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Compare and contrast the Paleolithic Age with Neolithic Age in terms of the following: food sources, tools, social organization, culture, and time spans.
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Explain how geography has influenced the development, belief systems, political systems and historical experiences of civilizations we have covered.
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Describe the development of, achievements of, and key value of Greek and Roman Civilizations, noting similarities, differences, and connections between them.
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Explain what historical forces have given Indian Civilization its unique cultural features, especially in beliefs and institutions such as caste, karma, and reincarnation.
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Describe the three major Chinese Schools of Thought and explain their influence on Chinese Civilization and history through the dynasties.
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Describe the failure of the Roman Republican system of government.
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Describe the life and teachings of Mohammed, and explain the popularity of Islam in the Middle East. Trace the expansion of Islam east and west through Caliphates until the Crusades (c1100).
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Compare and contrast the history and development of civilization in Western Europe and the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire. What unique conditions and advantages in the West contributed to the shifting balance of power and creativity from East to West?
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Compare and contrast China and Japan between c 600 - 1600 especially regarding political development and cultural achievements and borrowing.
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Summarize the state of civilizations and peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Describe the changing balance of power among the world's major civilizations and the factors behind it.
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Summarize the state of the Chinese, Japanese, and Islamic Civilizations and their early responses to the West.
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Describe the causes of, stages of, and the effects of the Renaissance and Reformation on European Civilization. Explain how these religious and cultural movements strengthened the West.
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Describe the new economic, political, and technological forces and developments that emerged in Western Europe in the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period (1300 - 1600). Explain how these new ideas, inventions, and institutions made Western Europe unique, dynamic, and more powerful.
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Describe the important role that empires have played in history - in changing, enriching, destroying and increasing interchange between cultures. Support with specific references to one of the key empires covered.
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