Dbq Daoism Essay

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Conflict Topic:
Conquer egypt
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Belief system Topic:
daoism
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• Daoism was practically the opposite of Confucianism, urging strict structure, less connection of society, and hierarchy.
• Daoism also preaches of a higher reality, and that busy lives clould us from seing whats really happening.
• It also advocates against education and knowledge, proclaiming that they are obstacles from perceiving life by intuition and senses.
• Daoists believe in deciding not to act, because that may alter ones course, yet inaction may cause the undesired result.

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Textbook Page Citations: p. 62, 64

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Ethnic constructions Topic:
Olmec culture
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• They carved giant heads from basalt, and these are viewed as a relic of the Olmec society.
• 16 of these carved heads have been discovered. The largest is about 11 ft in height.
• They are thought to be portraits of rulers, ballplayers, or warriors.
• These are among the only evidence as to what the Olmec culture and civilization were like.
Test Version/Question Number:verion c #5

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Prehistoric period
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Religion Topic:
Celtic religion
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• Druids were the Celtic religious experts/priests. They partook in rituals, such as human and animal sacrifice, and maintained/taught folklore
• We know of 400+ Celtic gods and goddesses, which were usually associated with specific tribes/kinship groups
• A common god was Lug, the god of light.
• They didn’t worship in temples, but they would worshiped wherever they felt spiritual height
• Believed in some kind of heaven, based on how they would bury elites with wealth.
• They also believed in gods traveling between our world, and the supernatural world often.
• They also believed in reincarnation
Test Version/Question Number: version c # 9

Textbook Page Citations: p. 71,72,73

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Trade/commerce Topic:
Mediterranean contact
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• Evidence of boats being used around the Mediterranean for sea and river commerce date as early as the 5th millennium BCE.
• The Egyptians also are believed to have had constructed vessels for voyages on the Nile, and even the Mediterranean sea.
• Divers have found the remains of a sunken cargo ship wreck is thought to date back from the Bronze Age. There were artifacts and goods found within it that originated from a diverse arrangement of peoples.
• Phoenicians were another group that did voyage out onto the Mediterranean in search of trade.
Test Version/Question Number: version c # 10

Textbook Page Citations:p. 32, 40, 84, 103

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technology Topic:
Egyptian writing
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• Hieroglyphics were an early form of writing, with pictures and symbols to represent works sounds, or syllables
• Hieroglyphics were also used on monuments as well as decorative uses
• By 2500 BC a script had been developed for everyday writing.
• They wrote with in on a paper like material made of papyrus, which were a type of reed that grew along the Nile.

Test Version/Question Number: version #12

Textbook Page Citations:p. 41-42

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agriculture Topic:
Mesopotamian agriculture
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• Agriculture in Mesopotamia didn’t start until 5000 b.c.e., 3000 years after they arrived.
• The people used the periodical flooding of the rivers, but sometimes it didn’t work out, due to occasional dangerous, abrupt, floods.
• After about 2000 years, the people learned to make water cannals to move water to fields further from the river.
• They also learned to use animals, including oxen, to plow the earth more efficiently.
Test Version/Question Number: version c #19

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Bronze age/cosmopolitan
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Babylonian leader
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Social classes and political structure Topic:
Assyrian politics/culture
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• The Assyrians were steered by their greed, pride and religion, which cause them to conquer numerous kingdoms.
• The Assyrian people were widespread and diverse because of all the conquests and conquered people. This became difficult for a governing system to last.
• The wealth was often funneled toward the center, which was the king. The king was often an imposing figure who was the sole ruler of the land. All of the other Assyrians were considered his servants.
• There was some class structure to the empire, ranging from peasant farmers who doubled as soldiers, to middle class merchants who benefitted from their distant trade.

Test Version/Question Number: version c #27

Textbook Page Citations: p. 92, 93, 94, 95

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Patterns of settlement Topic:
Early civilization
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• The first civilizations were usually on flood plains along rivers(ex; the Tigris)
• The recurring flooding of the area provided fertile soil, but it could also threaten the people’s lives/homes
• They formed structured societies to protect and organize themselves.
• The Mesopotamians were one of the first river valley civilizations
Test Version/Question Number: version c #30

Textbook Page Citations: p. 27

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Chinese politics
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Gender roles and relations Topic:
Mesopotamian women
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• There isn’t much evidence as to women’s roles in this civilization because most of the writing was done by men and about select male undertakings.
• Historians think women became “low on the totem pole” because of the introduction of agriculture, which was back-breaking, men’s work.
• Women’s roles were limited to birthing and raising children
• Women did have some rights, from control over their dowry, to owning things, to engaging in trade.
• Eventually, limitation on women’s lives grew, and imbedded itself into Islamic culture/religion.
Test Version/Question Number: version c #34

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Agriculture transition
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West asia transportation
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Political structure Topic:
City-states
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• A city-state is defined as an independent state with a city and an agricultural area around it.
• City-states were a common form of governance/community in early Mesopotamia.
• The Phoenicians (AKA Canaanites) lived in a group of small city-states by 1000 BC Byblos was the utmost important Phoenician city-state.
• Parts of the Olmec civilization were arranged into city-states, which are believed to have had conflict at one point or another.

Test Version/Question Number: version C #40

Textbook Page Citations: p. 31,73,102,103

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empires Topic:
Assyrian empire tactics
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• Assyria had exceptional military power, as well as method and technology.
• The Assyrians were aided by the advantage of having a wide arsenal of war technology, leaving them unparalleled. These weapons consisted of but were not limited to: iron weapons, moveable towers for archers, manned chariots, cavalry (soldiers on horseback), and spies to obtain knowledge.
• The empire used terror tactics to beat down the moral of their opposition.
• A technique commonly used was mass deportation, which would crush the spirits of the rebelling persons.

Test Version/Question Number: version c #44

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Regional organization Topic:
Mycenean records
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• The events leading to the fall of the Mycenaean civilization, and how they happened, are not clear.
• Archeological finds have no evidence that there ever were invaders.
• There are other hypotheses as to how the civilization fell. One belief is that the struggles with other nations, who the Mycenaeans were dependent on, caused internal difficulties and eventual collapse.
• The collapse caused much knowledge and culture to be lost, but some was passed on by what are thought to be Mycenaeans who escaped.

Test Version/Question Number: version c #45

Textbook Page Citations: p. 91-92

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technology Topic:
Cuneiform writing
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• Uses wedge/triangle shaped symbols to stand for letters/syllables
• Used by the Mesopotamians originally
• A very small portion of people were literate, and they were mostly administrators/scribes
• Cuneiform was not a language, it was just a system of writing used for legal documents, as well as political, literary, scientific, and religious subjects.

Test Version/Question Number: version c #48

Textbook Page Citations: p. 35-36

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language Topic:
Celtic language
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• The word Celtic actually stands for a part of the Indo-European group of languages found from Europe to southern Asia.
• The Celtic language is linked to the remains appearing in today’s Austria, Germany, and chez Republic. These are believed to date back to around 1000 BCE.
• The language was widespread throughout a large number of groups of Celts, and therefore, the language would vary greatly from one group to another.
• There are a handful of modern day Celtic Languages, and they are: Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.

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