Ap World History Essay

1.) The desire to find new trade routes to Asia was one of the motivations for European explorations. Europeans were seeking the wealth of Africa and Asia. They wanted profit, they wanted gold. The spice market was also a huge profit of trading and several countries tried to gain control of spice trade. Another motivation was God and religion. Europeans wanted to spread the teachings of the Gospel to other parts of the world. They believed it was their duty to spread the word of God. Lastly, land was another motivation for European explorations. Some rulers, especially the King of Spain, and the King of Portugal, wanted to claim as much land as they could. The more land and money a country owned, the better their chance of domination in Europe.

6. What specific actions did Hammurabi take in his attempt to provide for the good order of society and the basic welfare of his subjects?

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

When it comes to modernization, the paths taken by Japan and China were strikingly similar. Well, I say paths taken, however I would argue that it was more along the lines of them being forced upon paths out of necessity in order to survive in a world in which the Western powers of Europe and the United States were increasingly encroaching and interfering in East Asia. The paths I will be looking at for these two nations will both begin with the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan and the Kangxi emperor in China, and several aspects of how these nations and forms of governance operated, as well as large changes in governance. I will look at how these two nations and the West interacted, and how their interactions began to change as time went on. From

Historians have learned a great deal about the Crusades from chroniclers like William of Tyre and Ibn al-Qalanisi. Today, reporters and newscasters travel all over the world to report on international events, including conflicts. Reporters and world leaders use social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook to connect with the public. Imagine what we might know had there been access to television, cell phones, and social media in the 13th century.

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.

Have you ever wondered what made Egypt and Mesopotamia successful civilizations? Ancient Egyptians developed their civilizations by the Nile River around 3000B.C. Ancient Mesopotamia developed their civilizations between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers around 3100B.C. Their location, government, and rules have helped Egypt and Mesopotamia to be successful civilizations. Rivers were an essential part of the development of the civilizations. Rivers provided transportation, food, and water to them. For example, document one is a song.

The countries of South America, Africa, and Asia were under the shadow of the more powerful European and American countries before and during the World Wars. Before the wars European nations colonized other countries such as Asia, South America, and especially Africa. It was a means for European countries to advance their global power. Meanwhile, the Africans and other native people, had been treated as weak and disrespectable, hurting African, Asian, and South American pride. After WWII, the countries each tried to gain independence from their European leaders, and as they did so, some of the new leaders envisioned unity, such as the pan-African vision. The desire for unity was commonly motivated by a longing for significant world power along

Religion and economics influenced the development of medieval Europe and Japan through Religious pastors, trade routs that went different places, pastors that went on trade expeditions, and leaders that put their own spin on society.

As the Spring term comes to a close, my Inside-Out class is learning about the trade interest of various empires and settlements in the world during the early 1700s. When I started studying this new topic one of my biggest questions was “ Why did countries go out of their way to not trade with certain countries even though they need their products?” I understand that back then some countries did not have the best relationships with each other, but I don't see why they could not put aside their differences for things that they needed in the trade. Slavery was also a big deal for trade because slaves were one of the few things that were exempt from restrictions and in the article I read about there was a lot of intolerance for African Americans and Indians in the 17th century as well. It seems that the game we are playing in class and the article I read is heavily based on the significance of trade in several parts of the world and lack of tolerance between countries and races.

Europe was not always like how it is now. At first, there was no such thing as zero. Roman numerals started at one because they didn’t get what zero was. Since then, Europe has revolutionized. By the year 1300 Europe was flourishing and eventually conquered most of the known world. It was not easy but, they were able to do it. Without knowing, Europe was a perfect place to win many different wars and to conquer different places. When the Europeans came to Central America, they were deeply tricked into war by the Inca Empire. The leader sent them gift baskets and told them to meet them at a certain place. When the Europeans arrived they saw that they were about to be in a combat zone against 80,000 men, meanwhile they only had 168 (Guns,Germs,

Early civilization shared similar common features, because all of these societies were under the same pressures. Their whole purpose was survival as it is to this day. Each societies main focus was to become established, stay in one place provide food, shelter and protection for their families. Early civilizations materialize along rivers, because rivers supplied a continuous and dependable supply of water for farming and human consumption. Agriculture today has had an enormous benefit on today’s society, there are now more farmers growing organic fruits and vegetables because the realize the great health benefits organic foods have on human consumption, providing less risk of pesticides and or chemicals on their food.

For many planners and historians the origin of ancient cities has been a source of fascination and the cause for much research and debate. One theory developed by the German-American historian Karl Wittfogel was that of ‘hydraulic civilizations’ (Minnery 2010a). Hydraulic civilizations were described as those whose agricultural system was reliant upon significant government-directed water systems for irrigation and flood management (Encyclopædia Britannica 2010). Wittfogel listed that Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, Northern China and pre-Columbian Mexico and Peru were examples of hydraulic civilizations (Minnery 2010a). This paper will focus on the theories of the Wittfogel’s hydraulic civilization and then try to draw

It is unfair to study an entire chronicle of past events spanning nearly four million years in a fast-paced three years of high school, nor is it to deprive pedantic judgment from and compose bombastic essays by my limited experience. But it is worthwhile. It is worthwhile to spend my year of secondary four to ruminate in ivory tower of scholarship, from where I depart to hold sway in clubs to engage schoolmates and friends to inspire and establish thoughts, apart from formal, intense inquiry into my core and elective subjects.

This early recognition of the link between water management and civilization is the subject of this article. My aim is to clarify how the development of early civilizations and water management has evolved together with mutual interactions.