(A) - Early Forms of the Death Penalty Ancient China - First established death penalty laws 18th century BCE - Code of king Hammurabi of Babylon - Earliest form of unified system of justice. Death penalty for 25 crimes‚ including an “eye for an Eye” 16th century BCE - Egypt - first historically recorded death sentence (a man was accused of using magic) 14th century BCE - Hittite code - also prescribed the death penalty 621 BCE - Draconian code of Athens - ‘the death
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Travel writers or adventurers all write pieces that deal with the same premise: the discovery and experience of the New World. However‚ in their writing‚ it is evident that there is an ulterior motive in mind. These motives or purposes can be classified in two broad categories: to persuade people to come to the new world and to warn people of the dangers they may encounter in the new world. It is easy to explore these themes by paying particular attention a couple of notorious writers: Christopher
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non-Christians he expected to meet. He sailed with three ships (the Niña‚ Pinta and Santa Maria) and on his first trip made landfall somewhere in the Bahamas. He returned to Europe to spread the word‚ and was named "Admiral of the Ocean Seas" by Ferdinand and Isabella. He made three more voyages in the following years‚ always believing that he had reached Asia‚ and his success opened the door for Spain to conquer the Americas. Five centuries after his daring voyage‚ Columbus is still famous but is also
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Religion played both the role of an asset and a liability in the case of centralization during the age of the reformation. Religion was successful in creating a common characteristic‚ by which people categorized themselves. For example‚ Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile reformed Spain by requiring all citizens to be Catholic. This would allow them to have better control and a shared attribute with the citizens of Spain‚ which would allow for a more centralized territory that would become a
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The Treaty of Alcáçovas‚ also known as Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo‚ was the first agreement to regulate the colonial possessions. It received this name because it was signed in the villa of Alcáçovas‚ in 1479‚ by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon and Alfonso V of Portugal ad his son‚ Juan. It was developed in order to solve the following main issues: - End with the hostility‚ that had increased after the War of the Castilian Succession‚ between Castile and Portugal - Divide the territories
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was to find land on which they can settle on and build a colonie based on their beliefs. Majority of the settlers that have came to the americas tried to convert natives in to their principles and religion. Christopher Columbus’s letter to Ferdinand and Isabella has brief rules on how he is planning to organize and grow the colonies. In rule 4 he states “there shall be a church‚ and parish priests or friars to administer the sacraments‚ to preform divine worship‚ and for the conversion of the Indians
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The Spanish Inquisition was a judicial intuition in a sense. It helped to unit power in the monarchy‚ although many researchers today‚ think otherwise. A few researchers today believe that the Spanish Inquisition formed for political‚ economic‚ and religious reasons. The Inquisition was established in 1478 by the church of Spain and operated mostly in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. The Spanish Inquisition’s main objective‚ if you will‚ was to limit as much intertwining of Catholicism and
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The meeting of cultures • North America first discovered when nomads crossed the Bering Strait(into alaska) • Migrations began 14000-16000 years ago‚ possibly earlier • Resulted from tools‚ spears‚ hunting supplies that made it easier to hunt large animals‚ that crossed between the two continents‚ drawing people into unsettled territories • Mongolian descent (present day Siberia) • Southern Tip of South America discovered around 8000 BC • By 1500 (Europeans coming)‚ there were more people in the
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but better.These inventions and their food would be brought over the Old World after contact. While empires were being built‚ cochineal harvested‚ and corn becoming a reality‚ tensions were rising in Europe. The rulers at the time‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella‚
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weapons. At the same time‚ new planes with more powerful engines that could climb higher were built. and the British and French planes also began to carry ammunition that contained phosphorus‚ which would set the hydrogen-filled zeppelins afire. Ferdinand had lost many Zeppelins during first world war. Several zeppelins were disappearing due to bad weather and 17 were shot down because they could not climb as fast as the
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