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Decline of the Old War

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Decline of the Old World Order Social Caliphates leaders of the faith Lives of luxury War/Tactic Mongols Invade Baghdad and slaughters most of the people Invaded BY atmen turks = lose control Attack byzantine Driven out of Egypt by Mamluks (slave people nation) Cairo becomes the center of middle eastern culture Princes get together to drive them out of Russia Chinese Drive Mongols out of Northern china into Mongolia and created the Ming Dynasty Control Vietnam, Tibet, and Korea Sponsor international sea exploration (navy, to establish trade) Lead by admiral Zheng He Make contact with roughly 50 tributary state Takes back good, currency, animals, and gold Emperor retreats the soldiers when the admiral dies Emperor burns down the boat

Chapter 9 Outline

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Chapter 9: Christian Europe Emerges, 600-1200 -Charles (towered over 6 ft 3, being taller than the average man in his time) -Crowned king in mid-20?s in 768 -Waged war on Muslim invaders from Spain, Avar, Hungary, and a # of German princes -Pope Leo III placed a new crown on Charles head. - Charlemagne- (from Latin Carolus Magnus, ?Charles the Great?) -First in Western Europe to bear the title emperor in over 300 years -German custom and Christian piety transformed the Roman heritage to create a new civilization -Irish monks preaching in Latin become important intellectual influences in parts of Europe -Greek & Roman philosophy faded, urban life continued in decline of Roman Empire -Medieval- literally middle age

Islam

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Chapters 7 ? CREATEDATE ?11/17/09 5:17 PM? Arabs: Semitic-speaking people of southwest Asia The region was inhabited by Bedouin Arabs and the ruling members were called sheikh and members were selected from a council of members called the majlis Ka?aba in Mecca: black meteorite and is the most sacred site of Islamic faith Muhammad: born to a merchant family in Mecca, orphaned by six Married a rich widow, Khadija and meditated in the hills Fled to Medina ?city of the Prophet When he fled, marks the first day of the Islamic calendar: Hegria Qu?ran (?recitation?), the holy scripture of Islam: guidelines by which followers of Allah were to live. Muslims are practitioners of Islam and ?people of the book? Muslims community known as umma Islam: monotheistic and Allah is god

Midterm Review

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Name_____________________ MIDTERM 2011 Review Sheet-BRING THIS SHEET TO CLASS December 15th-19th If you have all of these answers handwritten the day of the exam, I will award you 2 bonus points on your exam grade. What is overconfidence? What is hindsight bias? What is a case study? What is a survey? What is an operational definition? What is a correlational coefficient? What is the false consensus effect? Know what a scatterplot would look like for positive and negative correlations. What is an illusory correlation? In an experiment, review what the independent variable is, the dependent variable, and the control and experimental groups. Know the 3 measures of central tendencies. Why would you use standard deviation? What do dendrites do?

Fluoxetine

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Connie Cheng IB Biology SL- Block 2 Fluoxetine Fluoxetine is an antidepressant (of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor class) commonly known in the product Prozac. This is used for treatment of serious clinical depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, bulimia, panic disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Fluoxetine is metabolized by the isoenzymes of the cytochrome P450 system, including CYP2D6, in the liver. The only biologically active metabolite of fluoxetine is norfluoxetine.

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