allowed for the work of writers and scientists to be shared with a large amount of people‚ especially with the decreased costs. However‚ I would argue that the Printing Press is limited in its effect as while it allowed for the exchange of ideas‚ it did not contribute anything to them and thus the printing press on its own could not have contributed a great amount to the Renaissance‚ but when combined with other factors it became very
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Germanic tribes or the barbarians. The Barbarians were a warrior people and “pressed on the Roman empire with accumulated weight”; however‚ it was not because they were at war but for sport. Since fighting in the barbarian culture was something they did for fun‚ they would get in a lot of battles with the Romans to keep them entertained. This contributed to the fall of Rome because all the extensive military pressure from the barbarian would
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this 8-year struggle of survival. The three main reasons are he survived by drinking out of a hollowed out horse leg‚ he befriended his captors‚ and he did a life-saving operation on a Native American. The first reason Cabeza was able to survive was that he survived by drinking out
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could divide their loyalty between their country and their religion. 39% of the German population were catholic‚ mainly in the southern states of the country. These southern states were the most reluctant to unify as a nation as the catholic population did not want to unite with the 61% protestant north population. This was also the same with other smaller minorities which included the growing polish population and the French in the Ruhr and Alsace-Lorraine area. The KulturKampf was therefore introduced
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50 out of 102 pilgrims died. The Wampanoag tribe already lived there. What if the colonists did not arrive in Massachusetts? They shared knowledge of the local crops and helped the pilgrims survive. John Smith made up a rule “if you don’t work you don’t eat”. It wasn’t easy for the new travelers. At first they didn’t know how to cook‚ plant crops
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“The Olympics damage from HMS did not exceed 125‚000” (SuperDuperFacts) They didn’t want to collect the insurance money off the Olympic because it wasn’t a lot and they wanted the millions of dollars from the
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Did the Progressives Fail? Progressivism generated positive results. If one thinks of progressives as one group of people with one clear objective‚ then they succeeded. But‚ consider the word “progressives” as a general term that encompasses these assorted clusters unfairly‚ because it defines these groups as one. The progressives’ diverse and opposing views break up the previously described group into separate sets of individuals trying to achieve the same goals‚ in a different way. Because
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the atlantic.the rivets wasn’t strong and long enough to hold the hull together. (angelo) the support bar was not strong enough to stabilize the whole ship. it was not very sturdy.the bar was the length as the ship.it was not big around and did not have enough strength to hold the ship straight.there was a lot of people on the ship as well. They wasn’t prepared for that many people and the support bar couldn’t hold that much.(anglo) iceberg warnings they had warnings that whole
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Washington to Miami‚ Florida.More than 8.5 million pounds of dynamite was used to blast the foundation for the dam and 8 miles of tunnels through the canyon walls. Why did they build the Hoover Dam?The main reason for building the Hoover Dam was to supply the electrical power necessary to transport 4.4 million acre-feet—over a quarter of the Colorado River’s average annual flow to California. Soon‚ the dam also would supply water to Las Vegas‚ whose revenue would be used to finance
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Methods and Regions in Which Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism Spread During the Classical and Postclassical Eras. The universal religions of Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism were shaped very powerfully during the postclassical era because of their growing populations‚ warfare‚ and ideology. Islam started in Mecca and is related more closely to Christianity than Buddhism. Christianity started in Israel and spread through Jesus Christ to become the religion with the most followers. Buddhism started
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