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    European Slave Trading

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    BALLO Hermine – Richard B. Allen‚ “Satisfying the Want for Labouring People: European Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean‚ 1500-1850” - 02/27/2016 Richard Allen’s article replaces the “want for labouring people” or slaves in its context. The French‚ British and Dutch colonies of the Indian Ocean had a strong need for an inexpensive labor‚ especially since the local workforce was every expensive. The article also refutes common misconceptions about the slave trading in the Indian Ocean and shows

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    Between the 1300’s to the 1500’s‚ Europeans wanted to explore. There are four major reasons why Europeans wanted to explore Asia. The reasons included economy‚ culture‚ politics‚ and technological advances.The European were looking for new ideas to bring back to Europe. The first reason for exploration is economics. Europeans wanted spices‚ perfumes‚ silks‚ precious stones‚ exotic foods‚ and tightly woven colorful rugs. Asia had all of these goods. European Merchants realized that they could make

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    After the industrial revolution‚ imperialism became a common practice of European nations to take over weaker nations or regions and dominates its economic‚ political‚ and cultural life. Imperialism affected many countries in Asia such as China‚ India‚ Japan‚ and Africa. European expansion began in the 15th century however the process greatly accelerated in the 19th century. British economic and political interest in India began in the 17th century‚ when the East India Company established trading

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    European Custom Law

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    European Custom Law. The Customs Union is one the bases of the European Union and an essential element in the functioning of the unified market. The unified market can only function when there is a common application of common rules at its external borders. This implies that the 27 Customs administrations of the EU must act‚ as they were one. These common rules go beyond the Customs Union as such‚ and extend to all aspects of trade policy‚ such as preferential trade‚ health‚ environmental

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    African Imperialism stated in the 1880s. Before european imperialism in Africa‚ there were thousands of different tribes‚ nations; cultures and languages. Also that there were different ethnic groups often in conflict. The reason why the European imperialism africa was to spread Christianity they wanted everyone to be Christianly. Another reason why they imperialism Africa was to abolition slavery and because because of the natural resource that there were in Africa like rubber‚ gold and other materials

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    Famous Rivalry: Nikolas Tesla Vs. Thomas Edison Kayla Olson Washburn University Abstract Two brilliant inventors whose famous rivalry of electrical inventions changed the course of history. Nikolas Tesla came to New York and started working for Thomas Edison in 1884. The famous feud known as the “War of Currents” started between the two in the late 1800s over whose current system was superior. Edison developed direct current‚ which is a current that runs continually in a single direction‚ like

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    As a result of Shakespeare’s authentic characters‚ the relationship between Katherina and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew is utterly realistic. It shows every bit of the forever living concepts of sibling rivalry such as jealousy‚ envy and hate. One of the ways that the sisters’ rivalry is explained is the constant humiliation that Baptista‚ their father‚ causes in public. Gentlemen‚ importune me no farther‚ For how I firmly am resolved you know; That is‚ not to bestow my youngest daughter

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    right thing. However‚ this rarely happened and the result of imperialism hurt the colony. In some instances‚ they Europeans actually did bring new technology to the civilizations that they took over. When they took over the Ndebele people of Nigeria‚ they brought plows‚ European clothes‚ and education (Kumalo). Even though the Ndebele people now had access to plows and other European technology‚ there were still a lot

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    countries involved in the renaissance were dramatic.Where the European Renaissance took place and what it is about is surprising but also important‚ with the way of thinking that revolutionized art and literature‚ and the movement of humanism that changed the culture. The European Renaissance was a fascinating era‚ before the renaissance it was “a long period or cultural decline and stagnation.” (Renaissance; Britannica). Europeans tried to go back to the traditional culture of ancient Greece and

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    European Studies 5N1444

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    1. The European Community was initially formed with aims of securing lasting peace and ending frequent warfare within Europe‚ most notably World War II which left the continent divided between the communist east and democratic west. Robert Schuman‚ the French Minister of foreign affairs at the time‚ therefore presented a plan for a common organisation of German and French coal and steel production which would subsequently expand across the rest of Europe to unite the nations both economically and

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