AP World History

Mr. Ferraro Spring Valley HS CFERRARO@ERCSD.K12.NY.US

Week of 11/22 Monday-Buddhist stupas and chortens http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/buddhist-art/stupas.htm Japanese Buddhist statues: http://www.asiasocietymuseum.org/region_results.asp? RegionID=6&CountryID=14&ChapterID=38 Myanmar Buddhist sculpture: http://www.asiasocietymuseum.org/region_results.asp? RegionID=3&CountryID=7&ChapterID=15 Take notes on these structures and artifacts. Be able to identify them. THESIS: Compare and contrast Buddhist icons in the 5th-11th centuries to those in Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism. (You may wish to look at previous links or in your notes.) Bring this thesis to class for peer edit. Tuesday- Read The Mughals and the Apex of Muslim Civilization P. 489-496. Take notes. Be sure to examine the chart on P. 491. Wednesday-NO HW Thursday-Thanksgiving, eat. Weekend- Read Ch. 18 The Rise of Russia P. 403-411, including The Nature of Westernization on P. 411. Take notes. Read Multinational Empires on P. 416. Discussion question: How does Tsarist or Imperial Russia compare to the other major states of the world at this time? (No more than one paragraph). Be prepared to discuss this in class on Monday.

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Russian Architecture (Early Muscovite period):

Church of the Intercession: http://www.washington.edu/ark2/archtm/dw213.html Cathedral of the Dormition: http://www.washington.edu/ark2/archtm/dw226.html Take notes on Russian Architecture. Note that this is religious architecture.

Thesis: Compare and Contrast religious architecture in Eastern Europe (Russia) and the Middle East in the 12th-15th centuries (see link below for a refresher).
Istanbul mosques: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-blue-mosque