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    Part 1 Summarise and compare the evidence for the development of agriculture in South West Asia and North America. The two continents provide a very different insight into the development of agriculture. America with its slow alterations‚ for example the gathering that continued and the consistency of crops remaining in their natural habitat until much later for example the May grass. South West Asia reveals a different approach where although still gradual development the use of tools and

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    the early North Americas‚ many new settlers decided to use the land for their own benefit. Europeans took advantage of the resources that Native Americans had to offer in these early colonies. Many Europeans migrated to theses unknown including the English‚ Spanish‚ French‚ Portuguese‚ and more. During this period‚ the new settlers were pulled towards these land by many factors‚ but unquestionably there were also push factors. Since the beginning of time in the early North Americas it has never been

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    become more established‚ more people in England began to migrate to America. Encouraging factors for America’s survival include the effect of the Great Awakening and varied interpretations of this movement. However‚ factors that held them back were the American colonies continued reliance on England for survival. Religion had a greater impact on English colonization in North America because it was the driving force that brought America closer to becoming a nation‚ whereas the economic portion of the

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    the European nations. Under the sponsorship of Spain’s crown‚ Columbus attempted to sail westward and establish a new trade route but was manipulated off course by a severe storm and found himself in lands unknown. We now know the region to be the Americas and the maritime explorer deemed it the New World. Columbus‚ still unaware that he was not in the Indies‚ deemed the native population as “Indians”. These indigenous populations varied as greatly as the Europeans relationship with them. With pressure

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    In his narrative‚ Imagining Native America in Music‚ Michael V. Pasani documents the musical representations of Native American culture. In his introduction‚ he states: “Music‚ which plays such an extraordinary role in organizing and shaping our societies and our social values‚ remains an unspoken and too often unacknowledged contributor not only to the social history of America‚ but to the creation of its folkways and myths as well. Cultural historians‚ while they may acknowledge the relevance

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    Ruth McDonald HIST-1301-V001 Professor Maco L. Faniel The Development of America from the Pre-Columbian Era to the Early Colonies Much of what is taught in History classes around the world is rarely about how America really came to be what it is today. I cannot remember a lot of what I read about the start of our country but I do know that I was taught that everything started with Christopher Columbus. After reading a good sum of written materials I feel that I am better informed. While

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    Norse Expansion into North America In 985 or 986‚ with the Norse expansion west from Iceland into Greenland‚ the Icelanders met with a distant world‚ different from what they had left. Opportunities for agriculture were grimmer but game resources infinitely greater. Livestock farmers by preference‚ the newcomers spent their first decade clearing land for pastures and nursing their herds to increase the limited number of cattle‚ sheep and goats they had been able to ship over from Iceland. For

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    colonists Chapter Readings: (Outline Chapters in Garraty Book) • Garraty Ch 1-Part of Ch 3 (pg 1-84) • “1491” • Readings from John Smith’s Journal • Articles on Colonial America – Pocahontas‚ Hutchinson‚ Equiano‚ Squanto Movie Clips: • Scene from Pocahontas – Disney • Scene from The Lost World • Last of the Mohicans • America: The Story of US – “Rebels” Episode • Other Clips from online resources shown as needed Key Concepts: 1. Roanoke 2. Virginia Company 3. Jamestown 4. “Starving

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    Arianne Thomas Professor Jessica Clark Research & Documentation 28 November 2012 Nostalgia for Mysticism: Catholicism in Latin America & Magical Realism One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of the town of Macondo‚ sticky with nostalgia‚ and the Buendia family who lived out those very years of solitude. Gabo’s work is written in a style known as magical realism‚ in which elements of the magical and the mundane are interwoven seamlessly‚ making it impossible

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    America before Columbus Early Migrations Many people came to America by the Bering Straight COLUMBUS WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER THE AMERICAS!! Civilizations in the Americas Incas ( located in Peru; largest empire in the Americas Mayans (located in Central America; developed a written system‚ calendar and agricultural advancements. Aztecs (Tenochtitlan- largest city ever to that time period) Southwestern US (based mainly on agriculture like maize‚ and they also built elaborate irrigation

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