History Of Spice Egyptians used a lot of spices for cooking and stuffed mummies Burned cinnamon to hide stench First recorded spice Traded spice with India Spice trade silk road All roads go to fertile crescent Arabs created a monopoly on the spice trade moving toward Europe Arabs Kept Europeans in the dark about the source of spices brought from India Created secrets and Myths Might boil seeds so Europeans couldn’t grow it Crusaders brought back new spices when they returned from battle
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Unit 2: Our Developing Nation Notes BNA in early 19th century Eastern part = growing War of 1812 ended‚ newcomers come to Upper C‚ forests cleared‚ communities‚ roads‚ farms built Lower C = building economy‚ attracted entrepreneurs Maritime colonies – fishing‚ forestry‚ shipbuilding‚ trading Hudson’s Bay Company – north and west‚ claimed all lands drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay (huge part of NA) Fur trade expanded west‚ North West Company‚ based in Montreal‚ built relationships
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Phillips (2002) Bull (1999) Tyerman (2006) Religion ‘God’s favour dictated much of their lives‚ and explained both natural and man-made events’ Eternal damnation – ‘A prime concern for the medieval man was to avoid the terrors of the afterlife’ – ‘torments of hell so violently depicted’ Pilgrimage was extremely popular – saints used as intermediaries Need to atone for one’s sins – emphasised by reform of the papacy Stereotypes of Islam and Muslims as ‘idolatrous polytheists’ Perception of
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Note: This statue of an Ancient Egyptian woman clearly shows the way of dressing in Ancient Egypt. This statue belongs to the New Kingdome period. Body: The woman is wearing a kalasiris‚ a typical ancient Egyptian dress. The length of the dress tells us that this woman probably belonged to the upper class‚ as working woman mostly wore a kalasiris in a shorter variant. The dress is made of linen‚ which was perfect for Egypt’s hot climate. The dress is undecorated‚ but does have a lot of pleats
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Chapter 5: The First Arab-Israeli War and the 1956 Suez Crisis The war of 1947-49 Following Israel’s declaration of statehood the Arab armies attacked along all the borders of the Jewish state. Egyptian forces attacked from the south; Syria‚ Lebanon and Iraq attacked from the north and north-east. By 28 May 1948‚ the Jordanian Arab Legion had occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. After initial setbacks‚ however‚ the Israelis successful drove the Arab armies out of the north‚ regained
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contract William Blackstone: -life: 1723-1780 -Document: Commentaries on the Laws of England -Summary: The first attempt to state the entire corpus of the Common Law. The directions were applied to the study and practice of law in England & the US. Rendered the legal system accessible to those educated in lower classes. Voltaire: -life: 1694-1778 -Document: Dictionnaire philosophique portatif -Summary: Contained articles that criticized the Roman Catholic Church and other institutions
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A-LEVEL HISTORY PAPER 1 AND PAPER 3 BY MOHAMMAD ANWAR Paper 1 starts from Page 2 Paper 3 starts from Page 64 1 PAPER 1 2 INDEX CHAPTER PAGE NUMBER Nationalism 5 Imperialism 20 Russian Revolution 25 Totalitarianism 41 Miscellaneous 60 (Please take a look at these questions‚ which involve comparisons of issues related with multiple topics) I would recommend that you use the following book for Paper 1 and Paper 3 “Mastering Modern World History” by Norman Lowe 3 4 NATIONALISM
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History study notes CHAPTER ONE- FEDERATION Definitions Constitution- set of rules outlining the structure and powers of an organisation or government. Federation- a political unit formed from smaller units on a federal basis. Australia’s six colonies united under a central government on January 1st 1901. Free trade- a belief that trade should be free from tariffs and protection Tariffs- A list or system of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods. Economic advantages-by
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Cold war: 1947-1991: Sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the western bloc‚ dominated by the us with nato among its allies and powers in the eastern block Far Left wing aims at making EVERYONE happy. Sometimes at a cost of the nationals. Believes in heavy "political correctness" (Communism) LEFT IS COMMUNISM Far Right Wing aims at making it’s own country’s nationals happy. People are split into "Our guys" and "their guys". (Fascism) RIGHT IS DICTATORSHIP
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT U.S. HISTORY SYLLABUS [pic] MR. WEATHERFORD PATRIOT HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Weatherford Classroom Phone: (951)361-6500‚ ext. 2064 Email: dan_weatherford@jusd.k12.ca.us p.2 Letter of Introduction August 9‚ 2011. It is a pleasure to welcome you to my class in Advanced Placement U.S. History. This course is offered with the intent of equipping you‚ the student‚ for success not just in this subject area‚ but in life “outside of Patriot High.” Hopefully this
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