AP World History 2012-2013
  • Unit 1
    • 1.1.3: Tools and Adaptation>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.3.9 & 1.3.2: New Religions & Geographies of Early Civs.>
      • Early Religions>
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
        • Works Cited
      • The Early Civilizations>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
        • Works Cited
    • 1.1.2: Humans and Fire>
      • 1.1.4: Economic Structures>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.3.6: Arts & Record Keeping>
      • Arts and Artisanship
      • Systems of Recordkeeping
      • Case Study: The Phoenician Alphabet
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.3.1-1.3.3: Early Culture & Systems of Rule>
      • Culture's Effects
      • Systems of Rule
      • Case Study: Hammurabi's Code
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.1-1.4 Early Human Innovation>
      • 1.1.1: Human Patterns of Migration>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.2.1-1.2.3: The Climate & The Neolithic Era>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.2.5-1.2.6: Reliable Food Sources & Innovation>
      • Case Study - The Plow
      • Works Cited
    • 1.3.1-1.3.2: Pastoralists & Early Architecture>
      • Introduction
      • Monumental Architecture And Urban Planning
      • Pastoralist Weapon Dissemination And Transportation
      • Pastoralist Tools
      • Basic
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Works Cited
  • Unit 2
    • 2.2.5-2.2.7 Social Hierarchy and Gender Roles>
      • Gender Roles>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Social Hierarchies >
        • AGMSPRITE
    • 2.2.4 Cities>
      • Trade>
        • Trade AGMSPRITE
        • Trade Case Study
      • Religious Rituals>
        • Religious Rituals AGMSPRITE
        • Religious Rituals Case Study
      • Public Administration>
        • Public Administration AGMSPRITE
        • Public Administration Case Study
    • 2.2.2 Orchestration of the Persian and S. Asian Empires>
      • Persia>
        • Imperial Administration and Legal Systems
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economic Integration and Regulation
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • South Asia>
        • Imperial Administration and Legal Systems
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economic Integration and Regulation
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 2.2.2 Orchestration of Rome and China>
      • China>
        • Imperial Administration
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economics
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Rome>
        • Imperial Administration
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economics
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 2.2.1: Growth of Empires & States>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 2.1.6 Cultures Of Second Wave Civilizations>
      • Sculptures
      • Architecture
      • Literature
      • A.G.M.S.P.R.I.T.E
      • Sources
    • 2.1.1: Religions as a Bonding Force>
      • The Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Case Study
    • 2.1.4 Buddhism and Hinduism Impact on Gender Roles>
      • Buddhism
    • 2.1.2 The Emergence of Religions>
      • Christianity
      • Confucianism
      • Greco-Roman Philosophy
      • Daoism
      • AGMSPRITE
  • Unit 3
    • 3.1.1 Third Wave Global Trade Routes>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.2 The Impact of trade on emerging trading cities>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.3. Spread of Islam Through Afro-Eurasia>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 3.1.4 Inter-Regional Travelers >
      • The Basic Gist
      • Compare and Contrast
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.5. Cultural Interactions and Art>
      • The Basic Gist
      • Cultural Traditions AGMSPRITE
      • Art AGMSPRITE
      • Literature AGMSPRITE
      • Case Study
    • 3.1.6: The Impact of Newly Spread Technologies and Scientific Knowledge>
      • Basic Gist
      • Movement of Gunpowder from East to West
      • Movement of Printing from East to West
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.7 Inter-Regional Conflicts>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
  • Unit 4
    • 4.1.1. - Influence of Tools Upon Transoceanic Trade>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 4.1.2: Maritime Reconnaissance>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 4.1.3 World Economies>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE analysis
      • Case Study
    • 4.1.4 The Colossal Impact of the Colombian Exchange>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study on Sugar
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis of the East
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis of the West
    • 4.1.5 Government and the Arts>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 4.2.3 Forced Migration of Africans Cause and Effect>
      • Basic Gist
      • Causes of the forced migration of Africans
      • Effects/Developments of the forced migration of Africans
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 4.3.2 Impact of Technology on state consolidation and imperial expansion>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
  • Unit 5
    • 5.3.1 US and Latin American Revolutions >
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 5.3.2b Hatian Revolution>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 5.3.2a: Causes and Effects of French Revolution>
      • Causes of the French Revolution
      • Effects of the French Revolution
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 5.3.2c Causes and Effects of the Mexican Revolution>
      • Basic Gist
      • Causes of the Mexican Revolution
      • Effects of the Mexican Revolution
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 5.3.3: The Winds of Change>
      • Case Study
      • The Conception of Nation-States
      • Nationalism on the Rise
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 5.3.4 Nationalism and Democracy >
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
      • 5.3.5 Enlightenment and European Despots>
        • Basic Gist
  • Unit 6
    • War and Peace in a Global Context>
      • Big Gist>
        • WWI vs WWII
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Changing Economics>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE
      • Case Study
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Demographic and Environmental Changes>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 20th Century Globalization>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Effects of Revolutions on Women>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • New Patterns of Nationalism >
      • Basic Gist
      • Independence of Vietnam Case Study
      • Effects of Communism Case Study
      • Chinese and Russian Revolutions
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Globalization of Science, technology and culture. >
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE

Early Religions

Vedic
by Sean Kosecki

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Vedas, the holy scripture of the Vedic religion
The Vedic Religon, is composed of Indo-European speaking who migrated from present day Iran to India from 1500-500 B.C.E. The belief system of the Vedic religon is no the platofrm for what is Hinduism.Vedic people worship both elements such as fire and rivers; as well as worshiping gods such as Indra, the god of war. The Vedic people get their name from the 4 vedas, or holy scripts written in Sanskrit. The four Vedas emphasize to followers of the religion the importance, of skepticism. Vedics believe that one shouldn't believe everything they hear and take it for the truth. Vedic principles encourage followers to use systematic logic and reasoning to become more successful members and thinkers of society. This is a significant step for people because it shows the first signs of logic and reasoning needed to progress intellectually as a society.

Zoroastrianism
by Ali Kalam

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Zoroastrian worship site in Persepolis.
Zoroastrianism is a monotheistic religion believed to be founded as early as the 10th century. The religion is about the teachings of Zoroaster and believes in the god Ahura Mazda, the creator of all and all-good upholder of truth. The main principles of Zoroastrianism are free will and happiness. The religion struggled early on, but had some success when it was made the state religion of Bactria. The religion truly thrived  when the Cyrus the Great unified the Persians and formed the great Persian empire (modern day Iran) in 550 BCE. The ruling Archaemenian family ruled the empire in a just manner, tolerating all religions and encouraging interfaith relationships. This caused the name and idea of Zoroastrianism to spread to other civilizations and led to good relationships of other lands with the Persians and Zoroastrianism influencing future religions such as Judaism. With the success of the Persian empire, Zoroastrianism flourished in the time of classical antiquity. In 331 BCE, when Alexander the Great conquered the empire, Zoroastrianism was heavily damaged with many texts destroyed and scholars killed. The main text, the Gathas, survived, allowing Zoroastrianism to survive. After Alexander, Zoroastrianism returned under the just rule of the Arcasids in 311 BCE. However, the Arcasids were soon overthrown by the Sasanians and there was no longer any freedom of religion and Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the empire and was no longer used as the tolerant and nice religion it once had the reputation of as non-believers were oppressed. With the Arabs conquering the Sassanid empire in the 7th century, Zoroastrianism declined even more. While the religion was still tolerated, the Zoroastrians were heavily oppressed as being a Muslim was preferred by the government and many advantages were only available to Muslims. Over time, Zoroastrians started getting harassed and eventually started converting or leaving. Many went to India, but many stayed and became Muslims. The Zoroastrians were now a minority in the land they once ruled and had little influence around the world in the early middle ages.

Hebrew Monotheism
by Victor Drucker

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"Shema Yisrael, Adonei Elohenu, Adonei Echad" is an antiquated declaration dating back to the origins of the Judaic faith. It translates directly to 'Hear o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.', and is the foundation of the Hebrew ideology. At the time of Hebrew Monotheisms conception, there were quite a few other monotheistic faiths dabbling the landscape of the middle east, but the Israelites took these concepts of monotheism, borrowed from other cultures worship of the sun, or a fire god, and created the most prevalent faith of the ancient world. There are many theories as to how this happened, according to the Bible, God proffered divine revelations upon Abraham, stating to worship no other gods before him, to consider him omnipotent and omniscient, etc. To Abraham, God made the promise that his descendants would be blessed, and also numbered. Today, most of the Judaic beliefs are relegated from the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses, from sometime around 1500 B.C.E. And as the Abrahamic peoples proliferated across the region, so did their ideologies. Soon enough, Judaism was a prevalent faith, dominating Babylon, Canaan, and many more kingdoms. As the religion grew, there were many adages to the religious text. To the Pentateuch were added epics and tales from King Nebbuchadnasser and Solomon's reigns, and this compilation eventually became what is today known as the "Old Testament."

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