Ap World History Research Paper

All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties.

In 1596- Abraham Ortelius took note that the coastlines of the continents seemed to be too fitting together. He initiated a theory that stated that the continents were probably joined at one point in time and were torn apart between Europe and Africa. In the year of 1912, Alfred Wegener stated that the continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangea.

-Rome accepted inequality as well as institutionalizing and turning it into a system of mutual benefits.

2. The purpose of missionary work can be to convert people to Christianity. However, it causes political controvesary and confcit.

The Mongolians were tricky people. Forced out of there homelands, it made them thrash and slash there way to the top. They concorde almost all of Asia, But people still say there ravenous people were the worst thing to happen to all of the country. That they were soulless monsters and killed for fun. But no they weren't they had to kill they had no other way of getting supplies. Plus half of the stuff the did like the Pax mongolia helps with so many things that were beneficial in the future. Like trade, The Silk Road was able to spread religion and technology and so many other things that connected the rest of the world. Plus there battle tactics are still somewhat used today like pairing up in various groups and have each little group have a

1. The Punic Wars were 3 wars fought that were some of the biggest wars of their time. The Romans were face to face with their biggest enemy yet—the state of Carthage. Carthage owned the island Sicily, which made the Romans scared of them.

During the Post-Classical Era, the sacking of Baghdad in 1258 by the Mongols and the fall of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks greatly impacted and shaped the economy and political moves of Europeans, the Mongols provided important trade connections between Europe and Asia where, not only the trade of goods flourished but, also knowledge and technology, however as Mongol power declined and the Turks, who the Europeans saw as a threat, finally conquered the weakened Constantinople, they also cut off Europe’s overland trade route to Asia and the Middle East, prompting the expansion of Europe’s maritime trade routes and encouraging exploration.

The textbook lists three "Pagan Sources," or non-Christian sources, that refer to the early movement of Christianity. Who were these writers and what did they say about this new movement?

Rome, a prosperous empire was greatly on the rise from 500BC - 500AD. Experienced many new architectural achievements including the aqueduct, Hadrian’s Wall, The Colosseum, and the Pantheon. But during the late stages in the empires existence, the western part was invaded by barbaric Germanic tribes who wanted to take the Roman empire over. The west eventually fell, but a new empire arose which is essentially “The New Roman Empire” The Byzantine Empire. They Byzantines incorporated Roman architecture, laws, and religion into the founding of the Byzantine Empire.

The 11th and 12th century was a very difficult time for Europe and Japan. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was in trouble. Decline in population, a reduction in construction, and smaller amounts of food were only some of the negative effects. In Japan, the emperor was weakening and daimyos were rising to power. Because of these hard times, both Europe and Japan created a system. In this new feudal system, Europe and Japan each had their version of a warrior. In Japan, the warriors were called samurai, and in Europe the warriors were called knights. Surprisingly, there were extremely similar elements when it came to the two fighters. But we’re the similarities greater than the differences?

Throughout the Industrial Revolution, countries began to gain many raw materials to strengthen their empires. Inventions like the automobile made things much more efficient. With all this newly aquired power, countries already did not know what to do with it. During this Age of Progress from around the 1870's to 1890's, countries began to experience anxiety because they had trouble figuring out how humans worked. A great example is Siegmund Frued's psychoanalysis system which tried to prove how the human mind works, but now we know today it is very flawed. Herbert Spencer created his Social Darwinism theory stating that the strong countries are strong and "fit" to survive, and that the weak will die out. This caused more anxiety, so people mindlessly followed what was told to them. Many of these anxieties caused the imperialization of Africa, where

As the classical period emerged, religion as well as other cultural influences had been some of the main aspects of much of how history was shaped during this time period. Many religions had sprung up during this time period such as Judaism, which was a monotheistic religion and had developed with the codification of the Hebrew scriptures. This religion reflected the cultures of different regions such as Mesopotamia. The Jewish states were conquered by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and the Romans during this time period as well. Another religion important to this time period is the Vedic religion Hinduism, which had originated in India. This religion was

The 19th century was the start of the American industrial revolution that transitioned the rural nation to one that was more urbanized with the rise of big businesses. Factory owners were now able to hire less skilled workers due to methods such as taylorism in factory production. That shift triggered the need to to hire more unskilled laborers like women and children, will to work for low wages. Like many of the citizens of the lower class, the women working in these factories weren’t benefiting from the economic boom that was provided by the industrial revolution but the ability for them to be able to contribute to the income need for their family to survive empowered them with the feelings of independence and economic power. Following years

In 1837, the country of Texas attempted to join the United States as a slave state; however then President Jackson feared that adding another slave state would disrupt the balance of power in the senate and in a sense ignored the issue which was not brought up again until the elections of 1844. During the elections, James Knox Polk, a slave owner, represented the Democratic Party and Henry Clay represented the Whig Party. The two largest issues at the time of these debates were the annexation of Texas and “Manifest Destiny,” the idea that it was America’s God given right to expand from coast to coast. At the time, James Polk was considered the first “dark horse” candidate, which meant that he essentially came from nowhere and nobody thought

There are major events that mark the beginning and end of this period. The period began at around 9000 B.C.E. when the popularity of agriculture grew. The domestication of animals like sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs began to appear within civilizations. The end of this period came at around 1000 B.C.E. when civilizations began focusing on strengthening their culture and politics. This took place once the civilizations did not have to devote all of their focus to staying alive.