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    Technological Advances during the Age of Exploration The Age of Exploration was the period of time from approximately 1400 to 1600‚ in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of trade and goods. Technological advances were made and used to launch this era. These advances were the Caravel‚ the Magnetic Compass‚ and the Astrolabe. The Caravel was a ship designed for long voyages. It was renovated by Portuguese shipbuilders in 14th century. It was actually used as a fishing boat since

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    CASE 8.2 PROJECT PICKINGS Tazer‚ a pharmaceutical manufacturing company‚ entered the pharmaceutical market 12 years ago with the introduction of six new drugs. Five of the six drugs were simply permutations of existing drugs and therefore did not sell very heavily. The sixth drug‚ however‚ addressed hypertension and was a huge success. Since Tazer had a patent on the hypertension drug‚ it experienced no competition‚ and profits from the hypertension drug alone kept Tazer in business. During

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    Keven muca 5-1-14 Clash of cultures 901 DBQ essay Throughout history‚ trade has influenced civilizations by expanding religions‚ spreading new products or ideas‚ and through transmission of diseases. As civilizations began trading more with other civilizations‚ trade networks were setup. Traders needed a safe route to get to cities in order to trade. With trade networks such as the silk roads‚ traders had a way to get from Europe to China to trade goods. With more and

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    Internet Activity- Chapter 23 1. What reason does Columbus give for keeping his journal? What does this reason tell us about his mission on this journey? Christopher Columbus’s determination to keep an account of his voyage was to perform the embassy of Fernando and Isabella. He wanted to keep a journal from his departure until he arrived at the Indies. Columbus wanted to write down everything he and his men performed or saw every day. He intended to draw a nautical chart containing the several

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    Cause & Effect European Exploration Essay Throughout history‚ people have been curious about finding new land and exploring. Many different factors stirred interest in colonization and exploration for Europeans. During the 15th and 17th centuries Europe was changing rapidly and had its own reasons for growth. All of Europe had the excitement and hesitation of finding new places. There were many reasons for Europe to grow and expand‚ some of the causes for Europe’s expansion were; a search

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    Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Case Study Summary In November of 2008 Dan Skovronsky‚ founder and CEO of the biotech start-up Avid Radiopharmaceuticals‚ had a very important decision to make regarding the future of his company. One option was for Dan to run the trials for both AV-45 and AV-133‚ commit to the Easton real estate space‚ take on $7.5 million venture debt‚ and start raising money. This option could potentially allow for the company to experience rapid growth and capture a competitive

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    The Rise of Marco Polo Marco Polo was a renaissance era Venetian merchant who has changed world travel in his time era and our era by not only exploring other parts of the world but also documenting his travels to china for all to read. I. Marco Polo A. Born in 1254‚ died in 1324‚ Venetian merchant‚ mother died while he was young‚ didn’t meet dad until he was 17‚ traveled china and documented his travels. B. Italy was separated into 4 regions‚ polo was from the east region of Venice

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    History 106 Professor John Radzilowski Reaction paper 1 February 04‚ 2013 The Age of Exploration The age of exploration had a huge impact on the history. It started from the 14th century to the 17th century where European countries were looking for the shortest and best routes through the Indies because it would give them wealth due to the excess to spices‚ gold‚ and silver overseas. Other than that‚ advances in technology‚ and Christianity are also some of the factors that led to the age

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    Biol 109 Written Assignment #2 Scenario: Hal‚ a 50 year old politician‚ was a college basketball player and stayed fairly active with sports and weekend pickup games through his thirties and early forties (Q1) Having a members only gym near his office facilitated this practice. However‚ intense campaigning and successful election to the US Congress meant extra travel‚ fried chicken dinners‚ hotel rooms and prolonged sitting and weight gain. After years of relative inactivity‚ with only sporadic

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    The official arrival of Portuguese was recorded in 1543‚ the lead missionary Fr. Jerome de Angelis arrived in Japan for his Far East expeditions where he and his evangelist delegation prepared for their maiden Christian excursion in 1602 (Reischauer 215). Furthermore‚ Reischauer indicates that this was the beginning of the Christian spread into the ancient Japan expanding the religions to three main philosophies‚ Buddhism‚ Confucianism‚ and now the Christianity. However‚ towards the end of Toyotomi

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