Born in 1254 in Venice‚ Marco Polo is today a well-known figure of pre-Renaissance travels‚ and for his ground breaking travels to lands never before journeyed by Europeans. He was an Italian traveler and author‚ and spent the majority of his life travelling and exploring. His father Nicolo and uncle Maffeo‚ both merchants‚ had conducted business and trade in Constantinopole (now known as Istanbul) and the Crimea. However‚ when Genoa’s merchants‚ rivals to the Italian Polo’s‚ took over trade in
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Colonist life during the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ were filled with many hardships‚ turmoil‚ disease and death. From the very beginnings relations with the Indians was unstable‚ sure they traded goods‚ but resentment by the Indians grew as their land was overtaken‚ thus battles broke out‚ killing many on both sides. Without the Indians‚ the colonist would of had a even tougher time establishing settlements‚ for without tobacco monies to establish settlements would have surly dries up. The colonists
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The Native Americans resentment of the English has been building up since the 1600’s. In 1675-1678 the Native Americans tried to drive out the English settlers for the last time. A sequence of events leads to an outbreak called‚ The King Philips War‚ led by a Pokunoket chief named Metacom. The war lead to a decline in many Native American tribes and suffered more oppression in the hands of the English settlers. Since the founding of Jamestown in 1607 the relationship between the English colonist
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14th century up until now civilization has been involved in three major social movements; the Renaissance‚ the Reformation‚ and the Scientific Revolution. This essay will discuss the events and outcomes of each major social movement and the impact each has created as well as the most influential of the three. The time period between 1300 and 1600 in European history is known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a cultural revival originating in Florence‚ Italy. This cultural refocus in arts and literature
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The Renaissance era was filled with an appreciation for nature in Europe. This was due to the fact that “in traditional Europe‚ the mass of the population derived its wealth and social status from the land. The extraction of the earth’s produce had priority over all other activities” (Mendels 242). Because of this‚ nature was a fundamental part of society. Europe’s economy was based on human’s interactions with nature. During the Restoration‚ nature was still important but beginning thoughts of industrialization
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Fernand Braudel‚ a modern French historian‚ sees three intertwined but distinguishable strands of history. They are: material life‚ economic life‚ and capitalism. Material life‚ he says‚ sets “the limits of the possible”. Material life means the routines of daily work‚ the everyday tasks that we perform so that we can sustain ourselves. It covers the means by which we travel to work‚ the efforts we perform there‚ the products we make in use‚ etc. Without including knowing how material life has
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1. What Role does Inner conflict play in human moral development? a. Inner conflict often plays the role of motivation in the human moral development. According to the book‚ an addict has to “hit bottom” in order to begin the recovery journey. Another example would be a college dropout who ends up struggling in the real world‚ unhappy with his life and decides to go back to school to pursue a career. 2. What role does fear of change play in human moral development? a. It plays a role of survival
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their bonds. In 1682‚ Virginia passed a document which declared all "Negroes‚ Moors‚ Mollatoes or Indians" arriving "by sea or land" could be enslaved if they were not Christian. By 1775‚ 260‚000 slaves were imported into the U.S. Between the late 1600’s and the early 1700’s the conditions of slavery in America
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The Renaissance was a period of time between 1300 and 1600‚ following a devastating outbreak of the bubonic plague. It gets its name from the French word for rebirth‚ because of the positive political‚ economical‚ and intellectual changes that came after the Black Death. People gave less power to religion and to the church‚ instead focusing more on secular topics. The idea of humanism arose‚ and the Feudal System of government failed. The most influential people from the Renaissance were the artists
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The Renaissance was a time of rebirth in Europe. During this time period‚ many different inventions were made and there were many different advancements in math and science. One important invention that was made during this time of rebirth was the printing press with moveable type. The printing press was a revolutionary invention that an inventor named Johann Gutenberg created. Using the printing press‚ multiple pages could be printed at once and learning spread faster than ever before. Also‚ with
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