WA World History AP - All Photos

Yoshinogari Dwellings

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:16:01 +0000

by Kiana Nedele This shows reconstructed dwellings from the Yayoi Period in Japan (their equivalent of the Neolithic Age), which occurred during the Classical Period. During the late Yayoi Period Chinese culture traveled to Japan, largely due to merchants and traveling monks. According to the Stearns textbook, "the Japanese developed a unique civilization from a blend of their own culture and a selecive importation and conscious refashioning of Chinese influences." Although Japan acknowledge China's cultural superiority, it still maintained its independence, resulting in a culture entirely its own.

Aksum Tomb

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:06:05 +0000

by Kiana Nedele This is a picture of a tomb from Aksum. It is located beneath the Aksum Great Stela Field.

CamelTrek-Migration

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:10:33 +0000

by raji pyda The expansive Sahara forces natives to relocate to a place where water and food is abundant in amount.

Hieroglyphics

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:10:26 +0000

by LIS

Rome and Christianity

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:34:52 +0000

by Sally Shepardson This picture shows a cross and in the background Roman architecture. It shows the blend of the old and new that might have been a contributer to the downfall of Rome.

Map Of Alexander's Empire

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:20:47 +0000

by James Watkins This map shows the extent of Alexander the Great's short-lived empire. While Alexander's conquest of Persia and surrounding countries had many implications, its most significant achievement was the spread of Hellenistic culture

Christianity

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:01:28 +0000

by Patrick Harvey As the three classical civilizations declined, three major world religions formed, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. This picture is of a cross, and the cross is known today as a symbol for Christianity. After the classical civilizations collapsed, people needed something to believe in and they found it in these religions. Of these three religions, Christianity grew the most widespread quickly. Christianity had a significant impact on the formation of postclassical civilizations in eastern and western Europe. Eventually, Christianity became the largest religion in the world for a significant period of time, but recently has been taken over by Islam.

East West Trade Routes

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:42:10 +0000

by Amanda Ghalibaf The diagram above shows trade routes between the eastern and western empires, mainly China and Rome. The Silk Road, created in China, opened up extensive trading opportunities and interactions between the east and west. The Silk Road not only spread new ideas and inventions, it also unified the ancient world.

Egyptian Pharaohs

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:30:20 +0000

by Alycia Quick In ancient Egypt, government and religion were very closely intertwined. The pharaoh was said to either be a god or a link to the gods. This gave the pharaohs a lot of power because the people would not want to upset the gods by going against the pharaoh. This power allowed the pharaohs, and the ancient Egyptian society, to do great things. Such as, the construction of the pyramids, which would have taken many, many people to build.

Fertile Crescent

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:26:42 +0000

by Corey Gaston This map depicts where the fertile crescent is located on a present day map. Several countries can be found within the fertile crescent, such as Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, and Iraq.