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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Wilson WHAP-B 11 February 2015 Changes and Continuities Over Time in Europe from 1450-1900 The region of Western Europe has undergone many shifts in their political‚ economic‚ and social structures throughout the centuries. Through centuries of searching for their identity‚ Western Europe emerged as a world power with their unique cultural and economical identity. From the 1450s to the 1900s‚ the economic structures shifted from once based purely on bullion to an industrialized economy while their colonial
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Counter/Catholic Reformation gave rise to a permanent split in European beliefs‚ altering entire governments as they grew away from the Church‚ forcing the ecclesiastical hierarchy to improve it’s methodology whilst new beliefs developed‚ changing viewpoints on the immorality of usury and monetary gain and setting up Europe of the future rise of Capitalism. The reformation brought about a change in beliefs that greatly affected how certain countries were ruled. In 1531 the Schmalkaldic League was
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From 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.‚ Japan experienced unexpected political and economic transformation‚ yet the cultural continuities were much perserved. It was during this time period that the Japanese government became more politically centralized and economically flourishing. Meanwhile‚ the cultural traditions were much maintained‚ though new forms existed. To begin with‚ dramatic political changes started in Japan from decentralized to dictatorship. In the early fifteenth century‚ decentralization
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European Exploration and Conquest During the age of exploration Europe’s powerful nations greatly influenced numerous parts of the world. Britain‚ Spain‚ and France all took part in the rush to conquer newly discovered lands and other areas in Asia and the pacific. However‚ it didn’t just affect the lands that were being explored; it had a noticeable influence of the “mother” nations. New products were introduced‚ the European economy got a boost‚ new trading routs were opened‚ and new colonies
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Log 4- Factors that Promoted National Unity There were many factors that promoted national unity during the early 1800’s. The creation of national literature and art‚ an increase in economic activity‚ and the western expansion were some of the most significant. In the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ there was a creation of national literature. Many authors began to write about America instead of Europe like they had been prior to the war of 1812. By this time‚ we had been in America for almost
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The Europeans did not really have an interest in sailing the world and exploring foreign lands‚ but that all changed by the 1400s. What led to the Europeans wanting to explore the world was the desire to grow rich and to spread Christianity‚ coupled with advances in sailing technology‚ spurred an age of European exploration. The main motive for exploring the world was the the desire for new sources of wealth. The Europeans figured that overseas trade would bring a lot of wealth their way through
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have even risked their lives in its cause. Space exploration holds a special place in science as it is something that we know a lot about‚ yet there is so much we need to learn about the cosmos. Space travel and space agencies all over the world are developing new theories‚ technologies‚ and plan to take space exploration to the next level; beyond the Moon. There are many things that need to be taken into consideration such as human risk and how space travel‚ which is such a new thing to humans
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1. The desire to spread Christianity and obtain money led to European exploration. The European countries believed that they had a duty to convert non Christians all over the world. Merchants and traders traveled overseas to get spices and luxury goods from Asia.The trading of spices and luxury goods was a profitable business in Europe. Spices such as nutmeg‚ cinnamon and pepper were introduced during the Crusades. After the Crusades‚ the demand for spices increased‚ but their wasn’t enough of a
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Problems 4-1. You have just taken out a five-year loan from a bank to buy an engagement ring. The ring costs $5000. You plan to put down $1000 and borrow $4000. You will need to make annual payments of $1000 at the end of each year. Show the timeline of the loan from your perspective. How would the timeline differ if you created it from the bank’s perspective? 0 1 2 3 4 5 4000 –1000 –1000 –1000 –1000 –1000 From the bank’s perspective‚ the timeline is the same except
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