Historians estimate that between 1500 and 1870‚ more than eleven million men and women were captured and carried across the Atlantic Ocean in large ships meant to house slaves in horrific conditions. The passengers were transported to the West Indies‚ Brazil or other parts of the new and forming Americas. These people were enslaved Africans‚ and their lives onboard these slaves’ ships were worse than any pain imaginable at the time. During the 1500s‚ Europeans saw enslaved Africans as inexpensive
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Change Over Time: Christianity’s Impact on Europe Christianity had spread its influence widely over the Mediterranean well before 1500. Many of the world’s major religions rose during the same time as Christianity‚ but Christianity didn’t stand out during those times. There were other religions such as Islam and Hinduism that were uniting their people more and contributing more to the world than Christianity was. The development of the Renaissance in Italy and the spreading of the Renaissance made
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|Social |The Silk Road separates China from Europe and Western Asia. It was a very dangerous route. Much of it| | |is taken up by the Taklimakan desert‚ one of the most hostile environments. There is almost no | | |vegetation‚ and very little rainfall. Sandstorms were very common‚ and killed many people. | |Political |The western end of the trade route developed earlier than the eastern end‚
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Europe during the age of imperialism Ever wondered what the age of imperialism actually was? Well the age of imperialism is a time period (1870) when nations were influencing and colonizing other nations to expand their power in the world. The imperialism had existed throughout our whole history. Every nation uses imperialism to help them gain power‚ and conquer the world. During the age of imperialism which lasted through 1870-1914‚ Europe played a huge role‚ since they became very successful conquering
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and what were the factors leading to its decline in Western Europe? It can be argued that the end of Feudalism was due to many economic changes; mainly that of the change to a coin-based or monetary trade system‚ rather than that of labor in exchange for land. However‚ for the purpose of this essay‚ I will represent these factors as results of the decline of Feudalism‚ not the causes. The feudal system functioned throughout medieval Western Europe as a form of social‚ political‚ and economic organization
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Humanism‚ Printing press‚ and Renaissance art changed Europe Europe was changed by humanism‚ the printing press‚ and Renaissance art. Humanism stressed the study of classical subjects. The printing press had a good impact on Europe. The Renaissance also had a good impact on Europe‚ it resulted in unique works. Humanism is a Renaissance cultural movement that turned away medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. The goal of humanism was to make good people.
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Christian Europeans civilizations began to emerge in Western Europe. The Frankish rule the emerged from within Rome established a Christian state that lasted that was founded by Clovis and was continually passed down to the sons from the Merovingians founded by Clovis‚ the Carolingians led by Charles Martel and Pepin III‚ to the age of Charlemagne following Pepin’s death. Although Charlemagne’s empire was able to improve the status of Western Europe‚ after Charlemagne’s death divisions among the heirs
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Despite how the trade economy expanded and the political status increased in Western Europe (600 - 1750 C.E.)‚ there was much political disunity throughout Western Europe. After the discovery of the Americas‚ much changed in Western Europe’s economy. Because the start of mining and beginning of cash crops‚ they needed to import slaves. This created the Triangle Trade‚ and therefore brought much wealth to Western Europe. There was a large silver inflation because of the mining‚ and Spain and Portugal
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In Europe‚ the years following the destruction brought on by World War II‚ were filled with supply shortages‚ political upheaval and economic instability. On March 1‚ 1947‚ Secretary of State‚ George C. Marshall. attended a meeting of Foreign Ministers in Moscow. During this meeting‚ Secretary Marshall became convinced of Moscow’s willingness to exploit the turmoil in order to further its expansion of a Communist ideology throughout Europe. To combat the expansion of Communism‚ he began developing
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When Czar Peter I of Russia visited western Europe for the first time he was so inspired that he wanted to westernize Russia. He visited western Europe in 1697 to learn more about Europe’s customs. He saw that the country was far behind the rest of the world and he was not the only country to realize this. Although he has many reforms he did not want to destroy Russian culture. One of the ways he westernized Russia was by changing the calendar they used‚ most of the world used the calendar from
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