the voyages have had an impact on the world. Whether it be revolutionary technology‚ or a never before seen level of determination‚ the Ming’s voyages would alter the course of history forever and begin to supplant the importance of naval dominance. Over a period of 28 years‚ Ming commander Zheng He led a series of conquests that would be crucial in expanding China’s borders and revolutionizing maritime trade and exploration until the days of Christopher Columbus. In 1405 AD‚ a cunning new Chinese
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single government to theories contemplating that Rome hadn’t fallen at all. Even today‚ many wonder exactly how one of the most influential civilizations in the history of the world crumbled after existing for more than half a millennium. There are many different opinions and explanations regarding this question; yet in order to understand how the Roman Empire fell‚ it is essential to know how it rose. The Roman Empire originated as a small city located on the west side of Italy’s peninsula‚ in the
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Slavery‚ where did it all begin? In 1619 a Dutch ship escorted 20 African slaves to Jamestown‚ Virginia know as the British Colony. During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ European settlers in North America were seeking out labor sourced servants. Europeans were mostly poor so they needed cheap labor sources which lead them to African slaves. There is not an exact number of how many slaves were brought to America but the number is close to 6 to 7 million during the 18th century. African slaves worked
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people wanted more land and money‚ the Europeans that came to America did not care about who was already on the land because they sought to grow and get what they wanted. The Cherokee Nation was one of the tribes that Americans did not care was there first. The Americans unethically moved the Cherokee people and took the Cherokee’s land and all the riches inside because they were determined to get whatever they wanted‚ in a time referred to as The Indian Removal. In 1791 America started to create
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Reconstruction was the time of rebuilding after the Civil War in the South when the radical Republicans wanted to grant equality to the freedmen. Even though there was success‚ reconstruction ultimately failed to grant equality. Eco Reconstruction failed to give the freedman economic stability‚ the sharecropping system made it impossible to gain economic stability‚ it explains that when a farmer promises land and seeds to a worker in exchange for half of the produced crop. In this cycle the worker would
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This fault‚ although it manifested in a number of disparate ways‚ could be summed up in one word: short-sightedness. This short-sightedness occurred in areas such as its attitudes‚ its failure to modify the rigid Lycurgus system‚ its tactical naiveté‚ its failure to adapt when opponents began hiring mercenary armies
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On the morning of June 17th‚ 1972‚ burglars charged with attempted robbery and attempting to bug phone lines were arrested in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. This robbery began one of the most infamous scandals‚ later to be named “The Watergate Scandal”‚ in American history‚ and put the president himself under the microscope of the law. The Supreme Court tried the case against President Nixon and his seven aides who helped him cover up the conspiracy. After Nixon’s refusal to give
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P-233 Questions 6 - In my opinion‚ Napoleon was the creator of his times because he was the one that build the French empire and his time as the French emperor and his quest to forges an empire was know as Napoleonic Wars. He is also the creation of the French Revolution because the French Revolution gave him the chance to show his military leader skill and rose up to became an emperor. His intelligence helped him created his time in history when he ruled French and forges an empire. Questions 7
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Why did so many die? Have you ever imagined turning to cannibalism‚ drinking water with waste in it‚ or even eating your family’s pet to survive? The colonist of Jamestown were forced to these inhumane methods of survival to stay alive during the hard times that occurred during the existence of Jamestown. A large percent of Jamestown’s population died because of the constant lack of fresh water‚ food shortages‚ diseases brought by mosquitoes ‚ and the Powhatan Native Americans that neighbord the
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Macintosh File System vs. BSD UNIX File System Macintosh File System vs. BSD UNIX File System. Why did Apple change? In order to find this answer I had first understand the two technologies and their background. Lets begin with Macintosh Operating System’s first file system named Hierarchical File System. Hierarchical File System was introduced in 1985 to support Apple’s first Macintosh model that contained a hard drive. The Hierarchical File System was created to overcome the performance issues
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