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The Umayyads

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AP World Outline of the Umayyad Empire Umayyad clan as part of the Quraysh Bedouin tribe They founded Mecca Wealth of the Meccan merchants enhanced Ka?ba in the city Ka?ba attracted people into the city ? this means that the merchant have more suckers to sell to Umayyad Expansion The expansion of the Islamic empire spread because of the weakness of the Arabs Conquered in Mesopotamia, Africa and Persia The land added to the Islamic Empire was controlled by Arab elites They were appointed by the Umayyads Didn?t really care about the people they controlled Ali (the current Caliph) and the Umayyads After Ali?s victory at the battle of the Camel in late 655 most Arab garrisons sided with Ali against the Umayyads. Umayyads center was based out of Mecca and the Provinces of Syria

fine arts

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Fine art From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search ??? ?? Self Portrait with Two Circles, oil on canvas, Rembrandt c. 1665?1669. ?? ?? Black Square, oil on canvas, Kasimir Malevich. 1913 Fine art or the fine arts describes an art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery".[1]

Notes: Greece Rome Cornell Style

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Ch. 4 Cornell Notes Ch. 4 Cornell Notes [Burnett], p. 1 Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Greece and Rome I. Introduction A. Mediterranean culture 1. Greece slowed Persian empire, set up a few colonies, but? 2. Rome known for empire 3. New institutions/values that would remain in western culture 4. ?our own? Classical past a. U.S. Constitution b. buildings in the U.S. c. founders of the philosophical tradition d. Socratic method B. Greco-Roman history 1. more dynamic, but less successful * We can clearly recognize the connections and our own debt without adhering to the notion that the Mediterranean world somehow dominated the classical period. 2. Complicated ? passed through two centers

list of important people- ap euro

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List of Important People in Order Popes Pius II- ended the Conciliar Movement by issuing the papal bull Execrabilis Sixtus IV- used nepotism to promote his own family in the church Alexander VI- Julius II- “warrior pope” and worked on the present St. Peters Basilica; high renaissance Leo X- excommunicated Luther and sold indulgences France Charles VII- King during the 100 year war; worked with the estates-general to establish a royal army and to levy taille. Louis XI- “spider king”, The king of Absolute monarchy, manipulated the estates-general by making taille permanent Charles VIII- invaded Naples in 1494, invited by Sforza to invade Florence, started the Italian Wars

Contrasting the Renaissance and Later Middle Ages

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AP European History Contrasting the Renaissance and Later Middle Ages Created in 1998 by Chaffey Classes of ?99, ?00, & ?01 Renaissance Later Middle Ages Philosophy: Humanism ? Emphasis on secular concerns due to rediscovery and study of ancient Greco-Roman culture. Religion dominates Medieval thought. Scholasticism: Thomas Aquinas ? reconciles Christianity with Aristotelian science. Ideal: ? Virt? ? Renaissance Man should be well- rounded (Castiglione) Ideal: ? Man is well-versed in one subject. Literature: ? Humanism; secularism ? Northern Renaissance focuses also on writings of early church fathers ? Vernacular (e.g. Petrarch, Boccacio) ? Covered wider variety of subjects (politics, art,

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