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AP European History Chapter Breakdown: Chapter 9 Main overview: The bubonic plague wiped out almost half of Europe in two years (1348-1340). About 45-50 percent of the population was wiped out in Eurasia. In the middle of that the Hundred Years War started between England and France. Meanwhile problems in the church caused a schism which resulted in Catholicism being split into two different religions. Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox became the two new religions. In the thirteenth

In the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker There are many characters but there is only one specific character that stands out from the rest and that character is count Dracula, while the rest of the characters are good. Dracula is an evil person. Dracula kills for a living in order to survive but he is also the main point of the novel he is probably the most important character in the novel. But how can you tell Dracula is the most important character in the novel? Well, simply because Bram Stoker chose

Chapter 18 Winter Break Assignment 1. Timeline 2. How did the Mongol occupation affect Russian civilization? The Mongols didn’t affect the base of Russian culture because they left local administration to locals. As the economy evolved to more emphasis on agriculture and peasant labor, the focus on literacy declined. 3. What was the nature of Russian expansion under Ivan III and Ivan IV? The reign of the Ivan III resulted in the formation of a new political structure that featured a centralized

and Bureaucracy, Education, Culture and Identity and Methodology. Wearing, Betsy, Gender, The Pain and Pleasure of Difference, Longman, Melbourne, 1986. Tiger, Lionel. (1984). Men in Groups. (2nd edition. First Printed 1969) New York: Marion Boyars. This book was quite an old source and was therefore not that great a hand although it did show what a change had been made between then and now. It was quite outdated. Hatshepsut the queen who would be king (2004) [online] http://www.bediz.com/hatshep/

Tsar Dmitri fall from rule and how the political religious ideology of the time was used in discrediting Tsar Dmitri. In this article Ostrowski discusses the nature of the Tsar’s power in collaboration with other Russian institutions including the boyars and church in the 16th and 17th century. Ostrowski attempts to refute the traditional use of a absolutist or autocratic framework by historians when studying Russia by proving a level of collaboration or exchange between the Tsar and the elite. This

An alcohol drink which is originated in Eastern Europe is Vodka. The name Vodka came from the meaning of water where the Russian call as ‘Voda’. The first production of Vodka was documented at the end of the 9th century. At Khylnovosk was the first known distillery and was about 200 years later were reported in the Vyatka Chronicle of 1174. But Poland one day claimed that they were the earliest where they had already have distilled vodka earlier in the 8th century. And as it is a distillation of

Peter wanted to make Russia a great modern power and increase trade with the west. Furthermore, he embarked on a policy of westernization to help Russia prosper. Some of his policies based on westernization were that boyars were to shave their beards and wear western fashion. Also, he held grand parties in which mixing of genders was to be expected, to break the tradition of secluding upper-class women in separate quarters. To complete some other goals of his, he also

power by using fear to hold Russia together; he had gained power through fear. Even though Ivan trusted no one and killed his own son he did contribute to building a new and improved Russia; he also further centralized royal power. He threatened the boyars by limiting their privileges and granted land to nobles in exchange for their service in the military. Ivan conquered 50 square miles a day expanding Russia making it two times as large as England, Spain, and one other country combined together. As

The story of Dracula begins with journey of an english solicitor, Jonathan Harker, to Transylvania on behalf of his mentor to inform Count Dracula of his latest purchase, an estate in london. During his stay at Castle Dracula Jonathan notice some odd behavior of the Count, but ignores his seemingly unfounded fears--until he discovers he has become a prisoner in the Castle and escape is futile. Meanwhile thousands of miles away in England Mina murray awaits the return of her fiance, Harker, from his

The government theory of absolutism is defined as a single person having absolute authority over a country or state. The ruler is said to have gained his power from God, otherwise known as a divine right monarchy. This theory suggests that if the king was chosen by God, he would maintain supreme authority, because God Himself had supreme authority. Absolutism allowed the king to have the sole power to create laws, taxes, foreign policy, and settle issues within the states over which he ruled. This