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Timeline Dates

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Abbasid Caliphate
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Caliphate

Umayyad Caliphate (Preceded Abbasid): (661-750 CE) Abbasid Caliphate: (750-1258 CE) came after Umayyad (Islam), gained power through trickery. Mongols: (1206 -1368 CE) 4 Khanates: Great Khan (Mongolia/Southern China): 1250 ? 1368, Chinese had less power, change IL ? Khan (Middle East): 1256 - 1339 Golden Horde (East Southern Russia): 1240 - 1400 Jagadai (North of India/Between other 3): 1225 - 1650 Byzantine: (330 ? 1453) Kievan Rus: (882 ? 1237) Charlemagne: (747-814) Norman Conquest: (1065- 1070) Middle Ages: (476 - 1500) Ghana (Preceded Mali): (400 ? 1153) Mali: (1230 - 1481) Songhay: (1375 ? 1591) Chinese: Sui: (581 ? 615) Capital is Chang?an Tang: (618 - 907) Capital is Chang?an. West Silk Road trade. Block Printing & Clock & Porcelain in (700s) & Explosive powder in (800s)

Decline of Empires

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Harden 1 Indigo Harden Mrs. Madden AP World History September 17, 2014 The Declines of the Roman Empire and the Han Empire The Roman Empire and the Han Empire were two of the most powerful and influential civilizations to ever exist. Despite their sturdiness, these empires did not last forever. The declines of the Roman Empire and the Han Empire were severe and had irreversible effects. Both empires ended due to several political, economic, and military factors. Their declines were also different in various ways.

Chapter 6 The Earth and Its People

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Chapter 6 Outline ? An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.?330 C.E. An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 b.c.e.?330 c.e. I. Rome?s Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 b.c.e.?330 c.e. Geography and Resources Italy and Sicily are at a crossroads of the Mediterranean and serve as a link between Africa and Europe. Rome is at a crossroads of the Italian peninsula. Italy?s natural resources included navigable rivers, forests, iron, a mild climate, and enough arable land to support a large population of farmers whose surplus product and labor could be exploited by the Roman state. A Republic of Farmers, 753?31 b.c.e.

AP World History World Civilizations Chapter 5 Notes

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Inca Empire
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In between 200-500 AD, the classical era started to end Integration had two basic issues How to govern the new territories, and How to create social cohesion throughout the empire The Chinese and the Indians were more successful at establishing social cohesion than the Mediterraneans were Outside the classical civilizations, important development occurred in other parts of the world. Significant civilizations operated in the Americas and in Africa. Agriculture spread to Northern Europe and Northern Asia In Central Asia especially, nomadic societies linked and sometimes disrupted classical civilizations

Conrad Demarest Model

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Conrad-Demarest Model of Empires Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires?the region must have: State-level government High agricultural potential of the environment An environmental mosaic Several small states with no clear dominant state (power vacuum) Mutual antagonism among those states Adequate military resources (or a military or technological advantage) States succeed in empire building if they have an ideology that promotes personal identification with the state, empire, leader, conquest, and/or militarism Characteristics of well-run empires Build roads and transportation systems, canals, ports, etc. Trade increases Cosmopolitan cities?art and education flourish

APWH Cram Packets Units 1&2

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Trade

WHAP CRAM PACKET: Period 1 ? Technological & Environmental Transformations, to 600 B.C.E. (5% of the APWH Exam) Period 2 ? Organization & Reorganization, 600 B.C.E. ? 600 C.E. (15% of the APWH Exam) Climate Climate has been a major factor in determining where people settled. Peopled settled in areas that has climates that would accommodate agriculture and livestock. Time Periods The Paleolithic Age refers to about 12,000 BC. During this time people were nomadic. The Neolithic Age refers to the age from about 12,000 BC to about 8000 BC. It is during this time that people settled in communities and civilization began to emerge. River Valley Civilizations refers to about 3500 to 1500 BC. The major River Valleys are described below.

Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870–1914

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 25 May 2015 Chapter 12 Outline Imperialism/Colonialism, 1870 ? 1914 1869, Suez Canal opened; sliced thru 100s of mi. ofEgyptian desert to link Mediterranean/Red seas, cutting trip from London to Bombay in ? Showcased abilities of West power/tech to transform globe, human cost: 30k Egyptians worked as forced laborers, 1k?s died during cholera epidemics French under Napoleonled, Brit?s bankers followed; Euro financial interests dev?d. relationship with gov?t of Egypt as semi-indep. State inside Ottoman Empire 1875, Brit ctrl?d. canal, purchasing 44% of canal?s shares from Egyptian khedive when he was threatened with bankruptcy 1880s, econ./political relationships produced debt/instability in Egypt

The Earth and Its Peoples Ch 8-15

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Key Concepts and IDs for Unit 3 (600 C.E. ? 1450 C.E.) Chapters 8-15 The Islamic world made tremendous contributions to art, science, architecture and technology that would have a huge impact on cultural and economic developments in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The world of Islam represents peoples of different ethnicities, cultures, and languages throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe who were unified through the religion of Islam while still maintaining regional diversity. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the western part of the empire became a decentralized feudal system while the eastern part of the empire continued under imperial rule as the Byzantine Empire.

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