Between the 1300’s to the 1500’s‚ Europeans wanted to explore. There are four major reasons why Europeans wanted to explore Asia. The reasons included economy‚ culture‚ politics‚ and technological advances.The European were looking for new ideas to bring back to Europe. The first reason for exploration is economics. Europeans wanted spices‚ perfumes‚ silks‚ precious stones‚ exotic foods‚ and tightly woven colorful rugs. Asia had all of these goods. European Merchants realized that they could make
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between globalisation and religion. 33 marks Secularisation theory has argued that modernisation has undermined religion. The importance of science and technology on economic development and rational worldview on which they depend on are seen as destroying the belief in supernatural. However religion can contribute to development‚ but most recently sociologists have examined what role religion may play in development in today’s globalising world. This can be seen in India. Globalisation has brought
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South Asia is the poorest‚ the most illiterate‚ the most malnourished‚ the least gender sensitive and the most deprived region of the world. It contains about 22% of the world’s total population. Nearly 40% of the world’s poor live in this region. About 35% of the population is living with daily income of less than one dollar. Almost all the countries of this region are facing similar problems like poverty‚ illiteracy‚ unemployment‚ diseases‚ income inequality‚ low productivity and dependence on
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6/9/13 The Real Reasons for Teenage Crime in the 21st Century - Editorial and opinion Essay - Crime‚ Acceptance‚ Parenting - Booksie Publish. Read. Get Read. Home Publish Read Writers Writing Store Promote Help Welcome Visitor: The Real Reasons for Teenage Crime in the 21st Century Essay By: happyangel Editorial and opinion Tags: Crime‚ Acceptance‚ Parenting Just an essay froms school. Submitted:May 7‚ 2008 Reads: 26‚576 Comments: 40 Likes: 13 “The real reason for teenage crime
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A disengaged generation? Analyzing the reasons for low turnout by 18-24 year olds and how turnout differs between different elections in the UK. Turnout in the United kingdom has been falling slowly for the past twenty years‚ with this general fall there has been an even bigger fall in the number of 18-24 year olds voting. In the last general election the turnout within the 18-24 age group was 45% much lower than the 63.8% average (ipsos-mori). So why does the youngest age group have the lowest
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Reasons People Speed Drivers are supposed to abide by the speed limit while driving‚ but they often exceed it for several reasons. The reasons seem to serious sometimes‚ but most cases‚ they seem to funny and ridiculous. Some people go over speed because they are late for work or private appointment. Furthermore‚ other people do over speed because of their physiological emergency. Every speeding has completely diverse reasons under specific driving circumstances. First‚ people do
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Gesselys Nunez Mrs. Villa AP World History February 17th‚ 2014 Did the Industrial Revolution Lead to a Sexual Revolution? Historians agree that between 1750 and 1850‚ the illegitimacy rates increased across Europe. In many of the European countries‚ this time period corresponds with industrialization. So did the introduction of capitalism change the living and working routines of unmarried women and introduce new attitudes that made them take more engrossed in sex? The
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Romanticism and The age of Reason Most people know that it is a lot more fun to watch something that is associated with some kind of emotion. It is common to hear someone say: “I cried so much‚ loved it!” or “That movie was hilarious!” after a movie. Movies that are strictly fact are not as exciting as the ones with some action in it; emotion makes the story interesting. The romantic period in American literature is often called the American renaissance. During this period many of the novels‚ which
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Analyzing reasons In the DSE Liberal Studies examinations‚ students are often required to analyze the causes/reasons/factors. For example: HKDSE Question Identify and explain TWO causes suggested in Source A. (6 marks) 2013 DSE Paper 1 Q1a With reference to the source‚ identify and explain TWO social factors which could lead to… (6 marks) 2013 DSE Paper 1 Q3a Suggest and explain TWO possible reasons for…as shown in Source A. (12 marks) 2012 Practice Paper Paper 1 Q3b Answer Analysis Take
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Plato: The Rule of Reason There are some people from ancient times that seen to have been ahead of their time. The philosopher and mathematician‚ Plato‚ was definitely one of those people. Being born into a very influential family‚ in Athens Greece‚ which is remembered by its’ intellectual inquires‚ including sculpture‚ drama‚ history‚ mathematics‚ science‚ and philosophy‚ was very influential in framing Plato into who he became. Another huge factor in creating Plato into the prominent figure he
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