessionist slave holding states. Throughout this time period slavery played a prominent role in the Confederacy due to a great reliance of labor on the plantations in the South and it displayed a considerable amount of racism. Eventually‚ disputes between the Union and the Confederacy over slavery and other problems led to the Civil War. After a
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As part of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ the Jones Act lays out specific rules and regulations for the American maritime industry. Section 27 deals with cabotage which are rules that requires vessels used to transport goods between States and territories that are part of the United States be carried on vessels that are United Sates flagged‚ built in the United States‚ and operated and owned by Americans. It also discusses rules for incineration of waste from the United States at sea. Furthermore
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AP World History 18 October 2012 As Buddhism spread throughout China during the first century CE‚ people had a variety of responses‚ both positive and negative. Many Chinese accepted Buddhism and its beliefs‚ yet some criticized the religion and how foreign it was‚ having been originated in India. Documents 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 5 are supportive of Buddhism and documents 4 and 6 discourage it. Documents 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 5 all support Buddhism’s beliefs and encourage the practice of this religion. Document
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was‚ and they didn’t understand why they needed to be like the Europeans ii. This gave the natives a sense of nationalism because they wanted to go home where they could be with their people in the country they love. III. Later‚ in World War II‚ the Japanese come into South East Asia and destroy the Europeans‚ this gets rid of colonialism forever in South East Asia g. The Japanese essentially take over where the Europeans left off and impose colonialism on the Philippines just
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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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650-1750 1450-1750 DBQ: 2006 Silver Flow C/C: 2009 North America vs. Latin America Racial Ideologies (1500-1830) 2007 Empire Building Spanish vs. Ottoman OR Russian (1450-1800) CCOT: 2008 Indian Ocean Trade 650-1750 2005 Atlantic World between West Africa‚ Europe and LA 1492-1750 2003 Cultural‚ economic & political impact of Islam in one from 1000-1750: West Africa‚ South Asia‚ Europe 1750-1914 DBQ: 2003 New Indentured Servitude 2002 Roles of women on two: East Asia
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3.03 Early Mesoamerican Civilizations a. What is the Beringian Theory? b. Due to the glacial build-up of various ice ages‚ a land bridge called Beringia appeared between what is now Siberia and Alaska. For at least five thousand years‚ grasslands connected the two continents. People were able to cross the grasslands into North America. Once there‚ they slowly migrated south. c. Water levels rose. Beringia was submerged. Today‚ a body of water called the Bering Strait separates Siberia and Alaska
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-Extended household was preferred -Elite women have broader opportunities -Divorce widely available if both husband and wife consent -Girls were not well educated -Boys are emphasis (important) Political Leaders‚ Elites State Structure Wars‚ Revolutions Diplomacy‚ Treaties‚ Courts‚ Laws Nationalism -Tang’s government supported Confucianism. -In the song dynasty only civil officials were allowed to be governors -In the song they were given three years at three levels: district‚ provincial
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Europe‚ but with finds as far as Irkutsk Oblast‚ Siberia‚ extending their distribution to much of Eurasia‚ from the Pyrenees to Lake Baikal. Infanticide-the crime of killing a child within a year of birth. Agriculture Revolution - An agricultural revolution or agrarian revolution is a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet‚ into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods; or a further transition from a living form of agriculture
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