World History Essays
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| Egypt | Nile source water for farming&method of transportation-Nile floods predictably-Sea&desert provide protection from invaders-Seas&deserts limit cultural diffusion-Egyptians believe gods were happy&have positive outlook on life&afterlife cause life peaceful
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| Middle East | -Fertile Crescent is arc of Farmland from Persian Gulf to Mediterranean-Tigris&Euphrates get water for farming but flood unpredictable-No natural barriers there were frequent wars lots of cultural diffusion-People had a negative outlook on life&afterlife
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| India | o Indus River valley floods unpredictably
o Hindu Kush and Himalaya mountains provide protection from invasions and limited cultural diffusion
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| China | o Yellow River floods unpredictably and called River of Sorrows
o China is isolated by its geography and has no contact with the outside world
o Chinese developed suspicion and hostility to foreigners
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| Motives of the Crusades | Pope: reclaim the Holy land, to reduce feudal warefare, & to increase power & heal split between Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox Church
People:Salvation (they were promised by the pope if they died on the crusade they would go to heaven), Greed, & Ad
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| 1st Crusade | 1st:reclaim holy land Christians set up 4 feudal stated Edessa,Jerusalem,Antioch,Tripoli
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| 2nd Crusade | 2nd:reclaim Edessa/Christians defeated
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| 3rd Crusade | 3rd:Get back Jerusalem/Christians failed to get Jerusalem but truce was signed that Christans had safe travel to holy land-still unsuccessful
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| 4th Crusade | 4th:Crusaders attack Constantinople and they kill other Christians and weaken the Byzantine Empire/Contrary to original motives
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| Effects of Crusades | 3 bad effects: Intolerance, Muslims control Holy Land, Indulgence
1 Good Effect: Technology & Trade
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