What role did technology play in the success and spread of the Han dynasty?
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The Han were exceptional inventors and innovators. Han society and traditions valued innovation, and early emperors were credited with major inventions. The Han used advanced ironmaking technology in military and agricultural pursuits, which gave them an enormous advantage over their pastoralist rivals. The crossbow and cavalry were among the important military innovations, and the watermill and horse collar supplemented human labor. The production of silk and the ability to transport it and other commodities via roads and canals to distant markets helped expand Han economic power. Enormous defensive barriers, part of which became the Great Wall, were constructed to protect the empire.
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The 1920s Ku Klux Klan __________.
a. was a front for organized crime b. gained control of several state legislatures c. was never very popular d. appealed mostly to middle and upper-class women
Which of the following is NOT true of most rulers of the First Civilizations?
a. They were usually elected by a council of elders, rather than inheriting their positions. b. They had elaborate burials that usually included the sacrifice of retainers who, it was believed, would continue to care for their masters in the afterlife. c. They lived in monumental palaces and constructed large monuments and statues to emphasize their grandeur. d. They used symbolic objects such as scepters and crowns, to stress their connection to divine forces.
In 1947, ________ submitted to the United Nations an Appeal to the World, a document detailing the consequences of racial discrimination against African Americans
A) W. E. B. Du Bois B) Eleanor Roosevelt C) Paul Robeson D) Rayford Logan