The most important contribution to European expansion was the search for new trade routes. Christopher Columbus in 1492 accidentally stumbled across the Americas on his way to India in search of foreign goods and a new‚ quicker path to get to them. The Europeans already had trade routes‚ but each of them had a flaw. Either the route was too long‚ too costly‚ or too long. The main countries of their times sent different explorer’s to find new trade routes. Portuguese Prince Henry (the Navigator)
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Emmeline Pankhurst contributed significantly to the national history of the United Kingdom as she led the movement to win the right for women to vote in the United Kingdom. Although her contribution and fight for equal voting rights in the UK‚ also had an influence on other countries as they inspired by Pankhurst’s actions strived to achieve the same outcome. While Pankhurst accomplished something great for women in her time‚ her actions also positively impacted the women after her death‚ and the
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To the Student: John Smith is a character of some legend in American history. He is a controversial early leader of the near failed settlement at Jamestown‚ Virginia. There are a lot of theories and arguments about Smith’s credibility as an author. Considering the early failure of Jamestown and the Virginia Company’s desire to cover up the disaster‚ Smith was first hailed as a hero by the Company only later to be used as their scapegoat. Wikipedia has an excellent short explanation on the doubtful
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the rise of Fascism and the war. Therefore‚ the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference‚ as the Bretton Woods conference was officially called‚ created the International Monetary Fund (the IMF) to prevent economic crises and to rebuild economies shattered by the war. The IMF would be aimed at stabilizing global financial markets and national currencies by providing the resources to establish secure monetary policy and exchange rate regimes‚ in reconstruction and development. The IMF
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr.‚ born August 17th 1887‚ also known as the "Black Moses" is one of those leaders most people are unaware of. It is a shame because he was a great man and through his actions‚ his beliefs‚ and the man he was he made many contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. Jamaican and US black nationalist leader. In 1914 Marcus Garvey along with Amy Ashwood founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). After moving to the United States in 1916‚ he established branches of
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plague civilization and I hope that my contribution to society will allow me to find a cure. Out of all of the events that have happened during my lifetime‚ not a single one has had a greater impact on my life as much as the loss of my grandfather. When I was young I would spend a lot of time with my grandfather every day after school he would pick me up and take me back to his house. He would entertain me with magic tricks or
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have experienced adversity to get where they are today through true commitment‚ leadership‚ and admirable work ethic has influenced the individual I am now. Thus‚ I would like to apply the lessons I’ve learned from them and advance towards my own contributions to the Honors College community. I began as someone who attended additional lessons to improve my education‚ but eventually developed into an individual who now aids others in their academic-related troubles. Currently‚ I’m assisting a Sophomore
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"Management information system is essential for creating competitive firms‚ managing global corporations‚ and providing useful products and services to customers." (Laudon‚ 2002‚P1) It provides information figure of reports and displays to managers. For example‚ sales managers may use their computer workstations to get sales results of their products and to access weekly sales analysis reports‚ and then evaluate sales made by each salesperson. "Management information systems arose in the 1970s to
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Chinese Contributions Ancient China was vastly innovated and superior with its innovations and contributions that are still being used throughout the world today. Ancient Chinese inventions such as silk‚ paper‚ gun powder‚ printing‚ tea‚ wheel barrow‚ porcelain‚ toilet paper and the compass have been vital to not only the Chinese culture‚ but also to world civilization. Without a doubt‚ I believe paper‚ printing‚ gun powder and the compass are the most useful inventions/contributions from the
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Contributions of the Six Giants Thales of Miletus * He founded the geometry of lines‚ so is given credit for introducing abstract geometry. * Developed the first general theorems in geometry. * He was the first to demonstrate the truth of geometric relationship by showing that it flowed in a logical and orderly fashion from a set of universally accepted axioms called postulates Pythagoras
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