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    What Was the Most Important Consequence of the Printing Press? The most important consequence of the printing press was the spread of knowledge. Knowledge is the greatest aspect and power. Before Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press‚ there was the development of language‚ writing with hieroglyphs‚ the alphabet and then printing. Scribes would write a book by hand from the dictation of a scholar. Most citizens were uneducated while few were well educated. Handwritten books were expensive

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    give it up. So basically war broke out bc France and GB both wanted the Ohio Valley 2. Which of following did NOT contribute to the radicalization of the French Revolution? 3. Fifteenth-century attempts to centralize and consolidate power were most successful in Spain 4. Which of the following is true of humanism as it manifested itself in northern Europe? 5. Which of the following is particular to Calvinist theology? That is where God already knows whether you are going to Hell or Heaven

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    History Of Architecture Building: Palace Of Minos. Dates: 1700-1400 BC. Time period : Bronze Age. Location: Knossos‚Crete. Civilization :The Minoans. In the heart of the Mediterranean Sea‚ South of Greece‚ lays the island of Crete refuge of the lost civilization of the minions.The island is first refereed as "Kaptara" at the Syrian city of Mani dating from 18 000 BC; Also known as "Keftiu” from the fresco of the Tomb of Rekhmire in the valley of the kings in Egypt. The island’s length is 260 km

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    There are a number of civilizations wrapped up in the history of the world. Among those lies one prominent‚ The Egyptian Civilization. Today’s people may associate Ancient Egypt with huge pyramids‚ heavy slave labor or even the popular movie “The Prince of Egypt”. However‚ the reality is‚ very few people know the real make up of this empire or that this civilization holds great weight in Black History because it originated in Africa. Some believe it to be a place of chaos and brutality‚ while others

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    The actions and reactions of most of the indigenous people of Africa to the European Scramble for Africa were to not be colonized and were mainly expressed through conflict‚ religion‚ or social/political behavior. The African people behaved in a way similar to Newton’s first law of motion‚ an object at rest will stay at rest‚ until acted upon. If an African country did agree to the European’s terms‚ it was because they thought they were making the best decision for their country to maintain peace

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    The Ghana Civilization existed between the years 300-1200 c. Ghana meant “Warrior King.” Some people referred to this civilization as “Magadu.” It was located in western Africa which is now western Mali. It was south of the Sahara Desert. It is mostly savanna grasslands. It would take around 40 days to cross the Sahara to get to Ghana even when traveling by camel. The Ancient Ghana obtained wealth and power from a natural resource‚ gold‚ and camels. They used camels to help trading and it increased

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    various civilizations in Mesoamerica approximately 3000 to 500 years ago. Though they were different civilizations‚ they had some similarities. One may think that ancient civilizations could not have been as advanced as we are today. Yet‚ who knows? They might have even been more advanced than we are in modern times in many various fields such as Inventing‚ Astronomy‚ Mathematics‚ Technology‚ Art‚ and maybe even more. Religion portrayed an important role in early Mesoamerican civilizations. These

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    INDIAN CIVILIZATION Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges

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    contained a few artifacts that were not native to Cahokia‚ such as copper‚ hematite‚ and basalt‚ thus insinuating long-distance contacts. Likewise‚ teeth of great white sharks‚ probably from the Atlantic coast‚ were found near Monk’s Mound. One of the most dramatic finds in East St. Louis is a pile of chips of pipestone from more than 500 kilometers away in Wisconsin‚ as well as unfinished ear spool‚ manufactured on the spot from this distinctive stone. Finished spools of the same design have been found

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    This also led to China becoming very ethnocentric. Yu was a very important figure in ancient China. Ancient China was in need for water since it was surrounded by deserts and mountains. The solution Yu had to this problem was that he opened passages for the streams throughout the provinces and deepened the existing channels and canals as well as directing them to the streams (Document 4). Mesopotamia was also a civilization that was impacted by its geographic features. The Fertile Crescent

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