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12 Cards in this Set
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ROMAN EMPIRE
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-INCREASE
-TOOK OVER 1/5 OF THE WORLD -BUILT ROMAN WALLS OF STONE AND CEMENT ALL OVER THE REGION -BUILT AQUADUCTS CARRY WATER -PRISONERS USED ENTERTAINMENT -FIGHT FOR LIVES AGAINST EACH OTHER OR WILD ANIMALS -END 190 MILLION PEOPLE IN WORLD |
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INDIA'S GOLDEN AGE
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-INCREASE
-320 TO 500 A.D. -LEADING COUNTRY IN CULTURAL ARTS AND SCIENCE -CONSIDERED WEALTHY COUNTRY |
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MAYAN EMPIRE
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-DECREASE
-250 TO 900 A.D. -HUMAN/ANIMAL SACRIFICES -LOCATED IN GUATEMALA -GAVE OWN BLOOD -INTERMEDIATE FAMILY LIVED TOGETHER -LIVED IN RAINFOREST -FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER, KILLED THE VILLAGERS |
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ISLAM
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-DECREASE
-A RELIGION-MUSLIMS -IN THE MIDDLE, FOUGHT MANY WARS - TOOK SLAVES -AGAINST SLAVERY OF OWN RACE |
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MONGOLS IN CHINA
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-DECREASE
-FOUND IN EARLY 1200 -OBSCURE PEOPLE LIVED IN DESERT -INVADED AND TOOK OVER ALL OF CHINA -VERY VIOLENT, DESTROYED HALF OF CHINA'S POPULATION FROM WAR, DISEASE, ETC. |
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PLAGUE
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-DECREASE
-BLACK PLAGUE, DISEASE CARRIED BY RATS -KILLED OVER 25 MILLION IN EUROPE, BUT 75 MILLION OVER ALL -KILLED 3/4 OF EUROPES POPULATION -"RING AROUND THE ROSY..." -ALSO CALLED BLACK DEATH AND BUBONIC PLAGUE |
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INDUSTIALIZATION
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-INCREASE
-ENGLAND -1800, POPULATION, 13.2 MILL. -1860, POPULATION, 25 MILLION -BROUGHT ADVANCES IN FOOD PRODUCTION, SANITATION, ETC. -POPULATION GROWS TO 1 BILLION IN 1900??? |
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WORLD WAR I AND II
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-INCREASE
-BETWEEN 1916 AND 1945 -POPULATION CONTINUED TO GROW -BY 1930, WORLD POPULATION WAS AT 2 BILLION |
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VIKINGS
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-DECREASE
-KILLED LOTS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE -RAIDED EUROPEAN CITIES FROM 9TH TO 11TH CENTURY. |
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CRUSADES
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-DECREASE
-DURING 10TH CENTURY -KILLED IF WEREN'T CHRISTIANS -A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS DID THAT -"FIGHTING FOR THEIR LAND AND TERRITORY" -SO IT WASN'T TAKEN BY NON-CHRISTIANS-JEWS, MUSLIMS, ETC |
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MODERN MEDICINE
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-INCREASE
-1900'S TO PRESENT -USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY -PEOPLE LIVE LONGER |
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INFORMATION AGE
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-INCREASE
-1990'S TO PRESENT -USING COMPUTERS |
