March 7‚ 2013 Humanities The Silk Road Rome_____________Central Asia______________Han China | India The Nomads The Silk Road crossed nomadic territory Extreme Agriculture: humans + omega animals Sparce population in a large area Calorie Exchange: 90‚000 calories * Plants- 100‚000 calories * Animals- 10‚000 calories Horse= mobility No borders (territorial imperative )= pastures War; Secure pastures Archery Who are they? Scythians Altaic people * Turks * Mongols
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Sot: Successor of Suleyman. -Did not do much. Slacker. Preferred Eunuchs and concubines‚ and drank a lot Murad III: Successor to Selim -Manipulated by mother and wife -But still had military advances Mehmet: •Sultan Mehmet II -Conquered Constantinople •renamed it Istanbul •largest city in Europe (700‚000+ people) •architecturally unbelievable (symbolized
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and serfs were at the bottom of the social class in the Middle Ages. They lived on a lord’s manor and fought for their lord as well as farm on the land. Serfs were not allowed to leave their lords manor. For example‚ if you were born a serf in Constantinople‚ you would live and die there. Some serfs however would save up enough money from farming that they bought their own freedom. Also serfs in the MIddle Ages on a manor didn’t have much rights. The lord had control of everything that they did. Based
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„Zagreb“: Alina Kadyrova‚ Ainhoa Estrada‚ Abraham Penasco‚ Abril Alcantara‚ Alfredo Betancourt Our first visit was to the History Museum of Zagreb. There we saw an exibition about the ship „Gagliana Grosa“‚ which was sank on his way from Venice to Constantinople. This ship was made in Venice in 1569‚ but the owner was Eduarno Gagliano. It is believed that the ship sank because it was overlaoded‚ but it might have also been attacked by pirates. The ship transported goods; clothes‚ cooper‚ ceramic and
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and Roman culture. One of the chief medieval trade routes passed through the region. As the power of the Empire declined‚ Arabs and Mongols invaded. In the 15th century the Ottoman Turks conquered the peninsula and made Istanbul (then known as Constantinople) the capital. The Ottoman Empire lasted until 1922. The next year Asia Minor became the larger part of the Turkish Republic under Kemal Atatürk. He had set up a government in Ankara‚ which became the new capital of
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Event: The Italian Renaissance begins Cause People like Petrarch who were obsessed with ancient Greece and ancient Rome; felt that the middle age was a “Dark age”‚ so they recovered the Latin text such as some of Cicero’s work. Fall of Constantinople‚ which Greeks scholars fled to Italy with Ancients texts. Plato’s work was translated in Latin. Another cause is humanism which is the prominent works of Greek‚ Roman‚ and biblical literature. Petrarch is called “The father of humanism”. The Printing
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European identity and the other “We” decides: a concept of supranational identity with reference to the EU and Turkey What makes the EU-joining of Turkey difficult for the countries of the European Union? Structure 1. Introduction 2. Social groups and Europe 3. The role of institutions 4. Symbols 5. Paradigms 6. European Values 7. Comparison with Turkey 8. Conclusion 1. Introduction Turkey has been
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Final Exam Study Guide Cosimo d’Medici- ruled Florence during the Renaissance from behind the scenes; very wealthy; political dynasty based on his family; backed architect for the dome on Basilica of St. Mary of the Flower Vasco da Gama- 1400/1500’s; Portuguese explorer; one of the most successful in the age of exploration and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India; discovered a route to India around the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa Caliban-
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Rise Expansion of Christianity No one can talk about world civilization without paid a close attention to the parts that play by churches. Either Christianity or Islam they influence humanity life. To illustrate‚ centuries after‚ this dramatic incident was thought to mark the beginning of the schism between the Latin and the Greek churches‚ a division that still separates Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox (Greek‚ Russian‚ and so on). Now‚ however‚ no big scholar maintains that the schism
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Social Studies 8 Final Exam Notes Geography: Scales The scale of a map can be represented in 3 ways: 1. Direct Statement - Ex. 1cm represents 1 km - 1cm:1km - 1cm = 1 km WRONG • Does not “equal” 1 km‚ represents it. 2. Linear Scale - A line is marked off in units that correspond to definite distances on the ground. Ex- 200m 100m 0m 100 m 200m 3. Representative Fraction (RF) - The ratio of unit distance on the
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