Theodore Judah & the Big 4- who were involved in the Trans Continental Railroad For the Trans Continental Railroad none of the bills passed because a route could not be decided on. Northerners and southerners argued about where the route would be‚ northerners wanted a northern route and southerners wanted a southern route. Congress would also fight over whether slavery should be permitted at all in the new states. In 1848 Sutter’s mill in California had a flow of people coming in because of
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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‚ Islam‚ and Christianity‚ types of goods‚ ranging from silk to technology‚ and frequency of trade during different time periods changed. From 200 BCE to 1400 CE the constant flow of goods‚ cultural interactions and its main purpose as a trade route remained constant. Throughout the entire creation of the silk Roads‚ it has continually
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UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS (8000 BCE TO 600 CE) Of all the time periods covered in the AP World History curriculum‚ Foundations (8000 BCE - 600 CE) spans the largest number of years. It begins with an important Marker Event - the Neolithic Revolution - and ends after the fall of three major classical civilizations - Rome in the Mediterranean region‚ Han China‚ and the Gupta Empire of India. Broad topics addressed in the Foundations time period are: Environmental and periodization issues Early development
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Chapter 19 Study Questions 1. The function of the griot in sub-Saharan African Culture was to transfer cultures through oral communication. They were often professional singers and storytellers that told oral traditions including stories‚ histories‚ epics‚ and other accounts. The story of Sundiata was told by the griots. 2. The introduction to bananas encouraged a fresh migratory surge. The cultivations of bananas increased the food supplies available and allowed the Bantus to expand more
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Nabisco Oreo Cookies‚ a brand that is older than the automobile assembly line. It is estimated that an average of 4.3 billion cookies have been eaten each year over the last 90 years. How does the number one sandwich cookie remain number one and not crumble? This paper will examine the marketing messages conveyed via television‚ print‚ and point of purchase for the 91-year-old sandwich cookie created in 1912. Secondly‚ an overview evaluating message positioning as it relates to the appeal of the
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One of the world’s largest and flourishing arrangements of trade came from Eurasia. It is know as the Silk Roads‚ this is a land based trade system and these routes have connected agriculture and pastoral people. Along with big civilizations on the continent’s border. No one knew the length of the networks’ of trade‚ it was a “relay trade” which is when goods are passed down the border. The Silk Roads began by blossoming in the early centuries‚ they provided safety for merchants and travelers‚ a
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the 2nd or the 1st century bc and was variously known as Chachkent‚ Shashkent‚ and Binkent; the name Tashkent‚ which means “Stone Village” in Uzbek‚ was first mentioned in the 11th century. An important centre of trade and handicrafts on the caravan routes to Europe and East Asia‚ When it was captured by the Russians in 1865‚ it was a walled city of some 70‚000 inhabitants and already a leading centre of trade with Russia. In 1867 it was made the administrative centre of the new governorate-general
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Islamic people; it was the center of their faith. Mecca was also the site of Arabia’s holiest pagan shrines the Ka’ba. It was also the center of the caravan trade so millions of people a year would pass through. People would be exposed to this new religion and pass it along to the next place they went. As people converted and went alone the trade route they converted others as they went. Muslims did not believe in violence but they did believe in holy war. So when the time arose the military would
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of Africa and forging new social structures in the Americas. By 1492‚ Europe was on the verge of an economic explosion while Africa and America were relatively quiet in the global economy. Long before European contact in Africa slaves and trans-Saharan slave trade were in existence. Portuguese explorers came upon Africa to find this institution. An institution once belonging to Africa would become globalized. Europeans soon began to export slaves to their countries and eventually to the American
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Africa is the world’s second-biggest and second-most-crowded mainland. At around 30.2 million km2 including adjoining islands‚ it covers six percent of Earth’s aggregate surface zone and 20.4 percent of its aggregate area region. With 1.1 billion individuals starting 2013‚ it represents around 15% of the world’s human populace. Africa’s populace is the most youthful amongst every one of the landmasses; the middle age in 2012 was 19.7‚ when the overall middle age was 30.4. Algeria is Africa’s biggest
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