Illustrative Example (p 69) – State Rivalries
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Illustrative Example (p 85) – Competition Over Trade Routes
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Illustrative Example (p 69) – State Rivalries
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Illustrative Example (p 85) – Competition Over Trade Routes
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Illustrative Example (p. 70) – Tax-Collection Systems (Ottoman Tax Farming)
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First Major Defeat For The Ottoman Empire
The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, led by the Venetian Republic and the Spanish Empire, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras.
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The Historical Thinking Skills form the basis for
all the AP history exams.
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3.1
1. ISTANBUL 2. FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE 3. SAFAVID 4. SHI’A ISLAM (TWELVER). 5. BATTLE OF PANIPAT
6. BAKAFU. 7. ROMANOV 8. ST. PETERSBURG 9. SAMURAI 10. OTTOMANS vs SAFAVIDS
3.2
1. DEVSHIRME 2. JANNISARY 3. GRAND VIZIER 4. BATTLE OF CHALDIRON 5. CODE OF THE RAYAS
6. URDU 7. ZAMINDARS 8. DIVINE RIGHT 9. VERSAILLES 10. AZTEC HUMAN SACRIFICE
Jan 17, 2012
History is filled with horrific stories of disease wiping out millions, but how likely is such an event today? According to some conspiracy theorists, it’s more plausible now than ever. Tune in to learn more about plague conspiracies.
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2.5
1. IBN BATTUTA 2. MARCO POLO 3. MARGERY KEMPE 4. BATTLE OF TALAS 5. PAPERMAKING
6. DAR AL ISLAM 7. GUNPOWDER 8. COMPASS 9. PAX ISLAMICA 10. SPREAD OF BUDDHISM
2.6
1. POMELOS 2. LEMONS 3. CHAMPA RICE 4. JUSTINIAN’S PLAGUE
5. BLACK DEATH 6. YERSINIA PESTIS 7. DECAMERON
Have you ever heard the nursery rhyme called Ring Around the Rosie?
“Ring around the Rosie. Pocket full of poesy. Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down.”
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As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as COVID-19 has. Continue reading → Post ID 48969
Measly Middle Ages
The Black Death or bubonic plague was one of the most devastating crises in human history. The plague manifested in Europe between 1348 and 1350 and around half of entire population had fallen victim to the pestilence.
Past Posts –
AP 23.195 Crash Course – The Dark Ages (Review)
AP 23.194 Medieval Europe – Decline of Feudalism and the End of the Middle Ages
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Illustrative Examples (pg 61) – Diffusion of Scientific or Technological Innovations (Paper from China)
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Illustrative Examples (pg 61) – Diffusion of Scientific or Technological Innovations (Paper from China)
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We all know guns. We all have opinions on guns. Yet how much did guns contribute to the modern world we know today? How much would have changed if gunpowder never existed? Here is one scenario. Continue reading → Post ID 48969
…and other explosivesIllustrative Examples (pg 61) – Diffusion of Scientific or Technological Innovations (Gunpowder from China)
In the mid-ninth century, Chinese chemists, hard at work on an immortality potion, instead invented gunpowder. They soon found that this highly inflammable powder was far from an elixir of life — they put it to use in bombs against Mongol invaders, and the rest was history. Continue reading → Post ID 48969
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