History Handout (Religion) *Roman Catholic Religion and Islam are the two dominant religions in the country Functions of religion: -it explains the unknown -source of strength and hope -for the Muslims‚ it legitimates one’s claim to authority (by the use of Tarsila) According to Karl Marx “Religion is the opium for the masses” Religions in the Philippines (developed‚ entered and flourished): Anitoism‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Islam and Christianity Anitoism: -it was first termed as animism -dominated
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During the middle of the 15th century‚ Europe was in a time of war and feudalism. Many European states had a weak central government and needed strong rulers to reestablish the order. Several leaders emerged during this time period who did some great works to bring the power back into the monarch’s hand‚ and thus they earned the name “new monarchs”. There were several factors that helped these leaders rise. Most of the “new monarchs” that arose during 1450 to 1550. In England‚ King Henry VII taking
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across the Atlantic Ocean opposed to the theory of the Portuguese of going around Africa and into the Indian Ocean. For several years Columbus proposed his idea to the king of Portugal‚ but he was turned down. Undaunted Columbus went to try his luck in Spain. He first met with Queen Isabella I in 1486. Finally‚ in April 1492‚ Isabella and her husband‚ King Ferdinand V‚ signed an agreement with Columbus in which they agreed to pay for his voyage. According to this agreement‚ Columbus would be named admiral
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What changes in the political end economical environment allowed Telefonica to start expanding globally? •Privatization •Deregulation Why did Telefonica initially focus on Latin America? Why was it slower to expand in Europe‚ even thought Spain is a member of European Union? •Similar culture •Agreements between companies Telefonica has used acquisitions‚ rather than greenfield ventures‚ as its entry strategy.Why do you think this has been the case? •acquisitions has more benefits
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right ideas who was trying to conquer the “new world” (America) in the name of spain. He joined many ships and became very important to Hispaniola. Hernando Cortez was born in 1485 in Spain and helped advance spain’s position in the 1500. Then he died in 1547. It all started very early on when he started reading stories on the newspapers that came out and became captivated him to conquer the America in the name of spain which was in 1504. Later when he was at the age of 19 he joined a ship commanded
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As the queen of Spain‚ there have been many difficult occurrences I’ve had to deal with during the past few years. I believe that colonization in the New World led to most of them. Spain and America would have been better off if we never started our own civilization there and barged in on the natives. Although there were many complex and tragic events‚ people may argue that some good came out of civilization. There may be some valid points‚ but none of it was worth the damage it caused. The cruelty
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that he found there were what Columbus stated as “great and beautiful mountains‚ vast fields‚ groves‚ fertile plants‚ very suitable for planting and cultivating‚ and for building the houses.” (Letter from Christopher Columbus to King and Queen of Spain) Christopher Columbus‚ like what all Europeans have been doing for many centuries‚ had taken over the land. He ordered that the islands be renamed‚ giving them names
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Usages of Barcelona (1076) Catalan “bill of rights * First citizens “charter” in Europe * All “burhers” or citizens (not Serfs) on equal legal footing with feudal nobility * Disputes sorted by negotiation‚ not decided by a higher (feudal) authority. * Rise of the Bourgeoisie * From French Burgeis – ‘of a walled town’ * Artisans‚ traders * Outside Feudal system * Rival Crown and Church for power in Barcelona * Organized into trade associations – guilds
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who wanted to make a permanent religion change. This man happened to be Pope Innocent VIII‚ who happened to be in charge of the Catholic Church. In the year or 1486‚ Pope Innocent VIII had signed a treaty with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain that Catholicism would be the only region of the new territories. After this was decided; it became a mission to convert all natives into Catholics (Brinkley‚ pg.15-16). Soon enough the religion was spread throughout New England. Once all natives and
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have done you by coming to your land by order of his Majesty of the King of Spain. Our lord permitted that your pride should be brought low and that no Indian should be able to offend a Christian.” That quote shows how high and strong the Christians and European nations thought they were and how that they wanted to make everyone else like them and follow them. With all of their conquests and power they had‚ England and Spain were still the largest powers in the world at the time. They forced their
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