As a small nation‚ Portugal may have seemed to be an unlikely leader in exploration and navigational science. The location of Portugal‚ really helped to develop it in its rise to the forefront. Surrounded to the east and north by Spain and having no outlets on the Mediterranean‚ Portugal was forced to use the Atlantic Ocean as its main source of travel. The Portuguese were aware that the Arab caravans were crossing the Sahara to bring gold‚ slaves‚ and ivory from Africa to Europe. There was talk
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During the mid 15th century to the early 18th century almost half of Europe’s total population could be considered poor and destitute. The attitudes of the clergy and the attitudes of the socially elite toward these people varied from pity to disgust‚ and their proposed solution to these problems differed. Some suggested helping all of the poor by giving them alms‚ some warned others to be careful of whom the money was given to and some people believed that being poor was a voluntary decision and
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Between the years of 1550 to 1750‚ the Scientific Revolution encouraged new ideas and theories regarding life‚ humans‚ and the universe. The great thinkers of this period such as Copernicus‚ Brahe‚ Kepler‚ Galileo‚ Newton‚ Bacon‚ and Decartes all challenged religion and philosophy when they delved into the world of science and logical thinking. Many topics like Nicolaus Copernicus’ heliocentric view of the universe not only challenged the church‚ but also altered the way people viewed God and their
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world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. Present day is worlds away from how the world was roughly 500 years ago. One of the biggest events that will ever stand between now and then occurred. Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer who was determined to find a new route to India. In its place‚ he discovered America in 1492. Between 1492 and 1750‚ the new contacts between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas‚ socially and
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Eurasia that stretches from the vast coast of China all the way to Eastern Europe. The trade route was at its greatest use from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. The society that began the Silk Road was the Han Dynasty in China in approximately 200 B.C.E. The Han Dynasty facilitated trade in the east‚ while the Roman Empire facilitated trade in the west and in Europe. The two empires traded many goods‚ as well as cultural aspects of each society’s way of life. From 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.‚ the Silk Road changed
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1) Background on both Massachusetts and Virginia a) The London Virginia Company founded Virginia in 1607. i) Started with Jamestown. b) Settled mostly by English aristocrats. c) Discovered tobacco‚ and became a monopoly. d) Pilgrims founded Massachusetts in 1620 arriving on the Mayflower. i) Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact. (1) Provided a democratic government based on the opinions of everyone. e) Massachusetts and Virginia were extremely different in politics due to economic developments
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The Printing Press and the Cultural Emancipation of Early-Modern Europe‚ 1450-1800 Merriam-Webster’s English dictionary defines emancipation as the‚ "...[freedom] from restraint‚ control‚ or the power of another‚ and [freedom] from any controlling influence." The cultural emancipation that began in early-modern Europe prior to the Renaissance had a deep effect on the lives of its constituents. The printing press‚ invented in 1455 by Johannes Gutenberg‚ presented the public with a new forum for
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American leadership and supporter of the Bush policy‚ in the analysis of the disagreement between United States and Europe goes so far that he demonstrate these differences as planetary diversity‚ because‚ apparently‚ Americans are from Mars‚ and Europeans are from Venus. This characterization reflects a greater tendency of American use of force and war‚ while Europeans are recognized by pleasure and hedonism‚ and this characterization can be taken as a witty prologue to the differences that have
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Artist from the Renaissance Bernardo Rossellino (1409-64)‚ born probably in Florence. He worked chiefly as an architect and was responsible for restorations of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi and many churches and palaces in Rome‚ Siena‚ Florence‚ and other cities. His most famous work is the tomb (begun 1444) of the Florentine historian Leonardo Bruni in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence. As a young man he was the apprentice and collaborator of Leone Battista Alberti‚ from whose sketches
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Was the impact on public health the worst effect of the industrial revolution in 1750 to 1900? In 1750 our country‚ Great Britain‚ began its industrial revolution. The country was changed forever. Before 1750‚ most people had lived in the countryside and worked in a family business but in 1750 people flocked into towns to get jobs. New machinery had been invented and the richer classes used this as a way to make lots of money by setting up factories filled with these machines. It was out with
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