...In “Mayan civilizations,” Susan Hopkins shares, “they developed complex hieroglyphic writing that they used to record historical and religious events.” With hieroglyphics, the Mayans could make calendars, study the stars, and record technological advances. Jose Maldonado says, “They used picture writing to record political and religious history.” Picture writing is considered advanced because not many societies were this developed; they could not create a new writing system. Akbar Patel says, “They were able to keep track of trade goods and stockpiles with a special system of knotted strings called ‘quipu.’” Even though the Inca did not invent a way of writing, they did create an efficient way of logging trade information. Not many societies had their own writing system long ago, but these few civilizations did; that is why they are...
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...There are many reasons that colonization of countries took place over the centuries. These include land, and wealth, however for the Dutch in the east indies it was mainly about resources, that’s what drove them to invade Bali, Indonesia. These resources included Spices, Sugar and Coffee, but their main income came from spices, specifically cloves and nutmeg, these brought them the most profit, at the time these resources were as profitable as gold in the modern society. “He who controls the spice controls the universe.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune Life under the control of the dutch was extremely harsh, when the dutch colonized Bali Indonesia they were called the company, that is because they forced the people and farmers to work for extremely long hours making them work as slaves for them, producing spices, foods and all types of goods that the dutch profited from. There were a lot of cases of torture, starvation and deaths if the Indonesians refused to cooperate and produce what the company wanted from them, the company had certain quotas or minimum amount of spices herbs etc per month that they needed from the people, if a certain village or town didn’t fulfill it, that village/family would face great consequences. Some communities did fight against the dutch, for example the warrior tribes in the islands of java. The dutch couldn’t get complete control over them because of the strong resistance until 1830. They only had rice grown on there to feed the workers on the other islands...
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...better understand ding of how life and other aspects went on during these times. In conclusion, there were many things that went on during the mid-sixteenth century in terms of silver flow. Trade was increased, prices fluctuated, and people became selfish with the silver they had and wanted to obtain even more. Because of this, many purchases became impossible for some, and others were swimming in silver. Miners lost loads of money due to the theft in their silver mines as well. Some positives also came about, as more items were obtained through trade that could benefit in these sometimes harsh years. Overall, these were mixed changes that all had their different effects on the economy and the status of the people in the world at that time....
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...The Spanish had controlled the Philippines for years but when the United States stepped in and won the power transferred. Initially the Phillipines thought they would be free, but due to white supremacy the United States took control of the Phillipines out of an obligation to “save” them from themselves. These efforts were entirely successful for the United States as they did end up controlling the Philippines for years and the Philippines didn’t gain independence until after World War II. The Americas advanced technology due to industrialization allowed them to respond in numerous ways and take over countries, gain more land and make more money. Lastly for Africa, industrialization never quite reached Africa. Africa shows a different perspective of how their lack of industrialization allowed other countries to be successful in their efforts to control Africa to the fullest extent. The Scramble for Africa puts this into context. It was when imperial powers where fighting for control of Africa since the continent is very rich in many resources and could produce these countries that were taking over lots of...
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...Document 1 This testimony describes negative effects of the the Industrial Revolution, such as the poor conditions the factory workers worked in. The workers were overworked. Sadler tells Cooper they worked sixteen hours a day and the workers had only one 45 minute lunch period. The hours were so long that children didn’t have time to attend day school. To keep the workers attentive, the overlookers strapped them. According to this testimony, the Industrial Revolution had negative effects on children. The children worked long, relentless hours with a short break. They did not have time to go to day school. Cooper, who is now 28 years old started working in the mills when he was 10. He could read but not write. The children were punished if their work started to falter. Document 2 This testimony describes negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. From the testimony we learn that many factory workers were terminally injured and even died due to terrible, unsafe working conditions. In the 2 ½ years that Hebergam worked at the mill about a dozen people died and many were injured. The working conditions had dire effects on the workers. Joseph Hebergam had damaged lungs and his leg muscles didn’t function properly due to the dust in the factories and from being overworked with an insufficient diet. He was expected to die within a year of his testimony. His brother died of an infection he got from being cut by a machine. A pair of siblings suffered deadly injuries due to an...
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...DBQ Outline Assignment Thesis: There are similarities and differences in land reforms that have resulted from the Mexican and Russian revolutions during the 20th century. During the 19th and 20th century large amounts of land were owned by a small number of wealthy landowners. While the majority of the population were peasants with limited access to land, this caused these peasants to have poverty. This is one of the main reasons which laid the building blocks of the Mexican and Russian revolutions. I will be talking about the conflict/how they divided the land, land rights, and the long term effect on private land owners. An example of Mexico having conflict is in document 1 where a main leader of the peasant rebellion made a public manifesto where he said to the land owners that if they did not give back the stolen land from the pueblos that the pueblo would take it by for if they must. Russia did it differently, for example in document 6 where Joseph Stalin, a secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, made a speech to announce that the offensive against the kulaks must be carried out. He also said that they have passed the policy to restrict the exploitation tendencies for the...
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...CONTENTS Section 1 - Industry Profile Overview Future Outlook European Industry Overview North America Overview Asia & Pacific Industry Overview India & Middle East Industry Overview Development of World Scheduled Air Traffic World Economic Growth and Airline Profits Rankings - Passenger services Rankings – Freight services Section 2 - British Airways Profile Overview Alliances LHR Air Transport Movements LGW Air Transport Movements Awards History Key Events (1987-2005) Board Members Leadership Team British Airways Management Team Employees Brands Departmental Analysis Section 3 - British Airways Fleet Aircraft Fleet Aircraft Delivery Schedule Mainline Fleet Profiles Regional Aircraft Fleet Maintenance Section 4 - British Airways Performance Summary Strategy Social and Environmental Performance Incentive Plans Summary Financial / Operating Statistics Principal Investments Shareholder Information Share Price History Section 5 - Global Partners Overview BA Connect Franchisees oneworld Aer Lingus American Airlines Cathay Pacific Finnair Iberia LanChile Qantas oneworld At A Glance Section 6 - Route Network British Airways Franchisees Section 7 - General Information Airport Three Letter Decodes Outside Advisors Abbreviations & Specialist Terms How To Contact Us 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 89 91 92 93 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 38 39 40 41 44 47 105 109 110 115 116 118 56 56 57 69 72 73 74 75 75 77 86 87 88 This document has been prepared solely...
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