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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later‚ Isabella was elevated to the throne. Ferdinand did so in 1479. They became the first
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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Spanish Armada is the name given to the giant flotilla of Spanish warships send by Spain’s Catholic King Philip II in 1588 to destroy Protestantism England under Elizabeth- though hindsight would say otherwise‚ the aim of the Spanish Armada was not intended for an all-out confrontation with the opposing English fleet- but rather to escort the vulnerable barges in which the Duke of Parma (a well respected and experienced general who had been fighting against Dutch
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John Steinbeck‚ people question Gorge on whether or not it is morally right of him to kill Lennie. Are his reasons good enough? Many believe that it is immoral if George to kill Lennie. Despite the fact that he is killing him and killing is thought to be morally forbidden‚ one needs to understand why he thinks its the best thing to do. George is doing what he thinks is right. It is not immoral of George to kill Lennie. Lennie does not understand what he is fully capable of. He is never able to reach
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In “To Kill A Mockingbird” Scout quotes‚ ¨People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for”. Slavery and segregation have existed in this world for much too long especially in the Southern part of the United States. Slavery and segregation have existed for nearly over 200 years before the war. When the war ended blacks thought slavery and segregation would become better‚ but they were dead wrong‚ everything got worse from then on. By the late eighteen seventies the democratic
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I strongly believe that Morris‚ Allen West‚ and Clarence and John Anglin did escape and survive Alcatraz also known as "The Rock". I can see what circumstances lead them to attempt an escape from The Rock. The story shows the environment they were in. Alcatraz was on a 22 acre island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Many inmates had attempted an escape but none were successful. Due to the freezing temperatures of the ocean they had died of hypothermia‚ They had grown‚ or eaten by the sharks
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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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Have you ever wondered what the what the main causes for Rome’s collapse? Multiple Roman historians believe Rome’s declining empire was caused by military weakness‚ legal justice/lack of trust‚ followed by political instability. Rome began as a sparsely populated western town in 750 BCE that was rarely known by any large empire such as Greece. Then at it’s height; it expanded‚ covering most of the Mediterranean‚ a small part of Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe. After defeating many threats; the Romans began
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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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