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    Changes and Continuities in Long-Distance Migration Through-out the period of 1700 to 1900‚ the Industrial Revolution created changes and kept continuities within long-distance migration. Continuities such as trade overseas still occurred overseas‚ which also continued the spread of diseases‚ religions‚ ideas‚ and cultures. Also the demand of food and material wealth is a requirement to the increasing population‚ which also continued. The Industrial Revolution created changes in the world. New

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    about the geography of North America? North America is continents with Canada and the United States. North America is a large continent‚ so it has innumerable physical features and there are various cultures. Also‚ the United States and Canada have similar cultures. Physical features and cultures shape North America. High mountains and long rivers can change people’s way of life and make some regions to be agricultural. There is the diversity of physical features in North America like rivers‚ mountains

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    and an infant child died in prison. People believed witches were associated with the devil and evil‚ this is why people feared them during the Salem Witch trials. These beliefs originated from the European Witch-Hunts of the 14th to the 18th century‚ this caused the executions of tens of thousands of people. Over time‚ the idea of white magic transformed into dark magic and became associated with demons and evil spirits. From 1560 to 1670‚ witchcraft persecutions became common as superstitions

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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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    BETWEEN THE 18TH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY According to Ackroyd (Ackroyd‚ 2005)‚ London hospitality took its origins in “public place of cookery” by the Thames in the 12th century. Then followed cook shops in the 16th century and eating houses‚ taverns or coffee shops‚ incredibly famous in the 18th. Without denying‚ London hospitality has undergone lots of changes to become what it is nowadays. Or ... has it? Are there real differences between modern and 18th century hospitality

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    Ryan Archer Eddy Period 1 6 May 2010 Do We Live In the 18th Century? There are a few German scholars who believe that a 300 year time period was just written in the history books‚ without actually existing. The gap in history has been coined the Phantom Time Theory or Phantom Time Hypothesis. Although it is not a very widely accepted theory‚ there is a fair amount of evidence to back it up. Time itself has very many definitions‚ the historical records of the time don’t coincide‚ and astronomy

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    to 2 billion by 2050. While North American societies tend to view aging in a negative light and dread the prospect of aging‚ other societies on the other hand‚ embrace their aging population. Understanding the difference between the treatment of the elderly in East Asia and North America is important as it allows for the public to

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    justice. This was done by the reintroduction of the idea of separation of powers‚ first developed in ancient Greece‚ by Montesquieu‚ in his book The Spirit of the Laws‚ where he outlines a tripartite system of government‚ modelled in part on the British constitutional system‚ and by the Declaration of the Rights of Man‚ passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France in 1789‚ a document that was written in the spirit of secular natural

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    Monica M. Jones Dr. James Rosenheim History 437 30 Apr 2013 The Last Dying Words Executions in 18th century Britain are a subject of merit for study as an insight into the lives of people of during that time. In the spirit of that aim‚ one could focus upon the final accounts of the condemned just before or on the day of their executions. Executions were a main attraction to the local townspeople during this period. There were several reasons for the popularity of executions – one being

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    Over the course of two centuries‚ the ways that wars and battles are fought have changed drastically‚ and yet the end goal has always remained the same‚ to win and not be defeated no matter at what cost. As the progression of the Industrial Revolution escalated‚ it paved the way for what could be produced to help military forces win in battle. Industrialization during the 18th & 19th centuries caused the battles of Waterloo and the Somme to be a great example of how industrialization helped evolve

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