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    Final Exam Study Guide

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    Final Exam Study Guide Identifications 1. Analects- book of Confucius’ sayings and ideas; written during the Warring States period by his disciples (475-221 BC) and achieved its final form during the mid-Han dynasty; one of the central texts of Confucianism 2. Lao-Tzu- a philosopher of ancient China‚ best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching. His association with the Tào Té Chīng has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of philosophical Taoism. He is also revered as a

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    1160 Assignment One: Chapter 4: European Material Life‚ 1600-1800 Document One: Page 96 A Meal of Gruel in a Dutch Peasant Family is an engraving done by A. Van Ostade in Paris in 1653. During this time era‚ there were many wars taking place‚ like the Thirty Years War‚ and this time was in the middle of the age of exploration. Since most of the wealth of the Dutch Republic‚ as well as all over Europe‚ was going towards funding these great trade journeys and for setting up settlements across the

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    the Spanish as the Council of Troubles and among the Netherlands as the Council of Blood‚ which launched a campaign of terror during which the counts of Egmont and Horn‚ along with several thousand heretics were publicly executed. Alba spent six years in the Netherlands and during this time he levied new taxes and continually persecuted Protestants. Resistance and Unification William of Orange emerged from exile as the leader of the movement for the independence of the Netherlands from Spain.

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    Shianne

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    Shianne Schimmel Period 2 Chapter 14 Review Discovery and Crisis in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries  Age of Discovery and Expansion By the sixteenth century the Atlantic coast was the center of commercial activity. This age of expansion was a factor in European transition from the farming economy to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. Expansion led to Europeans meeting non-European people that started a new age of world history. Motives of Expansion • • • • • • • •

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    considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In Mother Courage and Her Children the aspects of familial ties versus greed and the effect of war on humanity were explored using the technique of epic theater. In an attempt to further remove the emotional ties Brecht set his play during the Thirty Years War instead of WWII which was happening at the time‚ he wanted to remove all emotion and cause the audience to view his characters from an analytical standpoint so they could

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    International relations

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    international relations can be traced back to thousands of years ago; Barry Buzan and Richard Little‚ for example‚ consider the interaction of ancient Sumerian city-states‚ starting in 3‚500 BC‚ as the first fully-fledged international system.[3] The official portraits of King Władysław IV dressed according to French‚ Spanish and Polish fashion reflects the complex politics of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Thirty YearsWar The history of international relations based on sovereign

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    Cardinal Marazin Notes

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    (French Revolution/Napoleon) Enlightenment Salon Guest Description Cardinal Mazarin I am Cardinal Jules Mazarin of France; I was French cardinal and diplomat who served as chief minister of France from 1642 to the year of my death 1661. I first came involved with church when I joined the Jesuit order after attending the Jesuit college of Rome. During my service with the papal forces I came into favor with many important figures such as Pope Urban VIII for excellent diplomatic skills. I later entered

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    AP EURO SEMESTER FINAL REVIEW

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    best known for his sculpture "David" 4) Fillippo Brunelleschi: Italian architect and engineer‚ designer of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence‚ or la Duomo 5) Henry VII of England: King of England from August 22‚ 1485 to April 21‚ 1509. After the War of Roses‚ restored political stability in England 6) Lorenzo Valla: (1406-1457) The Father of Modern Historical Criticism. Wrote On Pleasure‚ which "defends the pleasures of the senses as the highest goods" 7) Pico della Mirandola: Wrote the essay‚

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    What Is Absolutism?

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    particular period. First‚ absolutism seemed very desirable to many people in Europe in 17th century. Before absolute monarchs established their authority‚ Europe had been in endless chaos full of wars and social instability. Spain‚ England‚ and France each underwent their own civil wars. The 30 Years War devastated much of the Germanic states‚ and the Holy Roman Empire did no exist in reality any longer. Even in France‚ a supposedly united country‚ was divided by classes‚ regions and religions‚ there

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    Peace of Westphalia

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    The two treaties of Münster and Osnabrück‚ commonly known as the Peace of Westphalia‚ was the culminating element for the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty YearsWar. It established a final religious settlement and provided for new political boundaries for the German states of central Europe. The impact of the Peace of Westphalia was broad and long-standing‚ as it dictated the future of Germany and ex-territories of the Holy Roman Empire for some time to come.<br><br>The Peace of Westphalia put down

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