The discovery of a new world by Christopher Columbus in 1492 opened up new opportunities for trading‚ conquest‚ and political success and wealth in the later years. Spain and England found their way to the Americas (by crossing the Atlantic‚ etc.) and established their own colonies‚ which were able to give their nations profits. In order to have the imperial power of Spain and England benefit from their colonial establishments‚ the dependent nations would use their surrounding natural resources which
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British take control of India? One word‚ Resources & power‚ a positive aspect of it is that the British [In control of India] is that they [the indians] benefited from the British for taking control of India‚ here’s why [and how they impacted the country with Political social and economic]. British Imperialism had a positive impact on the politics of India because…. Imperial rule has established framework of india and has the World’s largest democracy. The british has forced india to obey their
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this word is uttered‚ many bats are wielded in a hurry to play‚ as the striker goes ahead to smash the balls. This is the game of “cricket” which is another name of religion in a country like India. However‚ the question “Is cricket a game or a business” is something to be pondered over in detail. In India‚ every child is given a bat and a ball on his/her birthday‚ and this is something which has been followed traditionally all over the country. However‚ slowly and slowly cricket is becoming more
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falls of the first Empires in India and China. Moreover‚ due to their different locations‚ each Empire adapted to their land and formed customs of their own best fit for their people. In the era of the Classical age‚ both the Han dynasty and the Gupta Empire reveal the diversity generated during the Classical period. While these two Empires certainly portray contrasting qualities of the other‚ some aspects of their lives mirrored each other as well. Both China and India had distinct differences that
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The article “Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The Epidemic of Gun Violence is Treatable” is an opinion piece by Dr. Sanjay Gupta about how gun violence should be treated as an infectious disease. In the article‚ Dr. Sanjay discusses how gun violence acts like an infectious disease‚ in that it is predictable and spreads like a virus. He proposes that instead of looking at the symptoms of the gun violence disease‚ and trying to treat them‚ we should look at the primary causes and treat those instead. The way that
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The Pantheon -Temple of all the Roman gods The Pantheon in Rome is the most complete surviving building of ancient Rome‚ and is one of the greatest spiritual buildings of the world. It was originally built as a Roman Temple in 27-25 BC on Rome’s Campus Martius‚ by the magistrate Marcus Agrippa. He built the original pantheon as an honour to all the gods and Augustus. It was also constructed as a place of worship for a number of major deities. It is said there were statues of both Augustus and Marcus
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Changes came in the over all social life in the Gupta period with the tremendous development of science during this period. With the growth and intensification in the arena of mathematics‚ astrology‚ astronomy‚ medicine‚ Chemistry‚ Metallurgy‚ Botany‚ Zoology and Engineering Gupta period gained a striking facet. Mathematics under Gupta Empire In the realm of arithmetic the most important achievement was the discovery of the decimal system of notation. It was based upon the principle of the
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Condoms VS Birth Control There’s a long running argument‚ especially going on today‚ which is more effective against pregnancy; condoms or birth control? Birth control can be utilized in different forms other than a pill‚ while condoms are mainly only used for men‚ but it is said that there are such a thing as “female condoms”. Some couples use both and some use just birth control because “it feels better without a condom”‚ others use just condoms because birth control can provoke unwanted hormones
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Classical China and Classical India have many similarities‚ but some ideas like politics and the social classes can differ from one or another. Politics was a way on how these classical civilizations had a government and what made the government had power to lead their civilization. Social class was a way to put people in ranks which was also a way for the different types of jobs they did. Politics also goes with social class since it showed that only certain types of people could be in the government
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Imperial China Collapses Objectives • List the problems the new Republic of China faced • Trace the rise of communism in China • Describe the civil war between Communists and Nationalists Main Idea: Revolution: After the fall of the Qing dynasty‚ nationalists and Communist movements struggled for power Why it matters Now: The seeds of China’s late-20th century political thought‚ communism were planted at this time Nationalists Overthrow Qing Dynasty • Kuomintang‚ or the Nationalist Party‚ leader
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