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Muhammed Mecca Flight to Medina (hegira). BIRTH OF ISLAM. 1.1 billion followers Jihads = holy wars Islamic Empire Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism. Kublai Khan Organized gov’t of China Used Mandate of Heaven. MONGOL CONQUESTS. Peace and Prosperity
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MuhammedMeccaFlight to Medina (hegira) BIRTH OF ISLAM 1.1 billion followers Jihads = holy wars Islamic Empire Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism
Kublai KhanOrganized gov’t of ChinaUsed Mandate of Heaven MONGOL CONQUESTS Peace and Prosperity Pax Mongolia (China, Russia, SW Asia, India) Silk Road trade
Over extendedArmy weakenedTaxes highINVASION OF BARBARIANS FALL OF ROME Middle Ages/ Dark Ages begin Lack of law and order Need for protection and food… FEUDALISM DEVELOPS
FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE Use of cannons & muskets2 month seigeCapital name change….IstanbulByzantine Empire ends. Ottoman Empire expands Lasts until end of WW I (1917) Ottoman (Muslim) conquest of Serbs (1992) problems in Bosnia
Columbus’ arrival in AmericasAge of ExplorationColonization European Encounter European Empires Mercantilism & Global Trading Columbian Exchange
FRENCH REVOLUTION (Lack of) “LIBERTY, EQUALITY, & FRATERNITY”3 Estates (Bourgeoisie)5 Stages……ends w/Napoleon Napoleonic Codes…EQUALITY Latin American colonies follow democratic ideals of American and French Revolutions Nationalism spreads (Italy and Germany)
PERRY'S ARRIVAL Japan fears spheres of influence take over (like China)Grants USA right to trade with Japan Feudalism ends EmperorMutsuhito…Modernizes…Meiji Era begins Japan becomes Imperialist nations
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Abuses of AbsolutismHardships of WW ILenin and Bolsheviks’ promise…PEACE, LAND, BREAD Absolutism ends 1st Communist nation Lenin’s NEP Stalin’s 5 year Plans
ATOMIC BOMB WW IIEstimated US casualties @ 1million to invade JapanTruman decides to use new technologyHiroshima and Nagasaki bombed Japan surrenders End of WW II Atomic Age begins Cold War – Superpower arms race (Japan’s constitution…no atomic weapons!)
END OF USSR Economic problems of USSRGorbachev’s Reforms…GLASNOST; PERESTROIKAEthnic Nationalism in the 15 Soviet Republics End of Communism in E. Europe (Berlin Wall) End of USSR…15 new nations! End of Cold War Yelstin’s “shock therapy”…move toward total market economy