World History, Grades 9-12

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The Persian Legacy By the time of Darius’s rule, about 2,500 years had passed since the first Sumerian city-states had been buil ...

Recognizing Effects Use a web to indicate how the chaos of the warring states affected the philosophy, politics, and cities of C ...

In the following passage, Confucius—the “Master”—expresses his thoughts on the concept: PRIMARY SOURCE Ziyou [a disciple of Conf ...

106 Chapter 4 according to Laozi, only humans fail to follow the Dao. They argue about questions of right and wrong, good manner ...

After all, it was for the prince to govern and the people to obey. Eventually, Legalist ideas gained favor with a prince of a ne ...

The Great Wall of China SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting Visual Sources 1.Making InferencesWhat were the benefits of the watch towers ...

such as these, Shi Huangdi established an autocracy—a government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner. A ...

First Age of Empires Pharaohs set up a professional army. Pharaohs invaded territories in Africa and Southwest Asia. Egypt drew ...

First Age of Empires 111 1.InteractwithHistory Recall your discussion of the question on page 88: “How will the empire help you ...

112 Unit 1 Comparing & Contrasting The Rise of Civilizations Thousands of years ago, several societies in different parts of ...

Ancient Civilizations over Time Some of these ancient civilizations lasted only a few hundred years, but others lasted more than ...

114 Unit 1 Comparing & Contrasting Characteristics of Civilizations The civilizations you studied in Unit 1 each demonstrate ...

Development of Law Laws are a complex institution of civilizations. They are designed to do many things—settle conflicts between ...

Record Keeping and Writing As institutions became more complex, people realized the need for record keeping. Officials tracked t ...

1.How do the ancient systems of writing differ from the way words are written today? 2.What role did trade play in the developme ...

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119 This painting of Athens shows why the Greeks called the main district of government and religious buildings an acropolis, me ...

Classical Greece, 2000 B.C.–300 B.C. Previewing Main Ideas In the Greek city-state of Athens, a new form of government developed ...

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