CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY Humanities 222 Summer 2013‚ Online Cat Anghelina‚ Ph.D.‚ Instructor Prerequisites: Communication Skills 101 (or equivalent in Basic Composition) Instructor email: cangheli@cscc.edu Office Hours: Available via e-mail; if you do not receive a response from me within 48 hours of sending me an e-mail‚ assume I have not received the e-mail and resend it. Course Description: The course familiarizes students with the world of Classical mythology; the human and
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The Americas before the arrival of the Spanish and Christopher Columbus were extremely different. Prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Spanish crew‚ the Americas were beautiful and an amazing sight to be seen. The Americas had luscious forests‚ magnificent wildlife‚ and extremely astounding terrains that had almost never even been stepped on. The land was green and the amount of new animals were thriving. But as soon as the Spaniards stepped foot onto these beautiful continents‚ everything
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different if Christopher Columbus<br>had not discovered America?"<br><br>Many circumstances led to Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America in 1492. He was born in the port city of Genoa‚ Italy. He learned the skills of seamanship from working on the sardine fishing fleets. It is also probable<br>that his father owned his own coastal schooner used for trading wool. He<br>had no formal education‚ which forced him to work in the field of sea navigation. In 1476‚ Columbus became a chart maker in Lisbon
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to fight them off and thousands died. Answer: 4) Olives‚ Onions‚ and Peaches came from the World to the World. Pineapples‚ Tobacco‚ and Potatoes came from the World to the World. Answer: 5) List 3 ways Columbus’ voyages impacted Native Americans 1) 2) 3) Primary Sources 6) A primary source is a document or physical object which was or during the and at the of the event. 7) A Young People’s History
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Christopher Columbus: An Evaluation of Contributions and Personality Who was the navigator‚ colonizer‚ and explorer extraordinaire that fearlessly journeyed the seas and “discovered” the great “New World”? It was Christopher Columbus‚ of course! However‚ in reality‚ Columbus didn’t actually discover the Americas. Rather‚ he traveled to an already-inhabited land with not-so-civilized inhabitants‚ and expropriated both the land‚ and the indigenous people. By doing this‚ he brought settlers from
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Oscar Wilde once said: “Perhaps‚ after all‚ America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.” If this was true‚ then shall we call Columbus the great detective? Or was it someone else who really “detected” America? The common knowledge lays in the fact that Christopher Columbus was the one who discovered America in 1492. However‚ this issue has always been a thorny one‚ since there isn’t enough evidence that this is a fact. Regarding the events that were
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Actually‚ it wasn’t even close to being like it. During this course‚ I found out that many of our historical figures weren’t what they were portrayed to be. First of all‚ Columbus wasn’t even the first person to discover America. There was in fact other explorers that had discovered the new world‚ but unlike Columbus didn’t claim it. Columbus also wasn’t as
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to find the spice route to India and only Vasco de Gama was able to reach it in 1498. Portugal eventually was successful in having trade stations in India‚ Africa‚ China‚ and the East Indies. Christopher Columbus’ exploration in 1492 was encouraged by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Columbus’ motives were to spread the word of Christianity and find wealth‚ mostly in gold. He landed in the Americas four times and southern portions of the Bahamas. He later moved to Hispanola were he could trade
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Christopher Columbus In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus began a historic voyage to the New World. Columbus discovered a new continent and proved his theory that the earth was not flat. His discovery of this new land sparked interest in many large European countries to discover the New World. The new super power of Europe‚ England‚ decided to sail to the new continent. The English settled along the shores of the present day United States of America. Along the mainland‚ they found many people of
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of living is wrong. That is what it seems to come down to when most conflicts in history are broken down. Men vs. women. Hippies vs. government officials. Blacks vs. whites. Jews vs.‚ well‚ everyone. All kidding aside it is very true. When Columbus first arrived in the Americas in 1492 he wrote‚ speaking of the Native Americans‚ “They were well-built‚ with good bodies and handsome features….They do not bear arms‚ and do not know them‚ for I showed them a sword‚ they took it by the edge and
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