Darkness across Europe The Black Death‚ Crusades‚ and unequal rights were three reasons that support the idea that Europe was in a dark age from 500 to 1500 AD. The Black Death caused a lot of chaos across Eurasia‚ leaving towns empty and many died . According to Document B: Ibn al-Wardi (M)‚ "The plague began in the land of darkness.” The plague sent Europe into the shadows‚ and it took many years to recover. Another reason Europe was in a dark age was the Crusades. Stated in Document B - First
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Absolutism affected the power + status of the European nobility depending on the country in which they lived. In England the power of the nobility increases due to a victory in the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution of 1658. However‚ in France‚ Louis XIV¡¯s absolutist regime decreased the powers of the noble but heightened their material status. In Russia and in Prussia‚ the absolutist leaders of those countries modernized their nations + the nobility underwent a change‚ but it retained
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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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Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to see how given amounts of sodium bicarbonate reacts with acetic acid and see how it creates different amounts of new compounds. Procedure: In this lab‚ we were going to be reacting 12.5g sodium bicarbonate with 7.4mL acetic acid. Before we began‚ we turned on the hot plate to a medium level‚ allowing it time to heat up. While the plate was heating‚ we gathered 1 1/4g sodium bicarbonate onto the balance. Next‚ we measured 7.4mL acetic acid by pouring it into
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Fascism Geographic distribution of Fascism Italy Benito Mussolini began as a socialist. He started moving to a more nationalist ideology and in 1922 formed the first fascist regime. 1939‚ teamed up with Hitler. He was killed in 1945. This marked the end of fascism in Italy. Germany The local variety of fascism in Germany is known as National Socialism (nazi). Adolf Hitler won the largest share of the voted in election in 1932 (33% of the vote)‚ so the president of Germany asked him to form
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Life for a woman in the middle ages was an endless pregnancy- the lady of our manor is always lying in bed with her swollen abdomen making a strange bulging lump under the covers. My two older sisters are both expecting their third children. I am to be married soon. My parents are choosing the right suitor for me to spend the rest of my life with. It is my duty to marry whom they choose with no complaints otherwise I will be punished‚ flogged skin always attracts the flies in summer. I hope it will
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The European sovereign debt crisis (often referred to as the Eurozone crisis) is an ongoing financial crisis that has made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to repay or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties. In 1992‚ members of the European Union signed the Maastricht Treaty‚ under which they pledged to limit their deficit spending and debt levels. However‚ in the early 2000s‚ a number of EU member states were failing to stay within
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Operation Paperclip: postwar/Cold War; recruit Nazi scientists‚ deny USSR and UK scientific advances; hinder German military W.T. Stead: invest. Journalist; 1885 “Maidens Tribute of Modern Babylon”: child sex traffic‚ prostitution; bought girl to prove point‚ jailed; urban voyeurism Battle of Verdun: 1916 WWI: France v Germany; deplete France’s resources‚ food‚ weaponry/soldiers; railway gun & rain transport for soldiers (FR); Schlieffen Plan ruined; Russia mobilizes; (DE) not as powerful
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Which was the most influential economic group in early modern society and why? The 16th century otherwise known as early modern Europe is a historical period of time defining the end of the dark ages and the beginning of the first industrial revolution. It was a time of great change‚ for Europe and its economy. Europe was recovering from the Black Death and the end of the 100 year war‚ which had seriously damaged its economy at the time‚ population growth had started to stabilise (the European
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Changes/Continuities in Europe Europe saw an overwhelming amount of change during the age of global interdependence. This was a very definitive era in terms of modern Europe its government and religious views. If it were not for this crucial period in time‚ the world as we know it would be completely different. Government stayed‚ for the most part‚ the same in most parts; however‚ Spain and France saw change‚ the basic structures of Christianity were challenged and therefore changed‚ and the
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