This happened because Portugal and other countries began finding their own routes to China and the Spice Islands. Also‚ Europeans were forced to look elsewhere for their demand in slaves. This was because of the Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453. Technological factors that promoted European explorations began with new weaponry being created/used. For instance‚ the canon‚ which was made out of iron and bronze. The canon helped in the European expansion. Also‚ the new sailing equipment helped
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Russians What: Russian claim to be successor state to Roman and Byzantine empires When: 15th century Where: Russia Why significance: Moscow became the Religious center for the Eastern and Russian Orthodox Churches after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Peter I (The Great) Who: Russian; Also known as Peter the Great; What: ruler of Russia‚ son of Alexis Romanov When: 17th and 18th Century Where: Russia Why: continued growth of absolutism and conquest; included more definite interest in changing
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Cited: Talbot‚ Rebecca Tirrell. "How to live simply and peacefully in the city." Patrol Magazine. http://www.patrolmag.com/city/1453/the-new-simple-life (accessed March 17‚ 2009).
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Beginning with the Renaissance the Church is no longer the only primary patron of the arts. Private families‚ governments and other secular (non-religious) groups begin to hire artists with greater frequency. What effect do you think this new diversity in patrons had on the arts in the 15th-18th centuries? Include some specific examples of works commissioned by these new patrons. The Renaissance was a period that carries with it much of discovery. The period of the modern area‚ where literature
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British History In A Nutshell Britain: situated near the continent; coast easily accessible; fertile coun-try; temperate climate; mineral resources -> several invasions about 800 BC Celts (related to the Celts in Gaul) 55 " 54 BC Julius Caesar landed twice; wanted to frighten them 43 AD Roman conquest began -> peace and order until about 410; roads‚ walls (e.g. Hadrian’s Wall 123)‚ forts‚ cities (place names ending in "chester")‚ baths‚ theatres‚ ... 410 " 430 withdrawal of legions; Angles‚ Saxons
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It is possible as well that some critics believe Clinton’s voice represents her lack of capability to be president because her pitch is closer to that of a child’s than a man’s voice typically is. The correlations found in West and Zimmerman’s research on the nature of interruptions in conversations between men and women and parents and children reveals a potential explanation as to why women in politics may be received with less conviction. West and Zimmerman concluded that men interrupt women similarly
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Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources Second Edition Chapter 12 The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century Copyright © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin’s I. The Shapes of Human Communities A. Paleolithic Persistence: Australia and North America 1. Gatherers and hunters have a history‚ too: While non-literate and non-urban‚ these societies did change over time; we just don’t have written records of it. 2. Manipulation of the environment and trade: In Australia‚ aboriginal
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History of the English Language. London: MacMillan Press Ltd. Crystal‚ D. (2001) The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Crystal‚ D. (2002) The English Language. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books Ltd. Crowley‚ T. (1991) Proper English? Readings in Language History and Cultural Identity. London: Routledge. Ellis‚ S. (2005) ‘Dictionary‚ Jonson’ British Heritage. 26 (5) pp. 42-48. Hardy‚ JP. (1979) Samuel Johnson‚ A Critical Study. London: Routledge.3 Hedrick
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Tarzan the musical is based on the Disney Movie of the same name and story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story starts out with a young couple and their baby. After becoming shipwrecked and stranded off the coast of Africa‚ they make themselves a home in the jungle but are attacked by the leopard. The baby is the only one who survives. Kala‚ a gorilla has recently lost her son by the same leopard. She hears the baby crying and takes him for herself. She names him Tarzan. The leader of the gorillas
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The short story called “Achenputtel” was written in the early 1800’s by two men in their twenties Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in Germany. In English‚ readers know it as Cinderella. The Grimm brothers grew up listening to folk tales from their relatives and towns people. “We have been collecting these fairy tales for some thirteen years; …‚ contained mostly what we gathered little by little from the folklore of Hessen‚ in the regions bordering on the Main and Kinzig rivers‚ in the county of Hanau‚ where
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