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ap world history- chapter 1

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- AP World History - Stearns Chapter 1 – From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations I. Introduction A. Human origin – 2.5 million years ago 1. 1/4000 of earth’s existence – 24 hour day – last 5 minutes B. Human negatives and positives 1. Aggressiveness, long baby time, back problems, death fears 2. Grip, high/regular sex drive, omnivores, facial expressions, speech C. Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age – 2.5 million to 12000 BCE 1. Simple tools – increase in size, brain capacity – Homo erectus II. Late Paleolithic Developments A. Homo sapiens sapiens – 120,000 years ago – killed off others? a. Population growth required change – 1 square mile to hunt/gather for 2 people i. Long breast feeding – limit fertility

Era 3 Preview Map & Timeline

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Period 3 Timeline 600 - 1450 618 ? 907 Tang China 622: Origin of Islam, life of Muhammad 600s ? 700s: Spread of Islam into Arabia, Middle East N. Africa 750 ? 1236: Abbasid Caliphate 661-750: Ummayad Caliphate 855: Kievan Russia 1100s -1200s: Crusades 1054: Schism of Christianity into East & West 1200s ? 1300s: Mongol Conquests & Pax Mongolica 1000: Ghana at its Height 1200: Rise of Mali 1290: Islam reaches SE Asia 960-1127: Song China 1325: Rise of Aztecs 1453: Ottomans conquer Constantinople 1471-1493: Peak of Inca 1405 ? 1433: Chinese expdeditions under Zenghe Great Zimbabwe Mongol Empire Delhi Sultanate Ghana, Mali, Songhai Islamic Empire Feudal Europe Decline of Maya/Rise of Aztecs Inca Empire Byzantine Empire Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan Feudal Japan

AP essay of mongols

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The Mongols were a peoples who took over and dominated several civilizations, and affected them in different ways. By looking at a few of these places, there are usually many substantial similarities and differences in how the Mongols affected them. China and Russia are two examples of these dominated civilizations. When politically and economically compared, these similarities and differences are easy to find.

Physiology in the News

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Monica Luong Mrs. Taylor Physiology August 23, 2010 Oscar Undergoes First Full Face Transplant Recently Oscar, a 31 year old Spanish man, underwent the first full face transplant. He was operated on in late March in the Vall d?Hebron hospital in Barcelona. He went through a 24 hour sugery where doctors lifted his entire face and placed a jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth, and eyelids into the man. Oscar went through surgery because he had accidentally shot himself in the face 5 years ago on his farm. It was very difficult for him to breathe or eat without assistance.

Joseph Addison - Ridicule

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Pavel Spichak AP American Lit. Mrs. Fouts 20 October 2010 Joseph Addison: Ridicule Ridicule and humor is something we inherited and grew upon since birth, and the fact is that we would laugh at anything that we deemed as funny. But is a good deed something we can laugh at? Joseph Addison argues against an everyday virtue, or more specifically, human nature. He take?s this issue head-on, and shows us how most jokes are not just there to ease the tension, but to create it as well. Hence, I qualify Addison?s position on this issue based from the idea of how some jokes are funny, but are also used wrongly in an ironic matter. For a part of my childhood, I never understood sarcasm or certain jokes, and sometimes

Linking Expressions

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Linking Expressions/Transitional Phrases Use Linking expressions to show how ideas are related and make a paragraph or essay read smoothly. Linking expressions are words or phrases that show relationship between ideas, details and examples in a paragraph. Such expressions tie together sentences, showing how one idea is related to the one that comes before it, or after it. As you learn to use these expressions, remember that each expression is appropriate for a particular kind of relationship. I. Joining similar ideas: Again, For instance, Moreover, For example, Another, Of course, Likewise, Furthermore, Besides, In addition, Too, Similarly, In a like manner II. Joining dissimilar ideas:

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