bright spot was illuminated with the discussion of peasant life and customs in the Dark Ages. The ending section‚ "One Man Alone‚" seemed completely out of place when included with the rest of the story‚ although Manchester’s extreme affinity to Magellan was painfully obvious. The middle story‚ however‚ was not only fascinating and well written‚ but researched outstandingly well. This middle part of the nonfiction‚ "The Shattering‚" overshadowed the rest of the book with its alluring anecdotes of
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Cebu Philippines - Queen City of the South Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines and the main center of industry‚ commerce‚ trade and education in the central and southern parts of the archipelago. Cebu-City Cebu-City is also called as the Queen City of the South and has become one of the great tourist destinations in the Philippines. It is the capital and the main city of the island of Cebu and one of the oldest cities of the country Cebu‚ aside from being a growing
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Bahamas. He had basically discovered a new world. Vasco Nunez de Balboa‚ sailing for Spain‚ reached the Pacific Ocean in Panama in 1513‚ claiming everything touched by the Pacific Ocean for the king. Ferdinand Magellan led a Spanish expedition that sailed around the world. Although Magellan died in the Philippines‚ a Spanish navigator‚ Sebastian del Cano‚ successfully returned to Spain in 1522 with one ship and fifteen sailors. Hernan Cortez and 400 men conquered the Aztec Empire (Mexico). Finally
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all about the corruption of the church‚ and the ways it changed over time. It takes place between the Fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance. Though most of this section involved the Church‚ it began with a brief synopsis of Ferdinand Magellan. He challenged the foundations of the Middle Ages by attempting to circumnavigate the globe and prove that the world was not actually flat‚ but round. The author then goes on to explain how his discoveries were thought to be only myth at first‚ and
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In the European medieval period‚ navigation was considered part of the set of seven mechanical arts‚ none of which were used for long voyages across open ocean. Polynesian navigation is probably the earliest form of open ocean navigation‚ though it was based on memory and observation rather than on scientific methods or instruments. Early Pacific Polynesians used the motion of stars‚ weather‚ the position of certain wildlife species‚ or the size of waves to find the path from one island to another
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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ the Spanish and Portuguese would begin a wave of European overseas expansion that would shape the modern world. This expansion was aimed toward the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean instead of towards the East as most European expansion had been in the past. There were numerous reasons for this expansion and for when it took place. The initial reason was that the economy in Western Europe at the end of the fifteenth century was doing well. When
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The Medieval Mind: * Education * Books were mainly published in Latin‚ making them unreadable to the masses * Curriculum was limited to reading‚ writing‚ simple arithmetic and a book summarizing the principles of the Christian religion * 79% of peasants couldn’t read * 0% of the clergy and professions couldn’t read * Dark Ages- no one was literate‚ not even Charlemagne (first Holy Roman Emperor) * Middle Ages- literacy was scorned * Not many
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The expansion of Western Europe started with the Iberian phase. Spain and Portugal‚ the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a short-lived yet important role in European expansion. European expansion then turned to Western Europe. Western Europe consists of the Dutch‚ French‚ and British. While Western Europe was exploring new worlds overseas‚ the Russians were expanding westward across all of Eurasia. Religion played a major role in expansion for both the Portuguese and the Spanish due
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Organizational Management Health organizations share a common bond of the health and safety of clients. Home Instead Senior Care‚ Kindred’s Chicago Integrated Care‚ Loving Care Hospice Home Health Care‚ and Magellan of Arizona each have state and federal regulations that the facilities must be in compliance with. The regulations set by the joint commission on accreditation of health organizations and HIPPA ensure patient safety and care is met. Organizations have a purpose in performance management
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1901 and the U.S. government declared the conflict officially over in 1902. www.wikipedia.com The first Europeans to visit (1521) the Philippines were those in the Spanish expedition around the world led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Other Spanish expeditions followed‚ including one from New Spain (Mexico) under López de Villalobos‚ who in 1542 named the islands for the infante Philip‚ later Philip II. War came suddenly to the Philippines on Dec. 8 (Dec. 7‚ U.S. time)‚ 1941
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