and desires led to European Exploration. The sailing advances in technology include the caravel‚ this design of triangular sails helped sailors to sail effectively against the wind. More advancements include the astrolabe‚ which helped sailors to better determine their location at sea‚ the magnetic compass‚ which allowed sailors to more accurately track direction‚ and cartography‚ the science of making maps. Additionally‚ the desire for money‚ more land‚ and spreading Christianity led to European
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creating a convenient slave trade system they dedicated themselves in becoming more powerful‚ making slaves work harder to produce more goods and gain more land. I personally believe that Religion‚ the slave system trade‚ money and power where the mayor factors for the colonization of America. The English had expanded their coastal colonies and maintained steady control along the way. They
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During the early 1400s‚ several factors spurred an age of European exploration. The three main factors were the desire to acclaim wealth‚ the goal of spreading Christianity‚ and advanced sailing technology. Being wealthy was one of the biggest reasons that spurred exploration back then. Overseas‚ there were many countries to exchange luxury goods with. It was a profitable business in Europe‚ merchants and traders would be able to make wealth. Thanks to the Crusades‚ introduction to spices enhanced
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Many reasons have been given to explain the rise of universities in Europe during the high middle ages. A few of these reasons will be dealt with here. i. The crusades It is important to point out at this stage that the crusades in question had nothing to do with the preaching of the gospel. These were wars waged by Christian‚ Western Europe against Muslims. Starting in the Arabian Desert in the seventh century Islam spread rapidly after the death of the Holy Prophet Mohamed. In fact only
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Many Historians contributed the fall of Soviet Union directly to Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms. They argued that Gorbachev’s Glasnost‚ (openness) and Perestroika‚ (restructuring) directly led to uprisings within the Soviet Union‚ and its Soviet republics that brought the downfall of Soviet Union. This is however a very shallow analysis of the downfall of the Soviet Union. For one to truly understand the fall of the Soviet Union one must understand the history of The Union of Soviet Socialist
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The late middle ages were years filled with turmoil. Famine‚ plague‚ turmoil in religion‚ and a war lasting over one hundred years all happened within the same two centuries. Many feared that these ages were the apocalypse‚ as these signs were those of the four horseman predicted in religious scripture. Several people ran from urban surroundings in order to escape the chaos and disease spreading in the cities. The late middle ages were the ending of something old and the beginning of something that
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Communism is political problem which involves people removing class distinctions. In America‚ class distinctions are very important and well needed because it protects us to a certain instinct. Some people do not know did communism really pose a domestic threat to America. This idea is neutral because the communist has contradicting ideas and the spying communist were doing. This prove that communism is a bad thing for America. The conflicts on the communist war proved ideas contradicted each other
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What factors have led to increasing incarceration rates? How has this affected the United States economically and socially? Life‚ as we know it today‚ isn’t the way it was before because of the increase in incarceration rates within our nation; especially among our minority groups. When minority groups are mentioned‚ it’s aimed towards people that are different from the social majority. Incarceration is the state of being confined in prison; imprisoned. There are various factors that have led to
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There are various reasons that led to economic growth in the beginning of the nineteenth century. These reasons are divided into six contributing factors: Capital‚ Cotton Textile Production‚ Manufacturing‚ Transportation‚ Population and Urbanization‚ and Westward Expansion. Each factor had an unprecedented contribution to America’s economy and helped pave the future of the country’s economic success. Following the end of the War of 1812 against the British‚ trade resumed between the latter and
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Martins Osasuwen Mr. Seiden World History 21 May 2013 Factors that Led to Expansion of Religious Communities Faiths such as Islam and Christianity arose and established over time. With the help of Silk Roads‚ merchants‚ and missionaries these religions spread to distant lands. These new beliefs systems were introduced to various places far from their origin by the help of many contributing factors. These religions became principal world religions rapidly after they spread. Explicitly
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