In the space below, explain to me what you have learned about World History up to this point. I know its been 2 whole weeks since you thought of anything, but you have to start sometime. Try to recall main ideas, or major events, important regions or significant rulers that can help you.
Write a paragraph of at least 6 sentences that explains the ideas, events or figures that made a significant impact. Try your best to be as specific as possible. Paragraph is due at the end of the period. Good Luck:)
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Julian Martinez
10/21/2019 09:38:08 am
I learned many things about World History in the first quarter of this year. I learned about the fall of Rome. I learned about feudalism and manoralism. I learned about cities, in which they caused a ginormous plague where millions of people died. I learned about the crusades in which it was a mission to retake the Holy Land. I learned about trade and the Silk Road, in which the Silk Road was the biggest way to trade in the world. I learned about the power shifts between nobles, kings, and the church. Although I learned a lot about world history, there is still a lot more to learn about world history.
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Abbie Petrucelli
10/21/2019 09:39:55 am
Honestly, I feel as if we covered a good amount of things last quarter. We started with the Fall of the Roman Empire and how that greatly impacted ancient societies around Europe. Then we moved into individual societal ideals such as fuedalism and the manorial system. Then, most people wanted out of these systems and moved into towns which created more trade networks and a more fluid way of life. The Crusades also helped trade grow because Europe wasn’t as sheltered as it had been in the past.
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Julian Martinez
10/21/2019 09:40:15 am
I learned many things about World History in the first quarter of this year. I learned about the fall of Rome. I learned about feudalism and manorialism. I learned about cities, in which they caused an enormous plague where millions of people died. I learned about the crusades in which it was a mission to retake the Holy Land. I learned about trade and the Silk Road, in which the Silk Road was the biggest way to trade in the world. I learned about the power shifts between nobles, kings, and the church. Although I learned a lot about world history, there is still a lot more to learn about world history.
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charlotte boda
10/21/2019 09:40:44 am
In the first quarter, I learned about Islamic and European cultures. We learned about how countries form from civilizations. Throughout history, the church was the main power and ruler of the lands, they set rules and limitations for people who lived in the societies. There were systems that people in these societies followed, such as the manorial and feudal system. As people conquered lands, they formed a hierarchy with the one central power. There were many wars over territories and one of the things that grew immensely was trade and travel. Different people learned from other cultures to help grow society and progress.
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Ava Page
10/21/2019 09:42:55 am
From the past quarter, I learned about the growth of European society and religion. In places such as England, new systems started to form. The marketing system replaced the barter system; a system where you would trade goods for other goods turned into a system of trading currency and vouchers. Religion also played a great role in changing society through war and the results of the fights. The war led to the formation of towns and markets, introducing the marketing and banking systems. It also led to a shift in power amongst the people in the feudal system. This also brought the middle class, which consisted of the townspeople. These people favored the king, mainly because the king gave them freedom from the fiefs. This essentially took power from the nobles and gave it to the king.
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Ella Powell
10/21/2019 09:43:26 am
In the last quarter in Honors World History wed learned many different things. One of the first things we learned about was the middle east and the Muslim culture. We then moved on to Europe and learned about the history of England, the feudal system, the trade system, and the church. We then learned about the crusades and how that caused the growth of trade and how that then led to the creation of the towns.
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Anastasiya Burlaka
10/21/2019 09:45:02 am
I remember learning about events and people after the fall of the Roman Empire. We learned about how the power vacuum caused people to split into many different empires and kingdoms. We learned about a feudal system and then a manorial system and how people ranked in those systems. We learned about how people accepted and spread religion. We learned about how people traded within the different continents and towns. I remember learning about different wars like the crusades, 100 years war, and the roses war. We also learned about the different kings and queens in modern day France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire.
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Gianna Nourok
10/21/2019 09:45:20 am
In the first quarter we learned about the middle ages and a little before. In the beginning we learned about the Muslim empire and how it grew. We learned through wars they moved their empire into Spain. After this section we focused on the middle ages. The main things I remember from this time were mainly in England or Britania. In the area the feudal system was prominant but things slowly transitioned into the market system. Another occurrence in this region was the evolution of towns. This all happened when England shifted away from major king ruling and the people got more of a voice. Spain during this time was still newly developing and was under kings rulings. What we now know as Germany and Italy turned into the new Holy Roman Empire.
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Aubry Hirschhorn
10/21/2019 09:45:25 am
Concepts like feudalism play crucial roles in the development of early empires. The process of making an empire is difficult, especially when attempting to do so in this particular time period. In Europe, the Dark Ages was a moment that prevented any social or economic advancement. Each existing civilization was faced with the task of defending and increasing their land. Wars were even commonplace in areas like England and France.
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Sebastien de Warren
10/21/2019 09:45:25 am
Before the two week October break, we covered a spectrum of European and Middle Eastern history. What I recall we learned was, the fall of Rome, and the power vacuums that led to the feudal system. We learned about the the rise of the Muslim empire, the rules of their faith, the way their empire was ruled and divided and most importantly: the way they traded. In the medieval portion of European history, we learned about faith, the feudal system, the Manorial system and the way power was distributed throughout the way a country was ruled. Finally, we learned about the crusades and how Europe gained ideas from the Middle-East. These ideas led to capitalism and they changed the late European economic system that led to the rise of the middle class.
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Jayson Neville
10/21/2019 09:45:37 am
Some of the things that I learned in the first quarter of world history is Geography. We learned about where every country is. We learned about empires rising and falling like the Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. How England and France conflict affected each others countries. We learned how the crusades lead to major changes within the middle ages. We also learned about Islam and all the steps you have to follow within your life to serve Allah.
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Ricky De La Cruz
10/21/2019 09:45:44 am
In the beginning there was the Roman Empire. After a while they began to lose power and they then fell. When they fell, there was a power vacuum throughout Europe. It was after this that the Holy Roman Empire rose up. The Holy Roman Empire was not the same as the Roman Empire and was a part of the church. During this period there was a lot of war and chaos throughout Europe. In what would be known as England, there were two factions that would fight each other a lot of the time. These groups were called the Angles and the Saxons. These two groups bred with each other and made a new group named the Angle-Saxons. There would still be some conflict between the two sides, but it would no longer be as prominent. We also learned where every country is.
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Davin Rammell
10/21/2019 09:45:49 am
Pretty much that there was barely any freedom until a certain point when towns were introduced into their society. Kings from different societies rose and fell, some took over the others societies essentially. Between these kings many issues had come and gone, and until a certain point they were always against each other. The popes had issues with some kings and they had made other countries come together in a time of need. At a time of need, the pope would call nobles and kings to a place to take something back, such as Israel from the Muslims. After raids and such, trade had grown larger throughout Europe.
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Payden Seaman
10/21/2019 09:46:04 am
Somethings that I remember are that there were different types of society. There was the feudal system where there were four groups. There were changes in power between the groups in different areas of the world. There were many crusades. Which were groups of people that rebelled against their governments. There was also the dark ages where there were many bad things that happened such as no money, unhealthy living, and lots of crime. Also, we learned where all of the countries in the world are in every single continent.
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Christa Lowery
10/21/2019 09:46:15 am
Over this quarter, a summary of what I've learned is events and ideas leading to bigger and more impactful ideas and events. For instance, the Muslim empire growing from a single person's dream, which led to war between the Shiah and the Sunni, but also a improvement on trade and ideals. Meanwhile, in Europe, fiefs and shires came around, along with the feudalism system, the hierarchy within the fiefs. With time, the idea of towns, which were groups of people separate from the fief, and then came markets, where people could easily trade with one another. As a result of these towns and people, the king and the nobles had to come in agreement in terms of taxes and rights of the townspeople. Although, through all of this, the church played a huge role in everyone’s lives. They decided what people can or can’t do, and if they did something wrong, they could be excommunicated, which to them means they couldn’t go to heaven and the fief they were in would no longer interact with them, or they could be excommunicated as well.
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Noah
10/21/2019 09:47:10 am
So far in honors world history I have learned about the rise and fall of the Roman empire, the Muslim empire, and the Dark Ages. The Romans had a strong empire of polytheistic people, so when Jesus of Nazareth came and was spreading good news and performing miracles he was crucified for threatening their beliefs. After a while of not being able to follow Jesus Constantine decided to make loving Jesus legal and moved the capital closer to his enemies. The Roman empire eventually fell when it was raided by barbarians (outsiders). Then Muhamad went ahead and saw visions of God telling him to make a new religion alongside christianity and judaism. This new religion, Islam sweeped across the arabian pininsula to africa, and eventaly took Spain. Then society focused on the sciences and math, unlike the europeans next door. This was a dark age for knowlege and people went through lots of mistakes in the effort to learn.
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Kayla Brewer
10/21/2019 09:47:16 am
The crusades were a series of battles in a war fighting for the believed holy cause of possession over "The Holy Land". There was only one crusade that the muslims did not win against and that was the first crusade. They lost this because they were not prepared for the enemy to be there, so they had lost. However, all the other crusades they had won. There was a couple different society systems throughout history, such as the feudal system, the church system, and the monorial system. The feudal system consisted of a king, lords, knights, and peasants/serfs. The peasants and serfs would get protection from the knights, while providing services like farming and producing products. The knights in the beginning worked for the lord, which later changed, the lord would give the king army services mainly. The king would provide land to the lord.
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Cheyanna Parde
10/22/2019 09:40:23 pm
In the first quarter I learned a lot. We had talked about trade and how it started out as just goods for goods but all of a sudden they had currency and they could buy the goods that they needed not what had to be given to them. There were many wars but the big ones were the hundred years war, and when William the Conqueror, conquered England. We also talked about the Magna Carta which was a way that sort of evened out the plane field with King John and his nobles. It made for more equal opportunities in certain ways. Like not having to pay tax on stuff that wasn't representing them, in other words, "no taxation with representation." We also talked about how in the begginigng the people had lots of knowledge and the Muslims were open to new cultures before the dark ages when all knowledge was lost and people just didnt focus on the things they should have and made some dumb decisions at times. The formations of towns was a big revalation and was only created in Europe. They were inbetween fiefs and we some of the most unsanitary places to live.
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Rebecca
11/13/2019 01:26:42 pm
In this past quarter, we learned about England, France, Spain, and many other topics. England was first inhabited by the Angles and the Saxons. After many years of fighting, they ended up interbreeding and they became the Anglo-Saxon tribe. They were "ruled" by the feudal system. After many generations of kings, one king named Edward ended up causing problems. Edward was part Anglo-Saxon and part French. When he died, he had no heirs. Both the Anglo-Saxons and the French thought they were the rightful kings, This caused the Hundred Years War. William from France won, and became William the Conquerer. Since he was French, he also still had land in the French territory. After some time, King John came and he forced a radical change in England. King John was heavily taxing his lands, and the people weren’t happy with that. They wrote the Magna Carta, which ensured the people’s rights, made sure the king also had to follow the laws, and made sure they weren’t raxed without the noble’s approval.. The Nobles forced King John to sign it, leading to the king losing power. Eventually, towns were instituted, Towns were places where people went to have more freedom.
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