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    Medieval Exploration

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    My Essay about Exploration ! In medieval Europe people went exploring for many different reasons‚ in this essay I will tell you the main reasons why people went exploring and the reason that I think is the most important. Religion: Prince Henry went exploring to spread the word about his religion. Most of the people who went to spread the word were Christian. Columbus‚ who landed in South America‚ erected churches and forced the natives to convert to Christianity. Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish

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    Accounting Exploration

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    Accounting Exploration To most people being an accountant means sitting in an office crunching numbers all day and having little to no people skills. This could not be further from the truth. I have only recently decided that I would like to pursue a career in accounting after spending two years as a pre-medical student and realizing that I no longer had the desire to spend another ten years in school and residency programs. Accounting grabbed my attention because it does deal with a lot of numbers

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    Age of Exploration

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    The age of exploration had many varied effects on the countries involved‚ mainly Spain‚ France‚ and England. By establishing a prosperous empire in South America by conquering the native people‚ Spain became vastly wealthy off of the gold collected by its native subjects. However‚ since the native people were dying off rapidly due to the foreign diseases brought over by the Conquistadors‚ as well as malnutrition and fatigue‚ Spain and Portugal were the first to introduce slavery to the New World

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    Exploration Proposal

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    Exploration Proposal This year in year 12 I would like to explore city and suburban photography. In my exploration I will focus on landscapes‚ man-made and that made by mother earth. What I hope to showcase in my portfolio this year is a collection of cityscapes hoping to capture astonishing man-made structures and the great architecture that’s been exerted into them. With this I also hope to showcase a bit of an ‘old vs. new’ theme‚ especially with many iconic Melbourne structures. I hope to also

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    Exploration in Europe

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    Elzara Akhmedov September 11‚ 2012 HIS 107; European History‚ 1500-1815 Response Journal #2 The opening of the New World was aroused by traveling into diverse geographic areas and by discovering different ways of life. Discoveries of the Europeans created new ways of cultural exchange‚ conversion‚ and generally expanded their cognition of the world and its inhabitants in its great diversity. Let me‚ perhaps‚ explore the Imaginary World‚ as described by “fables about the east” in Mandeville

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    family exploration

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    Family Explorations Debbie K. Amons COUN5252 Introspective & Growth Sem. 710 North 9th Street Hamilton‚ Illinois 62341 Telephone: 217-430-1386 Email: damons@capellauniversity.edu Instructor: Linda Reed FAMILY

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    European Exploration

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    European Exploration—Causes and Effects Causes Desire for wealth and power. (Gold and Glory) European explorers hoped to find riches in distant countries and to discover a sea route to Asia. Search for spices (nutmeg‚ ginger‚ cloves‚ cinnamon‚ pepper‚ etc.) and luxury goods (silk‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewels‚ ivory‚ porcelains‚ tea‚ etc.) from Africa and the East. Religious aims (God) Europeans hoped to spread Christianity to people throughout the

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    Portugal‚ and Spain. They all used religion‚ trade‚ and technology to help with the exploration and colonization of parts of the world. Spain and Portugal led the initial onslaught to the New World. Spain and Portugal’s technology was far ahead than other’s in Europe. They studied‚ copied‚ and improved the designs of Arab vessels‚ used compasses and astrolabes‚ and

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    European Exploration

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    enslave American Indians to work on plantations Organized around Catholicism- became the dominant religion 1. Peninsulares- died off 2. Criollos 3. Mezstizos (mixed race) 4. Natives- died off or became part of Mezstizos The French French Explorations centered around finding Northwest Passage (a waterway that ran

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    Career Exploration

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    UNIV/100 Career Exploration Plan Worksheet For this assignment‚ you will research the http://www.phoenix.edu website and use the My Career Plan tools on eCampus. To complete this assignment‚ follow the directions provided in each section. You may refer to the completed example in the Week 3 Materials as a guideline. When you complete each section‚ submit this document to your Week 3 Assignment 1 link on your student website. Save this document so you can reference it as you work on building

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