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Compare and Contrast Indus Valley Civilization and Shang Dynasty

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Name: Ashley Thatcher Date: History | Graded Assignment | The Long-Answer Essay: Early Civilizations ? 2016 K12 Inc. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 2 Copying or distributing without K12?s written consent is prohibited. Graded Assignment The Long-Answer Essay: Early Civilizations Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (Score: ___ of 45 points) Compare and contrast key characteristics of two early civilizations (choose from Mesopotamian, Shang, Indus Valley, Chavin, and Phoenician) in terms of three of the following: economy, political system, art and architecture, religion, technology, legacy.

Economics and Religious Controversies "Hunting Witches"

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Malleus Maleficarum

? Graded Assignment HST560A: AP World History | Unit 6 | Lesson 07: Economic and Religious Controversies Name: Date: Graded Assignment Hunting Witches Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (20 points) Score Witch hunting hysteria grew heated in Europe in the late fifteenth century. Accused witches were thought to have made agreements to worship the devil in exchange for supernatural powers. They were conveniently blamed for virtually any misfortune ? from lost livestock to deadly hailstorms. Over the next century and half, some 60,000 ?witches? were put to death in Europe, the great majority of them women from the fringes of society.

Just War Theory

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Justification of War There are three broad positions on whether war can be justified or not. Realpolitik Suggests that war, as a political act, needs no moral justification. war is accepted as a universal norm of human history, peace is always temporary While criticizing liberal approach, the realist believed that it is better to be ?hard-headed? than ?wrongheaded? Just war theory ? suggests that war can be justified only if it conforms to moral principles. The idea of a ?just war? is based on the assumption that war can be justified and should be judged on the basis of ethical criteria. Pacifism ? suggesting that war, as an unnecessary evil, can never be justified. Just War Theory Origin and history

About the Holocaust: Timeline of Events

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Adolf Hitler
Responsibility for the Holocaust
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Kristallnacht

Before 1933 WWI brought new countries and also devastation. Countries struggled to recover from the loss of casualties and destroyed land. At this time, more than nine million Jews lived Europe, German Jews being over 500,000. Hitler Campaign Speech Video In July 1932 the Nazi Party becomes the largest party represented. Hitler grew from being a little know extremist to a leading German election candidate using modern propaganda techniques. With newspapers, television, and speeches. This video shows a sneak peak of how far these propaganda messages went, with huge assemblies of crowd and Hitler promising to get back at those that hurt Germany and its fellow citizens. 1933-1938

Cold case prep answers

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Roman Republic - Cold Case Caesar - Prep 1) According to the introduction, when did Rome begin to acquire large number of slaves? 2) Why did Romans need slave labor? 3) How did slave labor affect the small farmers? The Reformers 1) Define the Word: Reform 2) What problem did Tiberius Gracchus have with how soldiers were treated upon their end of service to Rome? 3) How did he want to solve this problem? 4) Why was Tiberius killed? 5) Do you think what happened to his body was justified? Explain 6) How did Gaius Gracchus try to find justice for his brother? 7) Why did Gaius want to give citizenship to non-Romans? 8) How did Gaius plan to give land to the poor? 9) Why was Gaius the subject of rumor? 10) Why do you think Gaius took his own life?

Cold case prep reading

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Strayer Note Outline

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? PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT ?12? [[Chapter 20: Colonial Encounters, 1750?1914]] [[RESOURCE TYPE: Note Taking]] CHAPTER 20: Colonial Encounters, 1750?1914 A Second Wave of European Conquests Under European Rule Cooperation and Rebellion Colonial Empires with a Difference Ways of Working: Comparing Colonial Economies Economies of Coercion: Forced Labor and the Power of the State Economies of Cash-Crop Agriculture: The Pull of the Market Economies of Wage Labor: Working for Europeans Women and the Colonial Economy: An African Case Study Assessing Colonial Development Believing and Belonging: Cultural Change in the Colonial Era Education Religion ?Race? and ?Tribe? Reflections: Who Makes History? Documents?Considering the Evidence: Indian Responses to Empire

WHAP Stearns Chapter 2 outline

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1st millennium BC
East Asia
Holocene
Dynasties in Chinese history
Chinese philosophy
Confucianism
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AP World History - Stearns Chapter 2 ? Classical Civilization: China I. Introduction ? longest-lived civilization in history A. Isolated 1. Couldn?t learn from other cultures 2. Rare invasions 3. Distinctive identity 4. Relatively little internal chaos w/ decline of Shang dynasty a. Greatest links to classical society B. Intellectual theory 1. Harmony of nature ? yin and yang ? balance 2. Seek Dao ? the way a. Avoid excess b. Appreciate balance of opposites c. Humans part of world, not on outside ? like Mediterranean Thesis: China emerged with an unusually well-integrated system in which government, philosophy, economic incentives, the family, and the individual were intended to blend into a harmonious whole. II. Patterns in Classical China

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