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    American women’s roles evolved over time‚ women were confronted with contradictory messages about their place in society. Traditional ideals about women met new challenges with each generation‚ from outside forces like war and economic depression‚ and from the activity of women themselves. This caused many women to struggle with societal expectations that did not fit their reality‚ and with an identity that did not fit expectations. Colonial society delegated to women the job of protecting and sustaining

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    Balkans • Their government was basically a continuation of the eastern Roman empire o They wanted to keep the Roman Legacy alive as well as contribute many of their own legacies- one of these being Constantinople‚ one of the greatest cities in the world at this time. • Started to spread into the Balkans and western Russia (lands that were never previously controlled) • Rise of Russia was assisted by the Byzantines (the most important “offspring”) o Led to Russia being influenced by the Byzantines

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    Introduction- “Vital Fluids” 1. The author’s main thesis in setting up this book is that many drinks have built and brought together human history in to what we know about it. 2. The fluids that are mentioned in the book are vital because each one played a role in many areas of history and they are a crucial part of creating a certain period of history. “Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt” 1. The discovery of beer is linked to the growth of the first civilizations because in both cultures of

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    Traditions and Encounters‚ AP Edition (Bentley)‚ 5th Edition Chapter 24: New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania Chapter Outline I. Colliding worlds A. The Spanish Caribbean 1. Indigenous peoples were the Taino a. Lived in small villages under authority of chiefs b. Showed little resistance to European visitors 2. Columbus built the fort of Santo Domingo‚ capital of the Spanish Caribbean a. Taino conscripted to mine gold b. Encomiendas: land grants to Spanish settlers with total control over local people

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    1) Colonization has been prevalent since the age of mankind‚ likewise with economics. The economics of the world heavily correlates to the pattern of colonization that swept across the globe in the 1700’s. In the eyes of colonizers‚ their duties were strictly to enlighten the people of these univillied nations while retrieving goods to take back to their people. Going to places like Africa and Asia‚ natural resources were abundant‚ so colonizers felt as if taking these goods were not a disservice

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    Canadian History Since World War 1: Paragraph response The first Moroccan crisis is one of the 3 crises‚ which contributed to the outbreak of world war 1. This happened because France wanted to expand into morocco but Germany did not want this to happen and hoped that if France intruded Morocco it would destroy the English-French relationship between each other But then when the Germans intruded Morocco which just made the French and the Germans get closer together instead

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    you‚ Britain)‚ women ‘s status remained stagnant Backlash to Reforms * Conflict between old and new orders * Abdul Hamid: attempted to return to despotic governing.. nullified constitution‚ removed Westerners in power‚ continued SOME Western policies * Coup 1908: Ottoman Society for Union and Progress (Young Turks) fought for return to 1976 constitution‚ Sultan remained as figurehead. * War in North Africa: Ottomans lost Libya * Young Turks vs. Arabs * World War I: Turkey

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    “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” is a slogan from an essay by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has a large meaning on women in society. This statement is eye catching and goes in to great detail on perceptions of women from the past and present. As women we are defined by what we do and what we say. We are judged as mothers‚ caretakers‚ and workers. Our own children one day will look back and describe their childhood with their mothers in it. In fact‚ you can see this statement on a flask sold off

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    Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. Many other women felt this way and believed they were committed to public good and freedom (Document A). Also‚ during the time of

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    1170s in decades following death of Kabul Khan; elected khagan of all Mongol tribes in 1206; responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of China; territories as faw west as the Abbasid regions; died in 1227‚ prior to conquest of most of Islamic world 3. Ghaznavids: ). Established by Alptigin‚ a Turkish soldier of Samadid rulers‚ who captured Ghazni (Afghanistan) in 962 and began establishing his own state. Grandson‚ Mahmud marked high point of regime. Between 1001-1024‚ led 17 campaigns into India

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