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The Development of States & Empires

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The Development of States & Empires More complexity and sophistication Better-armed/organized military forces Stronger bureaucratic Better record keeping mechanisms Key States & Empires brought these to wide-ranging territories Political Economic Social unity Many became classic civilizations Overreach led to many of their downfalls and declines Focus on Patterns in the way they governed themselves, projected power, and organized labor and resource in mentioned Empires The Persian Empires (Southwest Asia) Persians of present-day Iran Dominated the Middle East Built one of the largest empires in world history 1st Dynasty- Achaemenid (550-331 B.C.E) Quickly conquered by Lydians- invented metal coinage 600-500 B.C.E) Neo-Babylonians Egyptians Darius the Great- 3rd ruler

AP World Chapter 24 lecture

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Imperialism: Making of the European global orderChapter 24 AP World History Big Picture Western European industrialization fundamentally altered the nature of European overseas expansion. In previous times, 3 Gs: Gold, God, & Glory Sought desired material goods, in Americas seized lands for plantation crops. Countries in Europe were little interested in acquiring expensive/unstable distant possessions, but men on the spot were drawn into local struggles as they sought to advance or defend their interests. Christian missionaries sought converts. In competition with Islam. Industrialization brought new motives for expansion, including: Raw materials were needed to fuel industrial growth Markets were required for its manufacturing production

Colonies and spheres of influence in Asia

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Cornell Notes Topic / Objective: Name: Jack Andrew Joa Colonies and Spheres of Influence in Asia Class: Chapter 17.3 Notes Period: Date: Essential Question: Colonies and Spheres of Influence in Asia Questions: Notes: Colonies and Spheres Colony: ? A country or area under the full or partial political control of of Influence: another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settler from that country. Sphere of Influence: ? Is an area within which the political and economic interests of one nation are more important than of other nations. A sphere of influence does not involve sending your people over to a country to live there to control it. India: Early 1600s:

Between WW1 and WW2

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Between the Wars After WWI global problems still remained Treaty of Versailles punished Germany and made them bitter League of Nations had little power Old empires collapsed New nations came into being Nationalism continued to cause conflict Worldwide depression Fascism, new kind of dictatorship, arose in Italy and Germany New European Countries Both the Ottoman and the Austro-Hungarian empires collapsed after World War I Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, and Hungary became new nations formed out of the old empires Worldwide Depression After WWI, economic problems emerged in Europe Returning soldiers needed jobs Nations had war debts to pay Cities had to be rebuilt

Chapter 21- The Muslim Empire

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Chapter 21 The Muslim Empires I. Introduction A. Muslim world essentially destroyed by those pesky Mongols B. But then?out of nowhere?came the return of the Muslims 1. Ottoman Empire ? the biggest 2. Safavid Empire ? Afghanistan and Iran 3. Mughal ? the northern part of India C. These ?gunpowder empires? could be compared with Russia and the West 1. In fact?they probably will be on a test not far, far away a. All militarily important b. Interacted far less with west than Russia c. Maintained control over how much they wanted to deal w/ West II. The Ottomans: From Frontier Warriors to Empire Builders A. Introduction 1. Turkic-speaking peoples a. Some fleeing Mongols, some looking for booty

WHAP Ch 20 quiz with answers

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Chapter 22 Pre-Test 1. By the 1500s caravan trade: a. was cheap and reliable b. was faster than seaborne trade c. was increasing year by year d. none of the above 2.: Why was Central Asia important to the land-based Eurasian empires? a. The area was heavily populated b. This was the area where each was most vulnerable to attack c. it was an agricultural paradise d. All of the above 3. The Eurasian empires sought to make the Central Asian territories profitable by: a. agriculture and mining b. stationing military garrisons c. both a and b d. none of the above 4. Serfdom in seventeenth and eighteenth century Russia became: a. less prevalent and more humane b. illegal or outlawed c. more brutal and widespread d. none of the above

Powerpoint on Gunpowder Nations

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THE MUSLIM GUNPOWDER EMPIRES Organizational Questions 1. Which state governs the largest empire? Most multicultural? most populous? 2. How would the answers above make government difficult? 3. Which empire is nearest to Western Europe? 4. How would proximity to Europe affect an empire? 5. What modern states does each empire rule? 6. Which state would be the most dependent on sea power? Why? 7. Which state would be the easiest and the most difficult to defend? Why? What were the similarities & differences between the three Muslim empires? OTTOMAN Anatolia Peninsula, Europe & Nth Africa religious fervor & zeal for Islamic conversion mostly Muslim, large Christian minority Sunni Muslim SAFAVID Persia (Iran) religious fervor & zeal for Islamic conversion mostly Muslim Shi?ia Muslim

Earth and its People Chap Five Outline

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CHAPTER 5 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. A. Geography and Resources 1. 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. 2. 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. B. A Republic of Farmers, 753?31 b.c.e.

The Conrad-Demarest Model of empire: Basic Principles

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The Conrad Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles ? I.? Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: state-level government Rome:? republic Han:? kept most of Qin centralized government in place high agricultural potential in the area Rome:? wheat, grapes, cattle Han:? wheat, millet, pigs an environmental mosaic Rome:? Alps, Mediterranean Sea, forests, Tiber and other rivers, hills Han: Tianshan mountains, Yellow and Yangtze river, loess soil, Pacific Ocean several small states with no clearly dominant state (power vacuum) Rome and other city-states on Italian peninsula; surrounding states in Mediterranean (Greek states, Egypt, Judea, Syria, Cyprus, Gaul, Romania, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, Carthage, etc. Han:? Qin empire broken into smaller states

AP WORLD HISTORY 00-1200 TIMEPERIOD REVIEW

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AP World - 00 - Early Civ. to ~1200 Question Answer Hammurabi?? Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.(p.?34)?? Stone?Age?? The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed?in?some?places?by?the?Bronze?Age?and?more?generally?by?the?Iron?Age.?(p.?11)?? Neolithic?? The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution(s). It follows the Paleolithic period. (p. 11)?
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