in Latin America‚ Western Europe‚ and throughout the rest of the world. Due to the appearance of various revolutions and rising social and political conflicts and innovations‚ women played and increasingly larger role throughout the world. For the two diverse regions like that‚
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The Black Death The Black Death almost wiped out all of Western Europe. The Black Death was carried by flea infested rat. These rats came from ships coming from Asia. The rats thrived in the filthy streets of Western Europe. The Black Death killed 1/3 of Western Europe’s population. Although the Black Death devastated Western Europe it also had many benefits such as higher wages for peasants‚ job opportunities for women‚ and innovations in the work place. One of the benefits of the Black
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In response to the growing threat of the Muslim expansion against the Holy Roman Empire and the rest of Europe‚ Pope Urban II set forth a hazardous request at the Council of Clermont in 1095 for an army of Eastern and Western Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was
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transactions that involve prices and markets. Although it has its origins in antiquity‚ the development of capitalism is a European phenomenon‚ evolved in different stages‚ to be considered established in the second half of the nineteenth century. From Europe‚ specifically from England‚ the capitalist system was extended to the whole world‚ and the socioeconomic system almost exclusively on the world until the outbreak of World War I‚ after which she set a new socioeconomic system‚ the Communism‚ he became
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The Role of Christianity in Europe Christianity has always been playing an important role in people’s lives. In the past‚ it was the unifying power between nations; today‚ it has a great concern in secular issues; and what the future will bring ? We can only guess. Christianity is the largest religion practiced in the world‚ with an estimated number of believers ranges between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion‚ split into around 34‚000 separate denominations. Chiristianity is a monotheistic religion
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Western civilization changed dramatically between 1450 and 1750. While remaining an agricultural society‚ the West became very commercially active and developed a strong manufacturing sector. Many of the core areas of the West transformed; governments increased their powers‚ science became the centerpiece of intellectual life and ideas on family and marriage changed. These changes resulted from overseas expansion and increasing commercial dominance. Russia on the other hand was heavily concerned
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Feudalism � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �3� XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX IMPACT OF FEUDALISM Feudalism played a major role in the reorganization of medieval Europe. Feudalism was a political system that was based on the contracts between lords and vassals‚ for land and protection. Feudalism effected political‚ social‚ religious‚ and economical aspects of the "Middle Ages". Feudalism is defined as a type of government in which political power was treated as a private possession and was divided among
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THE DECLINE OF FEUDALISM There were three main reasons for the decline of feudalism. The development of the Magna Charta and the Model Parliament contributed to the decline of feudalism. The Bubonic Plague greatly affected the people of Europe and played a large part in the collapse of the social structure. The Hundred Years’ War was the final event leading to the end of feudalism. These three blows to the political structure made feudalism desolate by the late 1400’s. The development of the
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rapidly‚ one can see a long steady build-up toward it in Western Europe over many centuries. The extensive use of water wheels‚ windmills‚ and other labor saving devices all put the European mentality in touch with exploiting natural forces and laws to increase productivity. The Enlightenment’s scientific discoveries also laid the foundations for industrial and scientific advances of the 1800’s. All of these developments took place in Western Europe because of different forces that fed back on one another
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Around 1347 in Western Europe‚ an Asia epidemic‚ The Black Death became widely spread through frequent trading with infected cities. In three years’ time‚ one third or about twenty-five millions of Europe’s population was killed by the plague. The Black Death victims were susceptible to contracting the plague due the seven year famine that occurred directly before the outbreak. Shortage of food‚ caused by extreme weathers that prevented crop growth‚ weakened the population’s immunity to deadliest
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