In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus navigated in order to gain the resources and find a brand new way to Asia‚ accidentally discovered “new” lands in the Americas. And then‚ other European countries followed his step and started the and invasion and exploration. Columbus sailed and found that the European colonists and explorers sounded the horn first‚ encouraging them to set off a wave in succession to the new world‚ thus opens the process of human globalization. Countries such as Spain‚ Portugal‚ Italy
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Notes on the Renaissance (and useful hyperlinks) Vocabulary: A polymath (Greek polymathēs‚ "having learned much") is a person with encyclopedic‚ broad‚ or varied knowledge or learning….Renaissance Man and Homo Universalis are related terms to describe a person who is well educated‚ or who excels‚ in a wide variety of subjects or fields. (wikidepia) The Renaissance – An Overview (from http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/index.html) Between 1300 and 1600 the Western world was
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“Columbus‚ The Indians‚ and Human Progress” from A People’s History of the United States. By Howard Zinn World History A Socratic Seminar Discussion Agenda Ms. Powell Questions of Fact: These are questions that ask you to recall particular details or events from the text. There is only one answer and it can be directly identified as to page and paragraph. 1. Describe the Arawaks. 2. How does Zinn describe Spain? 3. What‚ according to Zinn‚ were Columbus’s motivations for going on
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Columbian Exchange was a widespread transfer of animals (livestock)‚ plants‚ culture‚ technology‚ ideas‚ human populations (slaves as well)‚ and microbes between Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. The Columbia Exchange started occurring right after Christopher Columbus’ voyage in 1492. With the Americas opened to the world‚ there were many effects on everyone involved in trade both in a positive and negative way. One of the biggest problems with the Columbian Exchange was that everyone was vulnerable towards
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Ferdinand of Aragon: Changing Spain Ferdinand of Aragon was a leader that changed Spain completely. He faced hardships but battled through them continually growing power. Although‚ he didn’t do it alone. His accompaniment of Isabella‚ Germaine de Foix‚ and later his children allowed Ferdinand to take over. He made a forever lasting impact on what is Spain today. Fernando nació el diez de marzo de 1452 en Sos‚ Aragón. La familia de Fernando consistió en su padre Juan Segundo de Aragon y su madre
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examples I would like to mention to show that if it wasn’t for the opportunity then the luck never would have. Christopher Columbus was credited with discovering the new world .If not for the Queen of Portugal financing the adventure and given him three ships‚ then he never would have discovered the West Indies because his own country did not believe in him. Christopher Columbus was prepared to take on the expedition but the Queen of Portugal with her kindness gave him the opportunity. Luck
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I agree that American history began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus made contact with the New World from a national point of view. It was the start of mass migration and exploration of the new lands of the people of Europe to the Americas that would create the colonies and territories that would come to form some of the most powerful and industrialized nations. Of course‚ Columbus’s achievement did not mean that he had created the America’s. The continents have been on Earth since its beginning
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1. Howard Zinn‚ author of A Peoples History of the United States believes that American history is influenced the most by the following concepts: class‚ racism‚ and a bias against the government elitists. Zinn is able to showcase these ideas by featuring the viewpoint of those who are commonly swept under the rug; the conquered‚ enslaved‚ worked and dominated. Zinn brings to light that America has been run by rich white males for most of this nations existence‚ and the assumption that the upper
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one younger. His family was friends with a wealthy Medici family. He worked with the merchants who supplied Christopher Columbus’ voyages. There is a letter that he might have written that indicated that he sailed through the west Indies and central America. It also said that he “discovered” Venezuela before Christopher Columbus did. If this is true then it means that Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover the new world. It would be Vespucci. The letters that he wrote were sent to the
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Juan Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De Leon he was born in 1474 in the village of Santervas del Campo . He died July 1521 in Havana‚ Cuba for an arrow after of the travel to Florida. He was an explorer and conquistador the first to discovered Florida. He was military occupation and colonial ruler general rank participated in the war of Granada. The surname de “Leon” does not refer to it’s place of original‚ but was added by the descendants of Pedro Ponce De Cabrera. In the thirteenth century
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