...many new territories and formed the massive Mongol empire. It is very debated, however, if the Mongols were civilized or not in the way they expanded their power. Some people claim his sometimes brutal ways made him an uncivilized conqueror. Despite this claim, Chinggis Khan and his descendents did rule civilized by being very tolerant, helping places grow and prosper, and by reserving his cruel tactics until it was necessary to use them. Throughout the world, there were many different religions that people followed, according to their own beliefs, like in today’s society. The world wasn’t confined to one religion that everyone followed, so while the Mongols were expanding and conquering, they ran into many different religions people practiced. Once an area was under Mongol rule, they were not forced to convert to the Mongol religion, or any other religion. The Mongols were tolerant about many religions, as the defense stated in their opening statement. They were like this because you can’t convert to the Mongol religion because it is only for Mongols, and the Mongols...
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...place to place to find the supplies they needed to survive. Later, the Mongols became an enormous stationary empire, lasting from 1206-1368. Most of their men and some women became a part of their military which is known as ferocious and powerful, and their violent ways of conquering people and seizing land are infamous to the world today. In their short time of being an Empire, they captured 4,860,000 square miles of land according to Size of World Conquests chart (Doc 1), which is over one million more square miles then the US owns today. Because the Mongol Empire was so massive, in order to be a successful, they needed to...
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...AP World History Survival Guide Name ________________________________ Teacher __________________________ Block _________________ Table of Contents | Pages | AP World History Overview | 3 – 7 | The AP Exam | 3 | World Regions | 4 – 5 | Five Course Themes | 6 | Four Historical Thinking Skills | 7 | Essays Overview | 8 - 15 | Document-based Question (DBQ) | 8 – 12 | Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT) | 13 – 15 | Comparative Essay | 16 – 18 | Released Free Response Questions | 19 – 20 | AP Curriculum Framework | 21 – 38 | Period 1 (Up to 600 B.C.E.)—5% | 21 – 22 | Period 2 (600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.)—15% | 23 – 25 | Period 3 (600 to 1450)—20% | 26 – 28 | Period 4 (1450 to 1750)—20% | 29 – 31 | Period 5 (1750 to 1900)—20% | 32 – 35 | Period 6 (1900 to the present)—20% | 36 – 38 | Help with Some Confusing Subjects | 39 – 43 | Chinese Dynasties | 39 | Political, Economic, and Social Systems | 40 | Religions | 41 | Primary Sources | 42 | “Must Know” Years | 43 | * Many of the guidelines in this study packet are adapted from the AP World History Course Description, developed by College Board. The AP Exam Purchasing and taking the AP World History exam are requirements of the course. This year, the AP World History exam will be administered on: ___________________________________________ Format I. Multiple...
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...AP World History Survival Guide Name ________________________________ Teacher __________________________ Block _________________ Table of Contents | Pages | AP World History Overview | 3 – 7 | The AP Exam | 3 | World Regions | 4 – 5 | Five Course Themes | 6 | Four Historical Thinking Skills | 7 | Essays Overview | 8 - 15 | Document-based Question (DBQ) | 8 – 12 | Change and Continuity over Time (CCOT) | 13 – 15 | Comparative Essay | 16 – 18 | Released Free Response Questions | 19 – 20 | AP Curriculum Framework | 21 – 38 | Period 1 (Up to 600 B.C.E.)—5% | 21 – 22 | Period 2 (600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.)—15% | 23 – 25 | Period 3 (600 to 1450)—20% | 26 – 28 | Period 4 (1450 to 1750)—20% | 29 – 31 | Period 5 (1750 to 1900)—20% | 32 – 35 | Period 6 (1900 to the present)—20% | 36 – 38 | Help with Some Confusing Subjects | 39 – 43 | Chinese Dynasties | 39 | Political, Economic, and Social Systems | 40 | Religions | 41 | Primary Sources | 42 | “Must Know” Years | 43 | * Many of the guidelines in this study packet are adapted from the AP World History Course Description, developed by College Board. The AP Exam Purchasing and taking the AP World History exam are requirements of the course. This year, the AP World History exam will be administered on: ___________________________________________ Format I. Multiple...
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...conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. Genghis Khan, who lived probably between 1162–1227, born Temüjin, was the founder, Khan (ruler) and Khagan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He was born in a Mongol tribe near Burkhan Khaldun mountain and the Onon and Kherlen Rivers in modern-day Mongolia, not far from the current capital Ulaanbaatar. The Secret History of the Mongols reports that Temüjin was born with a blood clot grasped in his fist, a traditional sign indicating that he was destined to become a great leader. He was the third-oldest son of his father Yesükhei, a minor tribal chief of the Kiyad and an ally of Ong Khan of the Kerait tribe and the oldest son of his mother Hoelun. He was called Temüjin because, in the Mongol culture, children were named after the leader of the last tribe to be defeated by the child’s father Childhood was short and difficult for the Mongols, and Temüjin learned how to ride horses when he was three, and hunt and fish before he turned six years old. The Mongols also had very early arranged marriages, and Temüjin was no exception. At the age of nine, his father, Yesükhei, made arrangements to have him wed a girl from a neighboring tribe. As part of the arrangement, Yesükhei left Temüjin with the tribe until he came of age. On his way home, Yesükhei...
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...operational plan synchronizing with a perfect timing all the different divisions, although they were distant from each other hundreds of kilometers. In this complex process they never lost the objective of their operations, the main body of the enemy’s army towards which they eventually concentrated quickly and unpredictably their forces. Offensiva Le armate mongole perseguivano sempre con decisione l'obiettivo di acquisire l'iniziativa tattica e strategica, che raramente concedevano all'avversario. Questi era dunque inevitabilmente costretto a reagire all'iniziativa dei mongoli, e altrettanto inevitabilmente era obbligato a farlo in condizioni di estremo svantaggio. Mongols army followed with strong will the objective of acquiring tactic and strategic skills. The enemy was inevitably forced to react to the mongols’ initiative, always in a position of strong disadvantage. Sorpresa I mongoli...
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...How did migration, trade and nomadic invasion threaten and or aid classic empires and civilizations? Mason Pirio 10/12/14 Period 4 Migration, trade, and nomads effected early civilizations in many ways, some positive and some negative. Nomads made trade difficult at times and occasionally invaded sedentary civilizations. Trade helped boost early economies by providing civilization with useful resources which could not be found in their own region. Migration was key in terms of disseminating culture and ideas throughout the classical world. Migration and trade also spread religion; an example of this is when Buddhism spread from India to china. There were also many drawbacks to migration as it spread new diseases that some cultures were unequipped to deal with. Trade greatly aided the economies of early civilizations. Silk was a common item of trade in china, as china had the highest quality of silk at the time. The Silk Road was passage in which many travelers used to acquire silk from china. Trade was also important because some places had things that other places didn’t. Trade also encouraged the spread of new ideas and technology such as hunting methods, weaponry, arts, and most of all, religion. Nomads threatened the trade of early civilizations, and the civilizations themselves. A prime example of nomadic invasion is in china. China feared being attacked by the Mongols, so they built the Great Wall of China to defend from any attacks from the north. This can be both...
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...Christopher Columbus –VS- Zheng He Exploring the world and see what it has to offer was nothing that any other person would naturally think of or about in their time. Upon the more detailed check out the experiences on the adult men guiding the actual explorations, we could study a whole lot concerning the trips, the actual adult men whom took these individuals, and also the nations that will recognized the attempts. The particular voyage by Christopher Columbus along with Zheng. They are actually the voyages of two nations along with the search for extreme power along with management in the ever-expanding world. For The world, Columbus’ trips showed both equally to be able to get around governed industry avenues along with master fresh persons on fresh lands. For China, Zheng He’s trips showed a chance to keep along with replenish existing associations along with neighboring nations. Even though trips of Columbus along with Zheng had been many generations separated, the parallels along with differences outlined exactly why guiding the journeys along with revealed what exactly both pondered the actual ethnicities they stumbled upon as you go along. Early fifteenth one hundred year found China’s Ming Dynasty for the maximum of its controlling power being a kingdom. China’s money along with electric power improved the actual circumstance of its seek trips through those of other nations over the “age of voyages. ” Because of the money along with the controlling power of China...
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...sits on a large chair. One of the first things noticed by the children as well as myself was the intricate decorations not only in the large atrium but also on the outside of the building before even entering the museum. I was at first very intimated and one of the children in my group upon entering the museum realized his water in his bag had spilled everywhere creating a large puddle that was now spilling onto the floor of the museum. The Franklin Institute is filled with several amazing interactive displays including the giant heart, your brain, and changing earth to name a few of our favorites. I personally had my eyes set on the third floor which housed the Genghis Khan display with over 200 artifacts from the 1300 century Mongolian empire. It is difficult to choose just two pieces because it was a very large and inspiring collection, most of which was only being displayed for the first time. The first piece which really caught our attention was the huge twelve foot cross bow which was used to conquer walled cities. This type of innovation in...
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...The Yuan dynasty The Yuan Dynasty was the most successful dynasty by far in Chinese history. They were the most successful dynasty for many reasons, from land conquered to ingenious new inventions. When you think of the Mongols, you think “BARBARIANS” and other evil things, but they were really good people. First of all, they had a good government. Kublai Khan slowly used Chinese political structures and adopted and revised them as his own. In particular, Kublai Khan built a strong central government in order to cement his authority as a ruler over China. Also, he built a new social hierarchy where merchants were near the top and the southern Song Chinese were at the bottom. Because of that it was bad to live under the rule Kublai Khan...
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...Marco Polo was one of the most important European explorers that traveled from Europe to Asia. When Marco was fifteen, he, his father and uncle set off to Asia. The journey was about three years long and they stayed in China for seventeen years. Three years later they returned to Venice, and Marco Polo was appointed commander of a Venetian ship in a war against Genoa. He was captured and, while being held in a Genovese prison, he met a prisoner named Rustichello. Marco told him of all his adventures and Rustichello wrote a book about them called "Books of the Marvels of the World," or better known in English as "The Travels of Marco Polo.” Although the book was a huge success, some did not believe all of it was true. Marco still knew that it...
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...According to Dictionary.com a barbarian is a member of a primitive or uncivilized people; a coarse, insensitive, disorganized or uncultured person; or a vicious, and brutal person. The question is, how barbaric were these “barbarians”? Well, when it comes to the Mongols, they are only a few of the things that were mentioned before. The Mongols were one of the civilizations that conquered many territories, as claimed in Document 1. Doing this doesn’t make them barbarian along with their impeccable laws and customs, religion, commerce and their travel and communication. In certain ways the Mongols were very flexible and organized. They believed in only one god but accepted different beliefs. According to Document 9, Mongke Khan ordered...
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...The Mongolian empire was the largest empire in history. In the thirteenth century, Chinggis Khan melded the multiple Mongol tribes together, forming a powerful alliance. There are many factors that led to the expansion of the Mongolian territory. This paper will discuss the socio-economic and military organization of the Mongols and the factors that caused their acquisition of more land. Chinggis Khan experiences caused him to break up the existing Mongol tribes’ organization. Males that were old enough to fight were forced to join the new military. Instead of choosing political and high military officers based on family relations or their status in their tribes, Chinggis Khan appointed men “because of their talents or their loyalty to him”...
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...Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great rose to power in different ways, but they both built monstrous and strong empires, defeated great armies, and expanded trade routes. Though Genghis Khan ruled many years after Alexander the Great, many similarities can be found between the two leaders. Throughout their rises to the top, they both conquered many lands. Their empires covered territory greatly across both the North-Western and North-Eastern hemispheres. In order for them to have gained all their land, they had to outsmart the strongest forces, both Alexander and Khan were able to. During their reigns, they both extended upon the already created trade routes. Though Alexander and Khan are not commonly looked upon to be similar, there are more aspects alike with them than different....
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...The Mongol Empire arose in Mongolia changing the map of the world through ruthless warfare and countless battles. With their military power and extremely efficient battle strategy the Mongols became a force to recon with putting fear into hearts with the mention of their name. Spreading all across Asia and Europe conquering empires one by one the Mongol grew into one of the larges civilizations know to be in that time. Though like all civilizations they eventually fall due to political infractions, corruptness and individuals who have different interest and objections. Very few Empires have risen and grown to such a magnitude as the Mongol Empire. Roaming the flat lands of Mongolia a tribe transformed themselves by conquering the neighboring nomads forcing them to pay tributes once dominated. Genghis took the reins and morphed his Empire into one of the greatest that ever existed. Creating Military infrastructure and integrating every one of his people into the army Genghis was able to create an unstoppable military force. Dividing his population into units led to better structure and organization as a whole, which went against past ideas of how a military should be configured. With the most...
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