With their help, classical texts were reintroduced to Western Europe. ... As far as technology went in Western Europe, during the crusades, the eastern Muslims were far more superior to all of Western Europe. ... Western Europe became significantly more technologically advanced. The crusades brought Western Europe into a much more modern age. ... Western Europe was redesigned by the crusades and forever changed....

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The feudalism system of government was introduced in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. ... Like in Western Europe they had a main ruler. ... Under them were the shoguns that were the equivalent of lords in Western Europe. ... However unlike Western Europe the shogun had the actual power, they were the ones that controlled the military and the political power. ... The feudalist systems in Japan and Western Europe are extremely similar with few differences. ...

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The role of Women in China and Western Europe was both similar and different. ... In Western Europe there was a similar practice, but the women only wore tight corsets, limiting their movement. In Western Europe there were many feminist movements that occurred. ... In Western Europe, women were treated fairly the same as they were in China. ... Women in Western Europe were a little more free than women in China. ...

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After the collapse of the classical Greek and Roman empires, Western European civilization struggled with each other to become the dominant empire in the region. This period of instability in Western Europe made room for a new group to dominate; the Islamic Empires. ... Christianity quickly became the foundation used to stabilize Western Europe's warring kingdoms in the era following the collapse of Rome. ... For these reasons Western Europe didn't sufficiently develop or expand enough and remained a much divided rural society. ... These aspects limited the ability of the Western E...

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In western Europe, Jews had made progress and were often well-established members of society. ... In Eastern Europe, Jews were openly hated and discriminated against in a way that the average Western European Jewish person could not even begin to imagine. In Western Europe, Jews became educated and often owned lands and businesses like the Rothschild banking family. ... The Tsarist power used Jews as scapegoats much like the politicians in Western Europe. ... In Western Europe, Jews often became successful but remained hated by many. ...

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Looking on the earth as a disinterested observer in the 17th century western Europe was inevitably next to rise to global dominance. ... Western Europe was becoming globally independent and other regions were required to become dependent on them for existence. Western Europe's rise to global dominance would be the result of many factors, but their military and political system is of the utmost importance. ... European gun manufactories produced canons of better range and accuracy. ... Western Europe saw a transformation from middle-age thinking and theories to a new understanding based o...

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The term " Fortress Europe" is used by Giddens. ... (Racism and Migration in Western Europe. ... However it was argued by Robert Miles that Sivanandan's " new European racism" was presented before the European community came into force. ... (Racism and Migration in Western Europe. ... (Racism and Migration in Western Europe. ...

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Discussions on Western European security and defence took on extra emphasis with the threat of the Cold War. ... The Soviet Union's military power was greater than any one European nation could deal with alone and this worried Western European leaders. ... When the Western European Union was launched, a command set-up was put in place for a European defence system. ... Integration by threat' therefore can be seen as an accurate description of Western Europe on this evidence. ... In forming a European defence set-up, all the Western European nations could be given assurances t...

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Which enabled the Europeans to carry heavy armaments. ... The animals traded were beneficial to the Polynesians and Indians, they provided them with a new source of food that could carry them through times when the trading or agriculture was not good. 4) Core Area: Major zone of business and trade, most commonly a heavily populated area such as a major port or capital; some examples are the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta Dependent Zone: Area outside the boarders of Western Europe which produces low profit goods such as metal and crops they are needed by Western Europe strictly for their r...

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In Western Europe, feudalism was one of the first governments, but later through time, areas advanced making their governments more efficient. ... These changes, consisting from the years 476 AD to 1350 AD, improved Western Europe dramatically. ... These reasons proved to evince the fact that Western Europe changed over time. ... Due to the given evidence, throughout time, Western Europe changed in many different ways. ... These factors changed Western Europe's society for the better in the high Middle Ages. ...

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West German diplomacy tried to balance national interests in Western Europe. ... With the onset of the Cold War in 1947-48 integration became an important object of the practical politics of Western European governments. ... EEC improved the German-French relationship on a bilateral and European basis and strengthened the Western Alliance against the danger of communism. ... As USSR condemned Marshall Aid as a capital ruse, only 16 countries from Western Europe took part. ... Western Allies couldn't allow West Germany and Western Europe from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union. ...

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To understand why Europeans began to explore one must first look back nearly 1000 years before the Renaissance when the Roman Empire split into its Eastern and Western Empires. While the Eastern Empire carried on, the Western Empire collapsed. ... These problems weakened Rome to the point where the Western Empire was eventually invaded. ... The Western Roman Empire basically came to an end about A.D. 476. ... The Crusades were series of wars between western Europeans Christians and Muslims in which the European Christians sought to recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control. ...

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There has certainly been "progress" in Western history since 1500. ... One could also say that the world was Europeanized, for the period of modernization was a matter of ideas and techniques that have a European origin. ... In Erich Maria Remarque's novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, we can see despite all these contradicting views, that the German soldiers continued to fight a war they could not win. ... War had always been seen as a romantic illusion of excitement and adventure, but this view quickly changed after a short time in the trenches on the Western Front. ... It is ver...

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Evidence suggests that Neandertal and early modern H. sapiens cohabited regions in Western Europe and perhaps elsewhere for thousands of years. ... The first undisputed resident of Europe was Homo erectus. ... The dates of 127,000 to 30,000 years BP for Neandertal occupation in Western Europe are well accepted however. ... Between 43,000 and 35,000 years BP, however, anatomically modern Homo sapiens sapiens began migrating from the east and southeast into Western Europe. ... He states that for populations who originated in the relatively temperate environments of the eastern Mediterranea...

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The early Benedictine and Irish Catholic monks literally saved Western Civilization. ... The western region of Europe had been divided into several major kingdoms two of which were the Franks and the Visigoths.. ... During this same period of time further to the east on the main Western European continent the Benedictine order was expanding under Saint Benedict ( 473-544) . ... With the strong Irish Celtic presence now in western Europe and the decline of the Anglican church. ... The Carolinginan Dynasty which began around c741and lasted until the late ninth century united most of western E...

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The Rise of Capitalism and Western Dominance The West seems to be the most economically stable and powerful part of the modern world. ... Before the Renaissance, the civilizations of Western Europe were by far the most ignorant, uneducated, and unhygienic in the world, compared to the flourishing societies in India and China. ... How did Europe catch up and eventually surpass the great civilizations in the Middle East and the Orient? ... Feudo-manorialism was mostly a bane to economic, scientific, and technological progress in medieval Europe. ... The new social order forever moved the ...

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Many factors influenced Western Europe's ability and desire to launch voyages of discovery; these include motivation, religion, technology, competition and luck. ... However, "European expansion was essentially a commercial venture" . ... During the 12th century Europeans began improving their cumbersome ships. ... In conclusion, it is evident that without the ideas of Prince Henry the Navigator, the determination of Christopher Columbus, the development of improved nautical technology, a drive to spread religion, and principally the desire to expand and increase empires and economic hold...

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The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution It has, been variously called the "Western Miracle" (Rosenberg and Birdzell 42) and the "European Miracle," (Jones) but it is commonly known as the Industrial Revolution. Subsequent to the Middle Ages, populations in Western Europe began developing technology that enhanced their ability to generate products and which led to significantly higher standards of living than populations elsewhere on the planet. ... One lost crop during a decade would require a reserve of 10 percent of the net output, a level which Western producers are relu...

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The Marshall Plan was designed to rebuild the economic system of Western Europe (McCormick 54). ... The Marshall Plan provided for billions of dollars to be injected into Western Europe. It was supposed to accomplish containment by rejuvenating and strengthening the shattered economies in Western European countries and to encourage democracy in these countries. ... The Marshall Plan worked well to support pro western governments in Europe. ... If it had not, more of Europe might have turned communist. ...

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The Renaissance, which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. ... These Crusades introduced to Western Europe the new tastes of art, fine quisines and new types of cloth, including silk.. ... This increase in trade caused an abundance of wealth in Western Europe which intern brought new products and goods to Western Europe. ... By the 1600's close to half of the practicing Catholics in western Europe had left the Church to join one of the new reformer religious groups. ...

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A Western European would feel comfortable talking a distance so that if he extended his arm his finger tips would just brush the other person. An Eastern European would be happy with someone at the wrist of their extended arm. Someone from the Mediterranean region of Europe would talk at elbows distance and someone from Asian would feel comfortable speaking at nose distance. ... Asian is much more crowded than Western Europe so the people are used to being in close proximity to each other. ...

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During the period of early modern Western expansion, Asian civilizations were highly diverse. ... During the period of early modern Western expansion, Europe brought new goods and missionaries to proselytize the Chinese. European inventions such as the clock, the prism, astronomical and musical instruments, and glasses impressed the Chinese officials, although Western ideas never won acceptance at court. ... The Japanese lords even began to mimic the European architecture by erecting castles on the European model. ... Both China and Japan dealt with the Western expansion differently. ...

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In the 15th and 16th century, Europeans began arriving along the Atlantic Coast of Africa. ... To modern day, much debate on the factors of the slave trade have led historians to re-interpret the Atlantic slave trade in Western Africa. ... The Triangular Trade was trading between Europe, the New World, and Africa. ... African slavery was different than Europeans because Europeans were more brutal and harsh to these Africans. ... Many factors have led historians to re-interpret the Atlantic slave trade in Western Africa during the Early Modern Period. ...

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Medieval Europe was plagued by various social and economic problems. War, famine and disease were found all across Europe and were major contributors to the social and economic crisis that the medieval era endured. ... Beginning to strike during the mid-fourteenth century, the disease is estimated that it killed about one third of Western Europe's population. ... The Black Death added to the problems of medieval Europe. ... The Black Death added to the numerous problems that plagued medieval Europe. ...

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How did the shifts in relations between the superpowers in the 1970s and the 1980s affect Europe? ... During the height of the crisis, the Soviet ambassador in Washington had to send an urgent cipher message using the American Western Union telegraph office, which was actually collected by a messenger on a bicycle . ... All of Europe (apart from Albania), the US and Canada took part in subsequent negotiations. ... The process of détente was stalled when in 1979 the Soviet Union replaced their older SS4 and SS5 intermediate range nuclear missiles with newer SS20 missiles, which were c...

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