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The Bronze Age (3000 BC) ? Key Question from Lecture: What aspects of life during the bronze age in Afroeurasia distinguish it from earlier eras? ? technology ? plow, tools & weapons ? plow only useful in areas of harder soil ? sticks used in softer soil areas ? depended on environment ? maritime trade ? star charts---planning ? WRITING ? population grew: 8000 BC ? there was a population boom leading up to the bronze age ? Writing ? The code of Hammurapi (c. 1792 BC) ? only the elite can read --> power ? emerging class differences ? hierarchy ? slavery/ class ? legal system that favors the wealthy (slaveholder) ? gender ? differentiation based on ? class ? gender ? women have fewer rights but they have some ? ex: they can initiate divorce

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The Bronze Age (3000 BC) ? Key Question from Lecture: What aspects of life during the bronze age in Afroeurasia distinguish it from earlier eras? ? technology ? plow, tools & weapons ? plow only useful in areas of harder soil ? sticks used in softer soil areas ? depended on environment ? maritime trade ? star charts---planning ? WRITING ? population grew: 8000 BC ? there was a population boom leading up to the bronze age ? Writing ? The code of Hammurapi (c. 1792 BC) ? only the elite can read --> power ? emerging class differences ? hierarchy ? slavery/ class ? legal system that favors the wealthy (slaveholder) ? gender ? differentiation based on ? class ? gender ? women have fewer rights but they have some ? ex: they can initiate divorce

From Kingdom to Republic

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Chapter 11 Notes: Mediterranean Society, The Roman Phase From Kingdom to Republic The Etruscans and Rome Romulus and Remus The Etruscans The Kingdom of Rome The Roman Republic and its Constitution Establishment of the Republic Conflict between patricians and Plebeians The Expansion of the Republic 8th century B.C.E, city of Rome was originally a small city-state ruled by a single king. 6th century, aristocrats ended the monarchy and started a republic- a form of government in which delegates represented the interests of various constituencies. This empire survived for more than 500 years and Rome was the dominate power of the Mediterranean basin.

Ashoka

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?He was an?Indian?emperor of the?Mauryan Dynasty?who ruled almost all of the?Indian subcontinent?from ca. 269 BCE to 232 BCE.[1]?One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests.
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Chapter 07 Reading Selection - Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to south and Southeast Asia

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    By the middle of the ninth century C.E., the Abbasid dynasty had begun to lose control over its empire. Rebellious states, military regimes, and religious dissenters broke apart the political unity of Islam. Mongol armies finally conquered the steadily diminishing Abbasid heartland in the 13th century C.E. Although the political unity of Islam was forever shattered, the last centuries of Abbasid rule witnessed a period of cultural creativity and the expansion of Islam into South and Southeast Asia and Africa.

     

  2. The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras

     

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Introduction By the middle of the ninth century C.E., the Abbasid dynasty had begun to lose control over its empire. Rebellious states, military regimes, and religious dissenters broke apart the political unity of Islam. Mongol armies finally conquered the steadily diminishing Abbasid heartland in the 13th century C.E. Although the political unity of Islam was forever shattered, the last centuries of Abbasid rule witnessed a period of cultural creativity and the expansion of Islam into South and Southeast Asia and Africa. The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras Introduction

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