The Black Death swept throughout Western Europe like wildfire from 1347 to 1349‚ devastating the European population. In just this short amount of time‚ this horrifying plague killed between 25% to 50% of the entire Western Europe‚ which was more than any pestilence had beforehand or since. This Black Death‚ otherwise known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was caused by a bad bacteria (Yersinia pestis) that inhabited fleas‚ which lived on rats. Then‚ these infected rat fleas started infecting people with the
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unconscious realms. Sigmund Freud’s study of the self-conscious mind clearly challenged the way people viewed everyday life‚ the conservative and religious framework of the 19th century in many ways as well. One of his greatest impacts was how he changed how society viewed people with mental illnesses. Before Freud and his discoveries‚ mental illnesses were seen as a deterioration or a disease of the brain. Since it was seen as a disease‚ many of those people were killed. People were constantly killed
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Trade among European and African precolonial nations developed relatively recently in the economic history of the African continent. Prior to the European voyages of exploration in the fifteenth century‚ African rulers and merchants had established trade links with the Mediterranean world‚ western Asia‚ and the Indian Ocean region. Within the continent itself‚ local exchanges among adjacent peoples fit into a greater framework of long-range trade. The merchants from Britain‚ France‚ Portugal‚ and
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All throughout Canada in the 20th Century there have been numerous events actions and decisions that we call defining moments. Canada has been through many battles‚ very hard chosen decisions‚ and gone through many changes that have changed the way Canadians live today. Certain people have influenced the country in a positive way and made Canada a stronger nation. Events such as the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ the formation of NATO‚ the creation of the Canadian flag and people such as Lester B. Pearson
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attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion of Poland. They would claim that the war began in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. Manchuria was a region in northeastern China that was rich in natural resources. Japan pursued expansion for the same reasons
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Darwin was a British Naturalist who helped develop the theory of evolution regarding plants and animals. In trying to explain away the creationist theory he offered his theory of evolution‚ which was directly in contrast to common beliefs of society at the time. Darwin shared his theory that he believed “that life on Earth had taken shape over countless millions of years before humans existed and that human life was a result of slow development‚ called evolution.” In Darwin’s book “On the Origin
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backing out of the war. Leading to the Russian Revolution‚ where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ ideology‚ communism‚ heavily impacted the Russian Revolution‚ leading to Russia becoming the Soviet Union. World War I left a large amount of damage to Russia’s economy and society. Leading to the czar abdicating the throne and Vladimir Lenin stepping up. After Lenin stepped up to power‚ he promised that he would get Russia out of the war‚ which he did using the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. During the
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Christopher Columbus’ most famous exploit was his voyage in 1492‚ which may have opened the way for Europeans to discover the Americas. Turning into the first non-European discovery of America now—led by the genuine help of the Norse expeditions led by Leif Erikson in the tenth century—Costa’s voyages commanded a search beneath a splendid generation‚ namely‚ colonialism‚ and in the long run‚ the dominance of European powers over the New World. His transatlantic voyages‚ beginning with the famous voyage with
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America has always been a land full of promise for its’ inhabitants. Americas Puritan founders promoted a lifestyle of freedom and exceptional growth. United States foreign relations often contributed to the overall well being and ways of life of the American people. The year 1898 was a major turning point in American foreign relations. America’s participation in war has drastically changed our order of constitution. War has also changed the way American people live their lives. The course of the
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the Random House Unabridged Dictionary‚ as “the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions or any state of peace imposed by a strong nation on weaker or defeated nations” (Random House‚ 2006). This 200 year period which brought many changes to the Roman Empire and was a time for unity‚ peace‚ and national stability. The Pax Romana was started by Augustus Caesar‚ born Gaius Octavius – the grandnephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar. After the assassination of Julius Caesar by members
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