Guiding Questions Round One Textbook A 1. What type of document is this? 2. When was it written? 3. How long does this textbook suggest the "Dark Ages" lasted? 4. Why, according to this textbook, were the "early Middle Ages" a "Dark Age"? 5. What is similar and different about this account and the American Cyclopaedia entry

Clarification:

I found the document online.

1.  This document is a secondary source.

2. It was written in 1954.

3. According to this textbook the "Dark Ages" lasted from 476 to about 1100 C.E.

4. According to this textbook, the "early Middle Ages" were a "Dark Age" because civilization slipped back into semi-barbarism.

5.  The similarity between this textbook and the American Cyclopaedia entry is that both texts talk about barbarian supremacy. However, the main difference is that the American Cyclopaedia talks about an education revival.

Explanation:

To complete this exercise, you have to read the document that has the excerpt of the textbook called The Record of  Mankind written by Roehm, A., Buske, M., Webster, H. & Wesley, E.

The textbook explains that the chief cause of the semi-barbarism was the lack of a government which could keep order.

your answer is

relations between the soviet union and the united states were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years. the distinct differences in the political systems of the two countries often prevented them from reaching a mutual understanding on key policy issues and even, as in the case of the cuban missile crisis, brought them to the brink of war.

the united states government was initially hostile to the soviet leaders for taking russia out of world war i and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. although the united states embarked on a famine relief program in the soviet union in the early 1920s and american businessmen established commercial ties there during the period of the new economic policy (1921–29), the two countries did not establish diplomatic relations until 1933. by that time, the totalitarian nature of joseph stalin's regime presented an insurmountable obstacle to friendly relations with the west. although world war ii brought the two countries into alliance, based on the common aim of defeating nazi germany, the soviet union's aggressive, antidemocratic policy toward eastern europe had created tensions even before the war ended.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.