The Mongols conquered and controlled most of Asia during the early civilizations. Unfortunately‚ the manner in which they acquired this land was ruthless and barbaric. The Mongols started out as simple nomads grazing the pastures. They lived in steppes and had to learn to survive the harsh temperatures there. The different tribes often got into disputes over land for their animals and fought very often. This made the Mongols tough mentally and physically. The military was extremely organized
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European and Japanese Feudalism The Europeans and the Japanese have many aspects of feudalism in common‚ but also many that differ. Their feudalisms are more differences than similarities. The differences include their cultural and political aspects. They have similarities in the social aspects. The first way they differ culturally is their views on death. The Japanese saw death as acceptable and right‚ while the Europeans saw it as wrong and were more concerned on survival. The Japanese would
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Silk Roads CCOT During the time period 200 BCE to 1400 CE‚ the patterns of interactions among the silk roads have undergone transformations and continuities. The Silk Roads have been in existence from 200 BCE to 1400 C. Throughout its entire history‚ it has continually spread goods such as silk‚ porcelain‚ and technology‚ allowed others to interact culturally with new ideas and religions‚ and kept it’s main purpose as a route to deal goods. However‚ the different types of religions‚ such as Buddhism
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Name: Trisha Lindsay Date: November 6‚ 2014 Graded Assignment Transformations in India Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (20 points) 1. Compare the development of northern and southern India. Describe similarities and differences. Answer: In northern India‚ there were many kingdoms and empires that tried to establish centralization. The first empire to ever do this was the Mauryan Empire. They were able help spread Buddhism and build a network of roads
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During the 1800s‚ Europeans began to have their eyes set on the continent of Africa‚ as they went after their natural resources. As they scrambled for Africa‚ their hypocritical actions enraged some Africans while others just gave in to the Europeans since they had more technology‚ and seemed more powerful. Some African nations‚ tired of the European treatment towards them‚ decided to unite and fight them. (Doc7).Others simply stood firm and didn’t want anything from the Europeans. They didn’t want
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IX. Polk the Purposeful Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years) Lower the tariff Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks) Clear up the Oregon border issue Get California One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff‚ and his secretary of the treasury‚ Robert J. Walker‚ did so‚ lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists. Despite warnings of doom‚ the new tariff was
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Union‚ and the People’s Republic of China (known commonly as simply “China”) implemented reforms in politics and economics with striking similarities and differences While China veered towards a more decentralized state‚ the Soviet Union chose to use the Russian Parliament to officiate many of the reforms. Both nations had success in their reforms and became open to westernization‚ although ultimately‚ China rose while the Soviet Union fell. The USSR and China both became more open in politics and
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Name: Date: 1/5/15 Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: Global Interactions‚ c. 1450 C.E. to c. 1750 C.E. Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (45 points) 1. Unfree labor systems were widely used for agricultural production from 1450 to1750. Analyze the major similarities and differences between two of the following systems: Caribbean slavery West African slavery Russian serfdom Answer: When you look at the Caribbean and Slavery and Russian serfdom you would
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hich of the following represents a similarity between the three Muslim early modern empires? All dynasties depended on effective use of firearms on the battlefield and in siege warfare. Which of the following represents a difference between the various Muslim early modern empires? The Ottoman empire was primarily Sunnite while the Safavid empire was Shi’ite. Mehmed I of the Ottoman empire was responsible for reunifying the empire following the Timurid invasions. The conqueror of the Byzantine
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Americans were not always free and independent. The colonists from Great Britain who settled America were ruled for many years by the British crown. After some time ‚ the colonists wanted independence. But‚ the English had many reasons to feel a wave of rebellion. The British placed unreasonable taxes on the colonists and to add on‚ unfair treatment was also placed on to the colonists by the British. To start off‚ a statement commonly argued was “No taxation without representation.” This basically
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