Q1: Defend or refute one of the following statements: The European encounter with the Americas can be viewed as a disaster and a tragedy. Or The European encounter with the Americas can be seen as inevitable development in the history of humanity with long-run positive results. The European encounter with the Americas has more of a negative affect than a positive affect. After Columbus had came back from America with gold‚ many monarchs and countries got excited by the gold and sought formal confirmation
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Japan and Europe both had periods of feudalism in the early points of last millennia. Both systems of feudalism had different treatments of women‚ diffrent codes of honor‚ and different rulers. The rulers in Europe were kings‚ with very little power. Most of the power of the kings was in the hands of the Catholic church. The Catholic Church and the kings would give fiefs to those under them in the feudal system‚ the lords and vassals. These lords and vassals would allow peasants and serfs to live
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During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that
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Rome and Han China had both similar and different characteristics about their empires‚ while existing at the same time. While thousands of miles separated Rome and Han China‚ neither influenced the other. They both lasted approximately 400 years‚ with populations of about 50 million. The Roman Empire encompassed all the land that surrounded the Mediterranean Sea‚ as well as large portions of Continental Europe and the Middle East. The Han Empire however‚ stretched from the Pacific ocean to the oases
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Compare and Contrast Classical China and India The foundations were set for these two Classical developing empires: China‚ separated from other developing empires and India‚ supported by them. While both Classical China and India had hierarchy’s based on agriculture and organized patriarchal societies‚ India developed multiple institutions‚ such as language‚ while China developed one united dialect. Agriculture helped set a hierarchy for these classical civilizations. For example‚ China categorized
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settled near rivers. Ancient China civilizations established on the Huang-He River Valley‚ while early Mesopotamian civilizations settled near the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley. While both Huang-He River Valley and Mesopotamia have similar politics they also differed in the interactions with the environment and economics. China and Mesopotamia had several ways of interacting with the environment. China`s type of farming differed from Mesopotamian`s farming style. China used terrace farming while
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The European nations all had at least one thing in common when they came to the Americas and that was to increase their wealth. The Europeans thought of themselves as bold‚ fearless‚ and heroic explorers that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new kind of world. The Native Americans believed the Europeans were ruthless marauders. The truth is that both the Europeans and Native Americans’ viewpoints were right. The Americas were unknown and nonexistent to Europeans until their courageous
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Indians vs. Europeans When the Europeans first arrived in America they found an Indian culture completely different from their own. They viewed this culture as barbaric and animalistic. The European culture involved a strict hierarchy‚ and only people with white skin were accepted. Indian society was much more accepting‚ and they based their religious views on nature. When Cortes first came from Spain he was surprised by all the idols that the people were worshipping‚ and he eventually killed
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The age of exploration marked the period of Europe’s expeditions to India‚ Asia‚ and the Americas. The focal point of these voyages were to attain wealth. These discoveries permanently altered the face of geography. The first country to set off the dawn of discovery was Portugal‚ sponsored by Prince Henry‚ where they explored the west coast of Africa. Later Portugal successfully ventured around the southern tip of Africa and found a new sea route to India by Vasco de Gama. Portugal also discovered
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The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were very common in the aspect of their downfall and collapse. Han China had a well-organized bureaucracy based upon Confucian ideas and education. In addition‚ they also had emphasis on family ancestors (patriarchal)‚ reliance on landed gentry‚ and accomplishments in engineering; which includes roads‚ canals‚ and the Great Wall. The Roman Empire contained a well-organized bureaucracy as well which was founded on Roman law and classical learning. They also implied
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