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    Carver Lagos Modern World History Christopher Freeman March 14‚ 2013 Orientalism During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ it was very common for European explorers to come across native people in countries in different continents. Naturally‚ things such as these people’s culture‚ and overall way of living differed very much from their own European way of life. This caused them to be Orientalized‚ or criticized for the way they lived. People at this time were very skeptical and unaccepting of when

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    Defining 16th Century True Love based on the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare To define true love‚ would be to ruin its purity‚ therefore‚ It has no definition. However‚ the Shakespearean play‚ Much Ado about Nothing‚ illustrates episodes of various defining moments on love in action. The contrasting views throughout the play about true love depict two sets of lovers Benedick and Beatrice‚ Claudio and Hero. Several governing actions

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    One of the most influential centuries during human history is the nineteenth century. During this century the world‚ especially Europe‚ experienced radical change--change that revolutionized the world‚ as everyone knew it to be. It was a century of war‚ of industrialization‚ of urbanization‚ and of nationalism. The major development of the nineteenth century was the Industrial Revolution. Every aspect of the nineteenth century is most likely directly influenced by the Industrial Revolution‚ from

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    16th Century London During the 16th century‚ London was a very prosperous city since it was the capital of England and is to this day. During this time the Tudor family of England had ruled for over 180 years. London was also the largest and the most populated residence In England and still is to this day. In the 16th century‚ there were over 200‚000 people in London and now there are about 8.3 million people making it the most populated city in England. London has changed a lot over the past 415

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    Civilized Natives In the 16th century‚ the ethnocentric Europeans believed that Natives weren’t civilized and cultured people. “They caused a huge genocide on the Aboriginal people; leaving only around 800 000 Aboriginal Canadian citizens today.” (Manjikian‚ notes‚ 2013) Unfortunately‚ the Europeans were wrong. The Natives were very civilized and cultured human beings. This can be proven by multiple factors but only three will be analyzed: religion‚ art and creation stories. First of all‚ Natives

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    Geographical exploration holds a very important place in the history of Europe and even in the world history. It was due to these discoveries that the world became a smaller place. By the beginning of the 15th century‚ big ships were built and the magnetic compass was invented. The goods from Asia were transported to Europe through the Red Sea via Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Although there was another route to Asia through the Gulf‚ owing to the monopoly of Arabs over it‚ it was very insecure

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    Protestant Reformation of the Sixteenth Century The Protestant Reformation ignited a religious reform movement that separated the western Christian church into Catholic and Protestant groups. Martin Luther embarked on a journey to start the religious reform movement; there were other developments before him that set a foundation for a religious alteration in the sixteenth century. The Protestant Reformation allowed for Protestantism to flourish throughout Europe‚ united the Roman Catholic Church with

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    What was the reformation? A sixteenth century movement from which the protestant churches originated. The Reformation is one of the most profound processes of change in Europe of the sixteenth century. Intense criticism of the Church of Rome led by the pope resulted in various reformational currents and the formation of several Protestant church reformations. The critical views of the religious sphere deeply impacted the spiritual‚ social‚ and cultural terrain‚ as well as upon the political sphere

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    Puritan childhood was far from perfect. Childhood was looked at in negative terms during the 16th century. Young children were viewed as animalistic‚ not able to speak‚ impulsive‚ and unformed (Mintz‚ 2004). Puritans didn’t believe in childhood as being a time to indulge in play and leisure (Mintz‚ 2004). Play was viewed as a “sinful waiste of time” (Mintz‚ 2004). It was a time where Puritan children were to be prepared for the adult world of work and salvation (Mintz‚ 2004). Puritan childhood was

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    During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ a group of people known as the Puritans wished to “purify” the Church of England and reform the Church from its Catholic practices. At the time‚ these people were more of an unpopular unit‚ but still persevered and grew to be a very well known religious group. The Puritans had a set of beliefs that set themselves apart from other practices‚ and these values that they had influenced their daily lives‚ their own style of writing‚ and even life today. First and foremost

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