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    There were many contributions to western civilization from the Ancient Greeks. Many roots of the civilization we have today can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. They made long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ and science. If the intelligent thinkers of the Ancient Greeks such as‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚and Hippocrates never challenged the way Greeks lived many of the ideas we have today would have never been established. The Greeks made contributions

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    1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries‚ but they have destabilized society‚ have made life unfulfilling‚ have subjected human beings to indignities‚ have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen

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    INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION People always wonder about the things they saw surrounding them when they woken up by the alarm sound coming from their cell phones‚ they wonder how the cell phones are made‚ when they go to work‚ they wonder how the buses made‚ when they work‚ they wonder about how the computers are made and all of those can be answered by the Industrial Revolution. All of it started with the invention of the steam power and by the developments made by that many other great developments

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    Early states were controlled by the king‚ who “exercise a measure of control over society‚ and defended external enemies (p. 75-76). E The Norte Chico civilization was based on a fishing industry‚ very different from the Sumerian and Egyptian Empires perhaps because of the location (p. 64). Rulers accumulated power‚ and had the ability to bestow a force upon someone‚ one reason or another unlike the chiefdoms who only had “persuasion‚ prestige‚ and gifts to back up their authority” (p.76). R Although

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ 1760-1850 The Industrial Revolution transformed human life by changing methods of manufacturing‚ the way people made a living‚ and the products available to them. The Nature of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was made up of four sets of changes: first‚ the introduction of new technology; second‚ the use of new mineral sources of energy; third‚ a concentration of workers in factories;

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    of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period in history when mankind found innovative and efficient ways of producing goods‚ manufacturing services and creating new methods of transportation. This not only revolutionized the way the market system functioned‚ but also changed the way people perceived their status in society and what they required as basic necessities. However‚ the price that humanity was forced to pay for the emergence of the Industrial Revolution

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    September 2014 Chapter 7‚ Sections 1‚ 2‚ & 3. Pages 196 – 207: Pages.198 #3-5 3. For thousands of years following the rise of civilization‚ most people lived and worked in small farming villages. However‚ a chain of events set in motion in the mid-1700s changed that way of life for all time. The Industrial Revolution started in Britain. In contrast with most political revolutions‚ it was neither sudden nor swift. Instead‚ it was a long slow‚ uneven process in which production shifted from simple hand

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    In the 1800’s there were major negative and positive changes to the U.S. The negative changes that were sweaping the nations was population and transportation. the negative changes that were changing the U.S. was harsh working conditions in industrial cities during the industrial revolution‚ and diseases that spread through the cities. There are two positive changes that happened in the U.S. the first positive change was for population. During the 1800’s urban population grew in total from about

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    The Industrial Revolution was the time of era where manufacturing processes took place and was one of the most significant elements of Europe’s modern transformation. This change caused many reactions to industrialization by people who lived during this time. Thesis $People who lived during the Industrial revolution became increasingly upset with the conditions‚ yet they felt they had no choice but to continue working. Citizens that lived in a city of England‚ Coketown felt enraged with all

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    Positive vs. negative outcomes from the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution started in England during the 1700s and spread throughout the rest of Europe. The Industrial Revolution was a time of new inventions‚ products‚ and methods of work. The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. Do the short-term negative effects outweighe the long-term positive effects of the Industrial Revolution? Short-term negative effects included

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