to the world ‚the First World War and the Second World War .The reason that they are so important is that ‚both of them had brought some great influences to the world afterward .The most obvious influence is that ‚without First World War ‚there won’t be Second World War .I am talking that the Second World War is the continue of the First World War .However ‚the largest difference between the two great wars is that ‚there are no large scale war or conflicts broke out after the Second World War ‚ but
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The Protestant Reformation made sure that the Catholic Church’s grasp on Europe was forever gone with the nailing of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses. The Reformation led to people rejecting the Pope and his Church in favor of a personal relationship with God. And with their role as the ultimate authority gone‚ people were able to focused on other viewpoints without worry of punishment. Steven Ozment‚ an American historian‚ suggested that the Protestant Reformation was the first Western Enlightenment
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Thinking back to Ferdinand and Isabella’s choice to colonize the New World‚ I believe they made the right decision. Even though I now know the terrible consequences that their decision inflicted on the native people‚ my position remains that colonization was worth the cost. Columbus’ letter described the New World; Hispana like it was a place for the gods. Perhaps‚ in the eyes of Europeans it was a paradise. Europe was suffering from a lack of resources‚ polluted rivers‚ and overpopulated landscapes
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Was Lewis and Clark’s expedition one of the main reasons the U.S is what it is today? Lewis and Clark’s expedition lasted two years‚ four months‚ and ten days. They traveled about 8‚000 miles (13‚000 km). The expedition was planned to go west of Missouri and to discover what was beyond the eastern area of the U.S‚ the government was able to explore this area of the U.S because of the Louisiana purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was bought from the French for $15 million dollars and the land area
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extensive movement of cultural revitalization that takes place in Western Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A new mentality emerged that manifested itself in the intellectual‚ cultural‚ religious‚ and artistic spheres. There are several cultural changes; humanism‚ intellectual movement and renaissance‚ artistic style. There are also some changes of mentality because of the religious crisis and the Protestant Reformation. As Martin Luther‚ author of the “95 Theses”‚ coments: “ This word cannot
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Economical The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 provided new western lands to the United States as well as an enormous opportunity for planters to grow their cotton plantations there. With this new area‚ cotton dramatically increased and it speedily became the most important and valuable product of the United States in 1815‚ with an increase in its exports during the two first decades of the nineteenth century. It accounted from 7% volume export to being the most valuable export (E‚ Horton & Oliver Horton
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with other places. As soon as new connections were made‚ trade and communications difficulty decreased. For example‚ the Indian Ocean trade routes gave Europe the ability to reach “hard-to-get” areas and even connected them with the new world which in turn increased trade happening between the two regions. Over all‚ after 1500 CE‚ there were more routes and ways to be able to trade and communicate effectively. This also ended up connecting Europe and Asia which did all of the previously mentioned
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Argumentative Essay #3 December 3‚ 2015 ¬Hamlet: Protestant or Catholic In the play Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare does make it quite difficult to identify Hamlet’s religious views‚ but he does provide many clues which are evident as Protestant. For example‚ Hamlet lives in Denmark‚ which is a Protestant region‚ he went to a university where the Protestant Reformation began‚ and also his beliefs in certain things throughout the book are proof that Hamlet is‚ indeed‚ Protestant. The play‚ Hamlet‚
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Cultural Contrast between China and Europe When speaking about culture‚ we can simply find significantly differences among every countries. Culture enables people to find a group or other individuals who have the same values and beliefs. So different countries have different cultural backgrounds based on their own beliefs‚ in which people display many styles of clothings and appearances‚ food and eating habits‚ architectures and home lives‚ travel and leisure habits. This paper will
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on the economic‚ social and political spheres of the medieval world and far-reaching in the change across human evolution. Until then‚ books were expensive and laborious to make. After Gutenberg’s invention‚ books could be easily and cheaply reproduced which spread literacy‚ education ideas across Western Europe. But‚ if we look back at history and the pivotal printing press‚ we can see evidence of the reluctance of people to adopt new technologies‚ which ultimately hindered development in different
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