spices and "Indian" captives. He crossed the Atlantic several more times before his death in 1506; by his third journey‚ he realized that he hadn’t reached Asia but instead had stumbled upon a continent previously unknown to Europeans.The geological history of Earth follows the major events in Earth’s past based on the geologic time scale‚ a system of chronological measurement based on the study of the planet’s rock layers (stratigraphy). Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago by accretion from the
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and coherent social programs. The seven most essential ideas of the Enlightenment entailed the following: Progress It was essential for humans to progress and attain maturity from slavery‚ superstition and immaturity. It was thus a focus on human history as a story of progress from immaturity to freedom and reason attainment. Centrality of economics to politics Ideally the well being of any society is immensely dependent on the structure of its economy‚ and it was thus essential that the social
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Shannon Kelley History 102 10/19/12 World System theory While a world-system is described as a "world economy"‚ integrated through the market rather than a political center‚ in which two or more regions are interdependent with respect to necessities like food‚ fuel‚ and protection‚ and two or more polities compete for domination without the emergence of one single center forever. The founder of the system Immanuel Wallerstein‚ he describes the world system theory as a "multicultural territorial
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Daniel Boone: Frontiersman who blazed the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap and led settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee William Bradford: Second governor of Plymouth‚ served 30 years; wrote History of Plymouth Plantation Henry Clay: Leading War Hawk representing Kentucky Ralph Waldo Emerson: Served as a Unitarian minister for 6 years and developed his own religion called transcendentalism Patrick Henry: Famous patriot known for the declaration “Give me liberty or give me death”
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During the 19th century‚ women in America were considered second class citizens. They were looked down upon by men‚ both physically and intellectually. Although they lived in a free country‚ women often were confined within their own homes. Women were stereotyped as being weak‚ delicate and frail and any type of “unconventional work” was deemed hazardous for them. A woman’s main responsibility in life was to be subordinate to her husband and maintain the duties of the home. Women’s rights‚ as
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REPORT: NAPOLEON AND MODERN SOCIETY "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin‚ ~1784 As stated in the previous lesson‚ "All that Napoleon proposed and provided‚ the French generally agreed to‚ as long as the peace and security they so desperately sought came along with it." Many people in society today seem to hold to the same belief: "As long as I am safe and secure‚ it doesn’t matter what the government does
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their predecessors‚ Mongols did. They adopted the Chinese political system and which was widely accepted. Manchu’s had two strong emperors known as Kangxi and Qianlong who ruled China well over a century. Kangxi was the greatest ruler in Chinese history. He stabilized imperial rule and managed to make the dynasty acceptable to the general population. He was tolerant of the Christians and Jesuit missionaries‚ which became influential at court. After the death of Kangxi‚ his achievements were carried
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symmetry of the number eleven‚ the Great War‚ as it was then called‚ came to an end on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. The conclusion of World War One marks‚ quite logically‚ one ’bookend’ for both Canadian and world history. Two very different decades would follow. "The Roaring Twenties" were marked by unprecedented but unequally distributed prosperity. "The Dirty Thirties" witnessed untold suffering and hardship as the Great Depression left millions unemployed‚ destitute
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HISTORY OF KATIPUNAN GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO SUPREMO OF KATIPUNAN The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by Filipino anti-Spanish people in Manila in 1892‚ which was aimed primarily to gain independence from Spain through revolution. The society was initiated by Filipino patriots Andrés Bonifacio‚ Teodoro Plata‚ Ladislao Diwa‚ and others on the night of July 7‚ when Filipino writer José Rizal was sentenced to banished to Dapitan. Initially‚ Katipunan was a secret organization
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Grossmont College American History 108 Section FALL 2012 Select any four of the ten questions of your choice. Make ensure that you answer all parts of the question. Each answer should be at a minimum two to three pages in length and doubled spaced. You can use any sources to develop your answers to include the internet. You do not have to cite the sources. 1. What fundamental factors drew the Europeans to the exploration‚ conquest‚ and colonization of the New World? What was the impact
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