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Unit 4 Major Events

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Islam
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Ali
Spread of Islam

UNIT 4 FLASHCARDS AP WORLD HISTORY Manya Garg Title of Event: Mecca blooms as a caravan city Date(s): 500s Region(s): Mecca, a barren mountain valley between Yemen and Syria; inland from Red Sea coast; Middle East Connections: Quraysh, prosperity, pilgrimage, Zamzam, Ka?ba Significance: The blooming of Mecca as a prosperous city was mainly due to its prime location for trade and away from enemies such as the Byzantine Syria, Sasanid Iraq, and the Ethiopian-controlled Yemen. Mecca then became a pilgrimage site for Muslims due to the Ka?ba (a shrine containing idols), a holy well called Zamzam, and its prohibition against killing. Title of Event: Muhammad receives revelations Date(s): 610

The Earth and its Peoples: 5th Edition - Chapter 19 Notes

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History of the Turkic peoples
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Mughal emperors
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Ottoman Empire
World War I
Safavid dynasty
Abbas I of Persia
Akbar
Janissary
Aurangzeb

Chapter 19 Notes Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1750 The Ottoman Empire, to 1750 Expansion and Frontiers Ottoman Empire ? Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia ca. 1300 After the fall of the Byzantines, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul from 1453 - 1922 Istanbul was previously known as Constantinople The Ottoman Empire encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe The Ottoman Empire grew due to three factors: the shrewdness (sharpness/practicality) of Osman and his followers control over the strategic link between Europe and Asia on the Dardanelles strait an army that took the strategies of Turkish cavalrymen and gunpowder Selim conquered Egypt in 1516 and 1517

The Earth and its Peoples: 5th Edition - Chapter 4 Notes

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Iron Age
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Achaemenid Empire
Ancient Egypt
Persian people
Darius I
Satrap
Cyrus the Great
Iran
Medes

Chapter 4 Notes Ancient Iran, 1000-486 BCE Overview Iran is the ?Land of the Aryans? It links western Asia with southern and Central Asia. In 6th Century BCE, the Persians created the biggest empire the world had yet seen They had distinct cultural elements, along with new forms of political and economic organization. Our info on Ancient Iran is through biased Greek documents. Geography and Resources Iran has geological boundaries on all sides of it except the northeast. Nomads of Central Asia attacked from this direction. Iran has high mountains at the edges, salt deserts, and mountain streams, and marshes Ancient Iran never had a dense population Density was proportional with the water in and hydration of the environment

natural history museum ap summer notes

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California

AP World History Summer HW National Museum of the American Indian assignment Option 1 The Kumeyaay Indians from California The Kumeyaay Indians at one point extended all along California into Mexico. The Kumeyaay had a federation of autonomous self-governing clans or bands. They grew trees, grains and numerous other crops in addition to maintaining wild stock. Each family planted and maintained their fields but was always expected to share. Family ideals were extremely important to the kumeyaay The Kumeyaay still plant crops in their mere 500,000 acres of land, compared to the land they were intended to receive (8.5 million acres) they now have several reservations near San Diego and throughout California where they practice their values

The Earth And Its Peoples, 3rd Edition Vocabulary Flashcards for Chapters 8-10

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Ali

Abbasid Caliphate overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled from 750- 1258; descendants of the prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas bubonic plague disease spread by fleas bites to rodents and humans; high mortality rate and difficult to prevent spread Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman Empire caliphate office established in succession to the prophet Muhammad to rule the Islamic empire Champa rice quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season; brought to China from Vietnam Charlemagne King of the Franks; established the Carolingian Empire; first to hold the title of emperor in Europe in over three hundred years Crusades series of religiously inspired Christian military campaigns against Muslims in the eastern Mediterranean that

The Earth And Its Peoples, 3rd Edition Vocabulary Flashcards for Chapters 1-3

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Bronze Age

Agricultural Revolution The change from food- gathering to food production that occurred between 8000 and 2000 BCE Akhenaten ruled Egypt from 1353-1335 BCE; created a religious revelution by imposing worship of the sun-disk god; built a new capital at Amarna Amulets Small charms meant to protect the bearer from evil Babylon Largest and most important city in Mesopotamia; capital of Amorite king Hammurabi Carthage founded by the Phoenicians; became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until defeated by Rome in 300 BCE Chavin first major urban civilization in South America City-state Self-governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled Civilization Term used to denote more

Crash Course 4

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Egyptian gods
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Ancient Egypt
Flooding of the Nile
Nile
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Min
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Disaster
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
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Environment

CRASH COURSE HISTORY RESPONSE FORM #___W2_______ TOPIC/TITLE: Ancient Egypt NAME: Casey Murphy LIST TWO NEW FACTS YOU LEARNED: a) In the first 3-4 minutes * Lasted from 3000 B.C.E. to 32 B.C.E., which is unusually long. *The Nile River flooded at exactly the right time every year, which made planting seeds in the very easy because it was so soft and the ground was very fertile. b) In the middle * 3 Kingdoms: The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The New Kingdom * Pyramids were and other monuments were built for kings. c) In the last 3-4 minutes *2 Forms of writing: Hieroglyphics and Demotic Script * King Tut was about 17 when he died and could have died from an infected broken leg and or malaria.

The Gun Power Empire Words To Know

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Selim I
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Human development
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The Gun Power Empire Words to Know Anarchy - A state of society without government or law. Grand Vizier - The Ottoman Sultan's chief minister, who led the meetings of the imperial council. Gunpowder Empire - an empire formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions that they conquered through their mastery of firearms Gunpowder Revolution - the military advances that resulted from the development of gunpowder weaponry Harem - "sacred place" the private domain of an Ottoman Sultan, where he and his wives resided Janissary - Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.

Chapter 1 bulliet

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8th millennium BC
Sumer

Chapter 1 From the Origins of Agriculture to the first Early River Valley Civilizations Before Civilization Stone Age- 2 million to 4 thousand years ago Stone age is subdivided into the Paleolithic age (old stone age to 10,000 years ago) and the Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) Stone tools are developed in the Paleolithic Age Chauvet CaveOn December 18, 1994, this cave in southern France was discovered by Jean-Marie Chauvet, a French official. It contains the oldest and best preserved prehistoric cave paintings; more than three hundred paintings were found of animals that inhabited the Stone Age world, including panthers, cave bears, and mammoths. This black-painted panel in the Chauvet Cave shows horses, rhinoceroses, and wild oxen. (Jean Clottes/Ministere de la Culture)

Five Pillars of Islam

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F I VE P I L L A R S O F I S L A M Muslims must acknowledge Allah as the only god and Muhammad as his prophet. They must pray to Allah daily while facing Mecca. They must observe a fast during the daylight hours of the month of Ramadan They must contribute alms for the relief of the weak and poor. Those who are physically and financially able must undertake the hajj and make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca. J O U R N A L E N T R I E S 1. Dear Journal,

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