with the modernization and industrialization China has gone through‚ urban citizens are now more frequently using public transport‚ automobiles are increasingly being used more and people are hired to keep streets as clean as possible. With a little over three decades having past since the major industrial development‚ China has industrialized at an astonishing rate. This is especially apparent when comparing its much higher industrializing rates to Japan‚ the UK and the US. With such high rates of
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death of Mary Queen of Scots‚ religion‚ refusal of marriage‚ Dutch revolt and the French civil war. But even before the Spanish set sail like in 1587 Drake attacked a large number of ships at the Cadiz harbour‚ then the barrels of food and drink went mouldy and sour because the barrels were made from new wood and were still damp which made them mouldy and sour. Then the Spanish tried to pick up some Dutch soldiers but there was confusion on where they’d be picked‚ because communication was very poor
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Barrett December 11‚ 2012 Period 4 DBQ~~Silver As silver grew popular‚ it had many affects globally. Silver was seen positively as a way to increase trade and to involve the government in society whereas silver was not liked as it destabilized societies. Ralph Fitch‚ a British merchant‚ and He Qiaoyuan‚ a Ming dynasty court official both believed silver was a great asset to trade. Similarly‚ Ming court official‚ Wang Xijue and Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa‚ a Spanish priest‚ admired silver seeing it
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Neil Phillips Jr. History 52 5/30/2012 During the 16th and 17th centuries Europe underwent change in Science. The Scientific Revolution changed the way people were able to perceive things and with this it attacked the already instituted system of Scholasticism. This new perception had effect on other areas besides science; it had an effect on philosophy. Natural philosophers using reason instead of faith‚ produced philosophies based on existing knowledge. These natural philosophers include Francis
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By the 10th century‚ gunpowder began to be used for military purposes in China in the form of rockets and explosive bombs fired from catapults. The first reference to cannon appears in 1126 when oil bamboo tubes were used to launch missiles at the enemy. Eventually bamboo tubes were replaced by metal tubes‚ and the oldest cannon in China dates from 1290. From China‚ the military use of gunpowder appears to have spread to Japan and Europe. "It was used by the Mongols against the Hungarians in 1241 and
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Germany and Japan Germany and Japan were part of the second wave of modernizing nations. They did not start industrializing until the second half of the nineteenth century. It was nearly a century after the French revolution and the beginning of British industrialization. They did have an advantage in being the second wave‚ for one they could learn from the technologies and techniques that were used in Europe before them and implement these systems into their own industries. Germany and Japan did not
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Isabella Granger 12/30/12 AP Euro Hist. DBQ essay The power of Nobility For many centuries‚ the lucky people were born into noble families. It didn’t matter if they turned out to be as great as their other family members. They were born noble and nothing could possibly take that away from them. The greatness of a person could only be recognized by which family they were born into. In the 16th century‚ this started to change. Those who worked hard and did actions
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Technology is the building block of any society: it allows for new advancements to be made that improve daily life. Two such societies that made advancements in technology included the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire. As the expansion of the empire increased‚ the Romans built roads that linked these regions together. These roads were built in such a way that allowed for easier travel: roads were paved and allowed for water to run off. In addition‚ the empire also developed the transportation of
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Starting off the year with 3 different Spanish teachers has been an extreme task for the Freshman as well as the upperclassman this year. Freshman students have struggled with understanding as well as speaking the language because of the adjustment through each teacher. Students in first year Spanish classes excitedly walked into their Spanish classes eager to learn the new language. With only a couple of weeks into school there was already an issue with the first teacher. Freshman were frustrated
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chose to research about Japan. In this paper I will talk about Japan’s physical geography‚ economic system‚ political system‚ historical overview‚ and the current events of Japan. First I will talk about Japan’s physical geography. Japan consists of many thousands of islands. Although there is thousands of islands‚ there are four main islands‚ 8 regions‚ and 47 prefectures. The first island is Honshu‚ which is the mainland. Honshu is the second most populated island in Japan. For a better visual of
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