... in your own words. One of the principal reasons for exploration was the urge to find new routes to East Asia. In 1400s, merchants had brought many goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The products demand raised the desire for commerce. European countries were mainly interested in spices from Asia. They had learned how to use spices and to conserve food during the winter. Thus, Christopher Columbus navigated ... at their expense. Captivating tales like that of the Fountain of Youth, often told to the Spaniards by arrested Indians and slaves, stimulated these adventurer...

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... and printing much quicker and much easier. The invention of the printing press made capable the reproduction of religious texts, and later as more and more of the population became literate, it was used as a tool of protest and propaganda. The invention of the printing press was something that changed the world. It allowed writings to be mass produced and introduced to the public. It basically changed that face of ... society during the late middle ages in Europe, it's too bad that the Chinese aren't given the credit they deserve in respect ... ...

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... the Peace of Augsburg, making the choice of religion up to the princes. In England, people started to become more disconnected with the Catholic Church, but not necessarily more Protestant. Henry VIII only contributed to this hatred of the Catholic Church by setting the bad example of divorcing his wife, and later being excommunicated. Henry then legalized the Reformation using Parliament resulting in nationalization of the English church. He also helped the spread of the Reformation by ... abolishing the monasteries for ... ...

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... one will refer to the work of another. This can be used as confirmation of the opinion of the referring theorist: Secondly, that an agrarian is dangerous unto a commonwealth is affirmed upon no slight authority, seeing Machiavel is positive that it was the dissension which happened about the agrarian that caused the destruction of Rome. -The Commonwealth of Oceana Here we see James Harrington using Machiavelli as the authority for ... Astell does not seem to see the need for mentioning Mr Locke by name, merely writing in such a style as to leave no doubt in the mind of the reader to who...

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... did attend in most cases their parents had to pay the fees. As the Renaissance progressed and as the new learning spread, more and more books became available due to the invention on the printing press and popular ideas about education began to change. It is important to note that up to this time books were mostly written by monks and would therefore have had a certain ... religious viewpoint in them. The invention of the printing press allowed the scholars with all sorts of different views to make them public. Education improved due to the impact of the printing press. Drama: Since the ...

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... , in particular. However, Italy had three very important advantages that allowed the Renaissance to initiate: growth of urban centers, merchants, and a classical heritage. The spread of the artistic ideas was caused primarily by the physical movement of artists themselves. An invasion of 1494 by a French king to overtake Italy caused artists and writers to seek refuge in the North. With them they brought their styles and techniques. Others included students ... who studied in Italy who also brought back their learning, which accompanied that of the masters", consequently illuminating the...

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The Jewish Resistance happened in the early 1930-1940's. The Jewish Resistance was during the Holocaust. During this period, a lot was going on in Germany, Poland, and other places in Europe all the Jews were being discriminated by Hitler and the Nazis. The "Ghettos" started in the late 1930's. These "Ghettos" were in very bad conditions and had little food. In most of the Death/Concentration, camps the Jews were lead to death ... by gas chambers or even some worked so hard that they died. Most of ... the Jews died or were killed for unreasonable reasons. Some of the things they had done wer...

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... of South Atlantic System. For fulfill the sugar requirement, the plantation owners need a lot of labors to run the production. So the English merchants use the slaves. Slavery played a crucial role in the development of the modern world economy. Slaves provided the labor power necessary to settle and develop the New World. And slaves could be forced to work far longer hours than free workers. The European planters paid more for men slave ... fisherman also profited from slavery. Slavery played a pivotal role in the growth of commercial capitalism in the colonies. The slave plantations o...

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... over the world. It includes wild horses, Arabian horses, Oriental horses, and Thoroughbreds. Horses populated the world long before man evolved into a human being. Since the beginning of history the numbers of horses have decreased enormously until today when one breed after another is fast ... disappearing. Different breeds of horses come from their own environments. Each environment has its own climate, soil, light, food, and water. Northern climates produce a horse with a thick coat. Hot climates have produced an animal with a thin skin and a fine coat. Damp climates have produced th...

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... of four years, and it a draft was sent to the US Congress for approval. At first it seemed doubtful that Congress would sign on since many of them were isolationists and others believed that America had helped Europe enough during the War. In 1948, though, President Truman signed the European Cooperation Act. By the time it was completed in 1951, over thirteen billion ... dollars had been distributed to sixteen European countries, and the European economy was saved. Without the Marshall Plan, Europe would have never been able to pull themselves out of debt. The Marshall Plan was a huge ...

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... . Although the rats helped to spread diseases thought out the Americas to the Natives, horses became part of Native Indian communities. The Americas also got insects such as the Asian cockroach, killer bees and the Japanese beetle. The Europeans were introduced to buffalo and rattlesnakes. Although the introduction of these animals lead to having a bigger food supply, the Natives were also faced with the challenge of sharing their livestock with the Europeans, (The Columbian Exchange). The exchange ... foods. Potatoes, maize (corn) and tomatoes helped populations grow. The Old World had ...

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... animal and food stock. The human population radically mutated the shape and content of the land. Alone, the land changed organization and behavior for both the Europeans and the Indian populations. The deforestation changed the uses of wood for the Indians: the important legal and agricultural tool of fencing. Stone replaced fencing in order to accommodate the limited availability of wood. There was an expansion of occupied land by European land because of ... decreasing soil fertility and animal population to accommodate ... ...

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... from India. India exported cotton clothe to Africa and Africa exported slaves to America to produce sugar, tobacco, coffee, raw cotton, and wood to export it back to England. The Triangular Trade was an exchange of slaves, cash crops and manufactured goods between West Africa, the Caribbean or American colonies that were ruled by European powers. The accumulation of wealth was in Europe ... , and inventions changed from the Roman water wheel to guns and printing industry in the Renaissance. The ... new sources of power were coal and steam and the leading industries cotton and iron. Durin...

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... quantities. These techniques of mass-production made other methods such as the cottage industry, where families produce items by hand, obsolete. On the other hand, due to the mass production, many jobs were available, and the prices of goods considerably decreased because of the extreme availability. The increase of new ideas and inventions led to an increase of the quality of life. Medicinal products became plentiful, transportation improved, and free ... education became accessible. In addition, people began to find themselves with more leisure ... ...

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... Portugual Prince Henry taught people how to use the stuff. Also made a new ship called Caravel. A man with the last name Diaz was the first to round the south tip of Africa. A disease called Lime Disease spread thourgh sailors because of not getting any fruits or vegtebales. So they stored limes so people would get sick. It started to come to the Rennasiance Age. That was the time of technology trade setup by Porutagees ... . In 1492 the two kingdoms of Costelli and Aragon united becoming Spain. Spainish drove the muslims out. The King was King Ferdinaid and Queen Isabel. The four ships ...

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... earners, and those who most enjoyed the freedom brought by the Revolution. They were least accepting to the economic oppression a monarchy might bring. As a result, not only was the French army the largest in Europe, but the most emotionally driven. The Sans-Culottes not only violently suppressed foreign, but internal, undermining of the Republic. On August 10, 1792, a Parisian mob attacked the Tuileries Palace, forcing the king into refuge. During this hunt ... 800 Swiss Guard were killed. Less than a month later, 1200 prisoners suspect of counter-revolutionary action were brutally mur...

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... consideration in their unification movements. Thus, Cavour allied with him in 1859. However, the situation of France after 1871 was very different. By the Treaty of Frankfurt, which formally ended the Franco-Prussian War, France, being defeated, had to pay a large sum of indemnity and cede Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. These losses gravely weakened France military, economically and politically. Althought she tired ... unification wars, Economically, Germany speeded up her industrial revolution after the unification and by 1913 she ranked second in industrial strengh in the world. She was ...

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... that I realized I wasn't as ahead as everyone else with my English. It wasn't until I got my PSAT and SAT scores back that I felt for the first time I wasn't from this country. Also, a lot of people made a little bit more of a negative impact on me being accepted through later years. ... For example, kids in High School see me, and the see a blonde, green eyed- fair skin white girl. However, many times when they have actually learned that I am half Peruvian and half Swiss they joke ... see it as ignorance and jealousy, I for the most part have never let it affect it which brings me to ...

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... when Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, the cultures of the Eastern and Western Hemisphere's met for the first time and changed the history of the world. The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of plants, animals, minerals, and lifestyle of the European and African lands to the Americas, and vice versa. Arguably, infectious diseases had the most impact on the world following the initiation of contact by Columbus and his men. Native Americans suffered ... such as rice, barley, oats, coffee, melons, and daisies were brought from the Old World to the Americas. The growth of p...

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... had trouble recruiting Romans who were by now disloyal. The military hired mercenaries who simply had no patriotism and likely, weren't willing to die for the cause. There wasn't enough money to finance the militia, and there were also constant threats from Northern European tribes. All of these elements hastened the downfall of the Roman Empire. But the invasion by Germanic tribes and Huns, as ... well as conquest by other invaders, was simply "the straw that broke the camel's back". As of 476 AD, the Western empire became history. The Eastern half of the ... Roman Empire endured anoth...

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... came back wealthy and free. These free serfs became freeholder on the land or artisans in the towns. As towns began to grow and become less self-sufficient, outside goods became highly demanded and trade began to grow in Western Europe. The discovery of many luxury goods was brought about by the crusades. Items such as spices, sugar, melon, tapestries, and silk were now highly demanded items ... art, but they improved Western European technology. As far as technology went in Western Europe, during the crusades, the eastern Muslims were far more superior to all of Western Europe. Also, W...

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... of his promise to spread Christianity. As the expansion progressed, each country tried to show their dominance by discovering new places in the name of their homeland or religion. Each country wanted to collect the riches from the places they conquered and spread their religion to the natives, and spread the power of their country all over the known world. The Age of Exploration was brought on by a sudden population increase, the decline of feudalism ... and the craving for religious ... ...

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... in World War II which highlighted the need for better security and a high population to defend it's land. The lack of trained and skilled workers, which Australia needed, was due to the wars and depression. Australia needed to survive, and this was done through planned immigration. The Department of Immigration was set up in 1945 by the Commonwealth Labor government and Arthur Calwell was the first Minister of Immigration. However ... Calwell had a single-minded view of where the migrants should come ... ...

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... the Americans got out of the slaves. As a result, the slave trade created violence and an instable country, for what its worth the Africans got the short end of the stick in this deal. Although slave trade ameliorated the economics of Europe and the Americas, it however, was detrimental to keeping the population stable in Africa. This is important because no one really knows the truth about how bad the ... slave trade was and how some countries struggles threw times. After years ... of trade it finally ended, but that wasn't the end some European countries later invaded Africa ... ...

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Today the northern coastline of France is peaceful and serene. However, only 57 years ago this was not the case. In the 1940's the world powers of the day were engulfed in a global conflict, World War II. The battlefield was the European continent and the combatants were, and are today, known as the Axis and Allied powers. Not even the isolated nation of the United States of America was immune from the bloodshed. The USA ... their lives to obtain the beachhead. The Allies' supremacy in the air was a pivotal factor. British and American pilots destroyed most of the bridges over the Seine to th...

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