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AP 24.717 Egypt – Muhammad Ali’s Egypt
Egypt seeks to modernize through cotton textile industry
Illustrative Examples (p 105) – State sponsored visions of industrialization
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AP 24.714 Industrialization and Technology – Communication (From Telegraphy to Internet)
Telegraphy (from Greek: tele τῆλε “at a distance”, and graphein γράφειν “to write”) is the long distance transmission of textual (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
Now – The Internet is over 50 years old
From Napster to balloon-powered Internet, here is a look back at the history of the World Wide Web
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AP 23.697 Industrialization and Technology – The Steam Engine
The first machine to transform fossil fuel into mechanical energy was the steam engine, a device that set the Industrial Revolution apart from all previous periods of growth and innovation.
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AP 23.695 Industrialization – Urbanization and the Evolution of Cities
About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came food surpluses, leading to commerce, specialization and, many years later with the Industrial Revolution, the modern city.
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AP 23.694 Industrialization – Rural vs Urban
What is the difference?
RURAL (ADJECTIVE)
1. OF, RELATING TO, OR CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COUNTRY,
2. LIVING IN THE COUNTRY; RUSTIC
3. OF OR RELATING TO AGRICULTUREURBAN (ADJECTIVE)
1. of, relating to, or designating a city or town
2. living, located, or taking place in a city
3. characteristic of or accustomed to cities
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AP 23.693 Mankind Story (Revolutions 10)
The thirst for freedom, equality and political liberty drives the Age of Revolutions. Mechanization of cloth and harnessing of coal fuels the Industrial Revolution. Cholera and other diseases devastate many nations, but mankind responds by developing clean water systems and new medical procedures. British control of the opium trade in China proves just how connected the world has become. Civil War rages in the United States. The struggle for equal rights and citizenship continues in places throughout the globe.
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AP 23.681 Crash Course – The Modern Revolution
What is “modernity”?
Take Note: Our species (Homo sapien sapien) has been around for approximately 250,000 years. What were the major break throughs that led us to the year 2021?
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AP 23.677 Germany – Otto Von Bismarck (The Iron Chancellor)
“The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions, but by blood and iron.“
Bismarck was responsible for transforming a collection of small German states into the German empire with Prussia at its core, and was its first chancellor. Bismarck aimed to make the German empire the most powerful in Europe. Continue reading Post ID 40713
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AP 23.668 Simón Bolívar
Born in 1783, Simon Bolivar grew to become known as the George Washington of South America.
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AP 23.661 Indépendance Haïtienne!
How did the slaves of what would become Haiti throw off the yoke of one of the world’s great empires?
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