The Europeans were motivated to embark on voyages for discovery had many motives. One motivation was to find the fantastic lands described in works such as the Travels of Mandeville and the legends of the magical kingdom of Prester John. Columbus even took a copy of Marco Polos Travels with him on his voyages. The most important motive was economic. The conquests of the Ottoman Turks had cut the Europeans off from trade with Asia. The overland trade routes were controlled by the Arab Muslims
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Introduction To fully appreciate the position of the European Council within the European Union we first took a brief look at how the European Union came about. The European project first started soon after the second world with the creation of the ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community) to harmonise relations between the Nations of Europe and to prevent any further conflicts of the scale of the wars that had preceded its creation. The new spirit of cooperation aimed to bring about a new era of
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The games of European Handball and Futsal have many similarities in some aspects‚ yet also are two completely different games with many contrasting factors too. Aspects of the games that can be compared and contrasted are defensive/offensive strategies‚ skills and training techniques‚ and physical components of fitness associated with the games. Offensive strategies in both games are very similar. These include quick and accurate passes around the field being key to the game. Continuous passing
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thinking and pin point decision making‚ as well as a clear thought process for the future. a. History The land has been inhabited for thousands of years. This gives this country a unique stature in not Europe but also all across the globe. The people here have been daunted by various wars and foreign domination but still they have managed to retain and withstand their position here. This provides them with a significant historical background that is unique in the world. There is heroic romance
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GEO-101-004 Dr. Hellrigel European Union & Supranationalism The European Union is an economic and political union started by six countries in 1950 and now up to 27 different countries. Supranationalism is a voluntary association in economic‚ political‚ or cultural spheres of three or more independent states willing to yield some measure of sovereignty for their mutual benefits. (Regions pg.56) These are two major modern transformations for Europe‚ which link up with each other because of
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During the Vedic Age in India‚ a group of people called the Aryans became a dominant culture if north India. These people spoke an early form of Sanskrit‚ “an Indo-European language closely related to Persian and more distantly related to Latin‚ Greek‚ Celtic‚ and their modern [linguistic] decendants” (McKay‚ 68). The Indo-European Aryans created a complex society with it’s own distinctive social structure‚ religious beliefs‚ and technologies. The primary source of information about the Aryans and
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EUROPEAN EXPLORERS QUIZ (23 Points) 1.) _____ Balboa 2.) _____S. Cabot 3.) _____ Coronado 4.) _____De Gama 5.) _____De La Salle 6.) _____ De Soto 7.) _____ Drake 8.) _____ Jolliet 9.) _____ Marquette 10.) ____ Ponce De Leon 11.) ____ J. Cabot 12.) ____ Cartier 13.) ____ Cortes 14.) ____ Champlain 15.) ____ Dias 16.) ____ Hudson 17.) ____ Magellan 18.) ____ Pizarro 19.) ____ Columbus 20.) ____ Raleigh 21.) Name the three discoveries/inventions that aided these European explorers
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tensions and preserve national unity. People were more concerned with maintaining the status quo than with forcing rapid change or war. Radical totalitarian dictatorships: Mainly in central and eastern Europe and emerged in USSR‚ Germany‚ and Italy. It was believed that it rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values. These dictatorships controlled over the masses and sought to mobilize them. Mussolini spike of the “free totalitarian will”. People linked Italian and German fascism with
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Citizenship of the European Union was introduced by the Maastricht Treaty‚ which was signed in 1992‚ and has been in force since 1993. European citizenship is supplementary to national citizenship and affords rights such as the right to vote in European elections‚ the right to free movement‚ settlement and employment across the EU‚ and the right to consular protection from other EU states’ embassies when a person’s country of citizenship does not maintain an embassy or consulate in the country they
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EUROPEAN JUSTICE SYSTEM The justice system consists of three categories: the law enforcement officers‚ the criminal justice system‚ and the court system. The duties of the officers are to combat and prevent crime. They must apprehend anyone who has broken the law that was written by the legislators. Secondly‚ the criminal justice system is a system that develops a way to maintain social control and justifying crimes. They also sanction those who have broken the law with necessary criminal
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