Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer and navigator. He discovered the “New world” of the Americas on an expedition that was sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but never did. Instead‚ he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. His journeys kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents. He was born in what is now Italy. His parents’ names were Dominico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa
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tempest‚ to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There‚ his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio’s lowly nature‚ the redemption of the King‚ and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso’s son‚ Ferdinand. There is no obvious single source for the plot of The Tempest‚ but researchers have seen parallels in Erasmus’s Naufragium‚ Peter Martyr’s De orbe novo‚ and an eyewitness report by William Strachey of the real-life shipwreck of the Sea Venture on
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socially-constructed and arrogant Ferdinand. It is unclear exactly how much the love between him and Prospero’s daughter‚ Miranda‚ was engineered by Prospero and how much was actually love‚ but by using the love between the young couple‚ he can make Ferdinand into a upstanding and respectable young man. To do this he gives him some chores to do‚ such as carrying firewood and other menial tasks. He also freezes him with his magic and keeps him in chains for a while. In doing this‚ Ferdinand exclaims he would do
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(1915–18) Co-belligerents Jabal Shammar ...and others Commanders and leaders French Third Republic Raymond Poincaré British Empire George V Russian Empire Nicholas II Kingdom of Italy Victor Emmanuel III United States Woodrow Wilson Romania Ferdinand Empire of Japan Taishō Kingdom of Serbia Peter I Belgium Albert I ...and others German Empire Wilhelm II Austria-Hungary Franz Joseph I (1914–16)
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I do believe that Nationalism was the main cause of the war because it all began from countries trying to get their freedom from the Austria-Hungary Empire. Guarilo Principe shot Francis Ferdinand because he didn’t want to be under their control any longer. Then‚ of course‚ the other countries went to war not only because of the allied agreements but because they did not like the countries they were up against. In this war‚ there were two types of nationalism: there was the type where countries did
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New Monarchies‚ which were very powerful centralized governments with unified inhabitants‚ start emerging in the mid-15th century. Factors responsible for this advance were the vast demographic and economic growth. Before these New Monarchies were formed there were many changes the new monarchs had to make: including weakening powerful rivals‚ increasing revenue‚ unifying the country‚ and strengthening the power of the king and his bureaucracy. Three countries successful in strengthening themselves
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The Portuguese believed that Columbus was mistaken and had actually landed near the Canary Islands‚ which was Portuguese territory. He then sent a threatening letter to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I‚ forcing them to honor the Treaty of Alcaçovas. According to‚ The Treaty of Alcaçovas‚ signed September 4th 1479‚ “That neither… will they disturb [nor] trouble the said King and Prince of in their possession or quasi possession
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I’m going to explain why there were tensions between countries in Europe and why they led to war in 1914. For years before 1914‚ tension had been building in Europe. One cause of tension was overseas colonies. For example Germany and France clashed over in Morocco‚ between 1905 and 1911. This started by France who wanted to have more colonies in Africa. As Germany disliked this idea and wanted to test the “alliance” between France and Britain‚ he decided to support Morocco’s independence. His only
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Discoveries are a complex‚ multi-dimensional process which enable individuals to develop new understandings and perceptions of the world and themselves. The impact of these discoveries however‚ can vary according to an individual’s historical‚ personal‚ cultural and social values and context. In Shakespeare’s play The Tempest we see both Miranda and Prospero develop as a result of their individual discoveries about humanity. Similarly in Sylvia Plath’s poem Daddy the narrator encounters personal
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Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ wrongly claimed to be the main cause of the conflict‚ was just an excuse used by power craving European countries to solve years of tensions caused by unjust alliances and previous conflicts. The murder of the Archduke could have been solved in a diplomatic way‚ and the global war could have been avoided. However‚
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