Europe I. General Info A. Facts 1. birthplace of western civilization 2. influential on world development a. history - exploration b. philosophy - religion [ religious backgrounds in US & Latin America come from Rome ] c. ideology - gov [ democracy comes from Ancient Greece ] 3. continent - subregions a. Eastern (Central) b. Western B. Geography 1. major cities~refer to map 2. 2nd smallest Australia‚ 2.9) -4 sq. miles 3. population of 700 million +‚ density 65 ppl/sq
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allowed for creating larger markets and better transportation. Although these changes greatly benefitted Britain‚ initially‚ society had a hard time adjusting to these changes. The Industrial Revolution in Britain allowed for expansion in trade‚ feudalism‚ free market‚ and a new scientific approach to farming. Other new technologies began to take affect in Britain that helped benefit the nation including the use of iron replaced the diminishing charcoal supply‚ the production of the steam engine and
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this‚ particularly in the areas of religion (similarities in rise‚ differences in spread and role of Christianity and Islam)‚ trade (similarities in rebirth of commerce and rise of new economic systems) and political structure (differences with feudalism‚ similarities in theocracies and imperial). Religion was an important factor in the re-emergence of post-classical civilizations in both the Middle East and Europe. Both the religions of Christianity and Islam had their origins in the Semitic Near
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Absolute Monarchy As the Middle Ages began to come to a close‚ feudalism began to die out. The strongest lords began to consolidate power and lands‚ turning them into kingdoms with themselves as the King. Many of which sought to control their realms through absolute monarchy. However‚ absolute sovereignty is not always easily obtained. As history has shown us‚ a lot of these kingdoms had absolute monarch’s while others had a representative government along with the monarchy. What was the cause for
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Imperialism of the ‘Enlightened’ Nation The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended imperialistic goals of Japan and plunged the nation into a time period of instability and need for recovery. This left Japan’s land virtually destroyed‚ its economy handicapped and its people either mentally scarred or dead in result of its attempt to expand and control the four corners of the world. Many would say that this is one of multiple reasons as to why imperialism had an overall negative effect
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The Effects of Japan’s Geography On Its Culture & Economy Japan is an archipelago that is covered in mountains and consist more than six-thousand islands. Japan has a warm and wet climate‚ also since Japan has very little flat land it was a challenge to farm. Since farming was difficult the Japanese decided to grow rice‚ rice was very easy to grow and japan had the perfect weather to grow it. The geography of Japan was very strange for a civilization of people to live on. Only 15% of the land
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revolution‚ with the motive to destroy the Old Regime. Therefore revisionist would say that after 1791 it was the Peasantry Revolution‚ yet Lefebvre believed that the peasant and bourgeois had their own revolutions‚ and agreed on the abolition of feudalism‚ but what is evident is that once this was achieved‚ the peasantry withdrew from revolutionary action‚ because the common peasant were anti-capitalist in their attitude and hence‚ in conflict with the liberal-minded bourgeois revolutionaries. Although
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good leader that knows how to rule. Some people think that we should go back to the old rules and be strict. Well back in China they had 500 years of war which caused them to throw the whole country in disorder.Along with war‚ Mandate of Heaven and Feudalism. Now the Mandate of Heaven was a power that controlled human destiny.Also the King was the son of Heaven according to China and as long as he governed his people well‚ Heaven gave him the right to rule. Unless he didn’t govern well‚ the Heaven would
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society do you think most closely resembles the Canadian society of today? The societies and political structure during Renaissance Europe‚ Edo Japan and Aztecs all have their similarities and differences. In Edo Japan and Renaissance Europe‚ feudalism was the main structure of power; however in Renaissance Europe‚ a large emphasis was put on trading as well‚ but in Edo Japan no trade was allowed‚ as Japan was still in isolation. The Aztecs considered most of their workers as equals‚ but nobles
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Slide 1: The Evolution of Business. April 2012. Presented By Josie Boss Slide 2: Today’s discussion regarding the Evolution of Business will begin with Feudalism proceed to Mercantilism introduce us to Capitalism then Commerce explain Property Rights and final we will learn about The Industrial Revolution. Slide 3: The Concept of Feudalism at its heart involved a system of fair exchange. The King Granted Land‚ protection & title to Lords. In return‚ the Lords took an oath to the King promising
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