-a------------------------------------------------ Zoroastrianism ------------------------------------------------- History Origins Zoroastrianism emerged out of a common prehistoric Indo-Iranian religious system dating back to the early 2nd millennium BCE.[9]According to Zoroastrian tradition‚ Zoroaster was a reformer who exalted the deity of Wisdom‚ Ahura Mazda‚ to the status of Supreme Being and Creator‚ while demoting various other deities and rejecting certain rituals. Farvahar. Persepolis
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1. Questions of periodization 1. Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 600 C.E. – 1450 as a period During the postclassical era‚ we’re dealing with the rise of Islam‚ developments in Europe and the Byzantine Empire‚ developments in Asia‚ the rise and fall of the Mongols‚ developments in Africa‚ and the developments in the Americas. Technologies and innovations in this era include warfare and ship building. The role of women also changes‚ the wealthier
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The Twentieth century of the Christian era‚ according to our analysis‚ presents a decisive turning point in the history of the Muslim Ummah (community). At the end of the first quarter of the century the state of the Muslim world had taken a definite turn‚ and there were some signs of resuscitation in the moribund body of the Muslim Urnmah. If we look at it closely‚ the middle half of this century presents an astounding picture. On one hand‚ the process of decline and deterioration reached its
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Civilizations: East Asia Shang Dynasty a) Pan Ku (mythic ancestor of Chinese)‚ stories about early kings b) Hwang He River (Yellow River)‚ isolated from rest of world-> little trade c) Line of kings called the Shang‚ powerful military d) Developed ideas based on basic harmony Ancestor worship Gods controlled all aspects of peoples’ lives e) Irrigation and advanced technology Skilled in pottery and silk Horse drawn chariots Good bronze workers Oracle bones (writing)
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the Mediterranean. By 750 the Golden Age of Islam had begun and with the Abbasids victory over the Umayyads the balance of power shifted to Baghdad. By the beginning of 1000 AD advances in Mathematical concepts and developments in medicine contributed to the advancement of the Muslim world. Islam spread through Africa and developed trading through the norther and central regions of Africa. In 1030 AD‚ however the Umayyad caliphate was defeated by the Christian Reconquista and in 1055 the Seljuk
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Tourism in Lebanon By: Walaa Al-Omari ENG201: 2009/2010 Outline: I- Introduction: Lebanon is one of the most amazing countries all over the world. What are the potentials for the tourism in Lebanon‚ the obstacles that facing tourism and the solutions that can support and improve this sector? II- Body: A- Potentials of tourism in Lebanon 1- Geographical location 2- Climate 3- History and Culture a- Ancient Civilizations b- Religious
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one difference between classical China and the earlier Hwang Ho river-valley civilization was that in classical China - religious sacrifices were suppressed. 47. the Qin dynasty differed from the Zhou in that… - it was more centralized 48. Chinese views or nature emphasized… - harmony and balance 49. A "dynasty" in Chinese history was.. - a family that passed the imperial title from generation to generation 50. Which of the following was a Confucian belief… - a good society has
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B - After the Western Roman Empire fell‚ European society became organized under feudalism. Feudalism is a system in which a king rules over all people‚ and has nobles or knights that own portions of land‚ in which the taxes are given to the king. Underneath both the king and the nobles are the common people‚ who work for the nobels. This system benefitted European society as it had an economic use‚ a political use‚ and a social use. D - On Christmas Day in 800 CE‚ Charlemagne was named the first
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continued to connect the rest of South Asia because it was a prominent trade network. A change in commerce in the Indian Ocean region was the increasing foreign presence. Early on‚ the Indian Ocean trade network was only an interaction among the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates in the Arabian peninsula‚
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Over a thousand years ago‚ Europe experienced one of its greatest periods of cultural enlightenment.Islam in Spain has had a fundamental presence in the culture and history of the nation. The religion was present inmodern Spanish soil from 711 until 1492 under the rule of the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus.Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslims‚Christians‚ and Jews.For more than three centuries in Medieval Spain‚ Muslims‚ Jews and Christians
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