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    Jose Andino Art 11 10/18/11 Compare and Contrast Sainte-Foy and the Chartres Both the Chartres cathedral and the Saint-Foy have many things in common and also many things that differentiate them from one another. Firstly they are both Christian churches‚ so they were made to worship Jesus Christ as the lord and savior. They are both located in northern Europe ; the Chartres in Chartres‚ France as it is named after the town‚ and then the Saint-Foy in Conques‚ France. Both of them were

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    when conquering other countries. The European Imperialists made attempts to conquer China and Japan. In this process‚ they succeeded by influencing Japan greatly. However‚ they were not as successful with China. At the end of the eighteenth century‚ China’s goods were much desired by Britain. However‚ the Chinese saw Europeans as savages and did not want to trade with them. During trade‚ there was an imbalance in China’s favor‚ because the Europeans were forced to buy Chinese goods using

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    September 24nd‚ 2014 Bianca Teixeira Conquest‚ Exploration and Exchange Essay The conquest of the New World by Europeans had both positive and negative affects for both the conquered peoples and the Europeans. Although the Exploration benefited many people‚ it negatively affected the people in the New World enormously. Christopher Columbus decided to travel to the New World where he thought he has discovered

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    To begin Leopold’s exploration of Africa‚ he began to pine after Henry Morton Stanley. At the time Stanley was exploring Africa and had crossed the entire continent‚ east to west. He became the first white man to chart the Congo’s course and find where it came from. In 1878 Stanley and Leopold met to discuss the things Stanley had found in Africa. Stanley told Leopold that the Congo held the potential of a powerful transportation system‚ that there was no military threat from the tribal people‚ and

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    European settlers went through many changes after the discovery of New America because of Christopher Columbus voyage. The Europeans accidentally found the American land which was originally owned by Native American tribes. The Native American culture was very liberal and had very different lifestyles when it came to beliefs in religion‚ owning land‚ medicines‚ hunting farming and family. The Native Americans did not see people as enemies and believed that many people could be invited to join their

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    when it came to trading. The major turning point for Europe was the introduction of it to the Americas. As more explorers came over to the new world‚ the idea of colonizing it became very dominant. As individuals took the risk and started up settlements‚ they became faced with the indigenous peoples of this area of the world. The contact between these two cultures was critical to the survival of the European settlers. The indigenous peoples taught them how to survive in this new world‚ along with how

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    The age of exploration‚ which began to flourish in the sixteenth century‚ marked the beginning of an era of European global expansion and cultural discovery. As a result of the new imperialism crafted from the motives of expansion‚ the European conquerors and those they conquered from the New World similarly endured adjustments of cultural significance and demographic fluctuation; however‚ the actual ways in which these fields were impacted and the degree to which they were influenced differed greatly

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    The Spanish age of Exploration was motivated by a desire for new territory‚ wealth and trading partners. The colonisation by the Spanish had a detrimental effect on the Aztec and the Inca civilisations. The Aztecs and Incas were a very advanced civilisation that the Spanish had never seen before. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas‚ they were surprised to see clean‚ ordered and well planned cities with temples and architecture that was unknown to the Spanish. The Aztec Empire particularly

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    factors explain the similarities and differences in the two ventures? The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1600’s to the 1700’s during which Europeans explored the world‚ searching for trade partners and desirable goods. During this time‚ the three most influential European nations were Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England. If fingers had to be pointed at which country started the Age of Exploration‚ it would be Portugal‚ because if it had not been for the carrack and then the caravel

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    similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first "discovered" the Americas in the late 1400s-early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. When the first European explorers reached North America‚ they thought

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