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    European Influence Between 1400 - 1800 in the Americas (Africa and Asia) The years 1400 - 1800 were a time of exploration and discovery. It was a time when Europe attempted to dominate the whole world. The building of huge‚ sturdy ships‚ known as caravels‚ helped them sail around the world easily to discover new lands by constructing ports and empires in Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ and other such regions. Some of their many motives were to spread Christianity among the people they invaded‚ and

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    Why did China stagnate after 1400? Introduction If we travel back to 1300‚ no one would predict the modernization would occur in Europe instead of China. As we can see in the “Appendix 1” behind this essay‚ during the long period before 1400‚ China was always the most advanced country on this planet in terms of economy and technology. However‚ the international configuration changed dramatically in the following five hundred years‚ as European countries started their expansion to the rest of the

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    Slavery In The 1500s

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    Atlantic slave trade began in the 1500s‚ and was marked by unusual cruelty and a distinct racial component. The Atlantic Slave Trade benefited the British economy as African slaves provided cheap‚ strong labor. Slavery occurred before the 1500s in African countries. African countries saw the slave trade in terms of business and not race. The African sellers sold slaves to the British‚ who transported them to the North American colonies (“Black Atlantic‚” Blackboard). In the 1500s‚ British North America

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    Nevertheless the dynasty of the ones who lived before the 1500s are still remained uncertain. Culture is defined as the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Meaning that a culture is basically what one or a group of people live by. Also the culture that coincided with slavery dealt with different political arrangements such as kingdoms‚ city-states‚ and languages. So people in slavery before the 1500s‚ believed in cultures; however they probably did not

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    of inequality between the sexes in the modern age. In order to better understand them‚ it is necessary to first look back in history and learn about the road that led to today’s society. Going back as far as the High Renaissance in the late 1400s and early 1500s‚ there are records of discrimination and inequality in extreme measures that have a

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    Throughout the world in the 1500s‚ different countries articulated different perspectives about the Ottoman empire. However‚ the most contrasting perspectives of the Ottoman empire were the Europeans. The two sources that have the most religious motivation contrast is a New Means to an Old End: Early Modern Maps in the Service of An Anti-Ottoman Crusade‚ written by James P. Krokar and Gloriana Rules the Waves: Or‚ the Advantage of Being Excommunicated (and a Woman) written by Lisa Jardine. They both

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    Assignments” # of Sources: Min. of 3 Academic/Scholarly Sources. Use the library databases or make an appt. with an ACC reference librarian to help with your sources. Due Date: _____________________________ You will choose a time period from the 1500’s to the 2000’s: Research what was going socially‚ politically‚ economically during that time period You are then going to write a paper analyzing the time period and whatever topic you have chosen trying to express the connection between time‚ place

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    There is not a significant date that marks the beginning of the modern world. However there are several reasons why this takes place around the 1500’s‚ more specifically 1453. There are 8 reasons why the modern world begins in the 1500’s; urbanization‚ global trade‚ age of exploration‚ spread of knowledge/inventions‚ end of crusades‚ rise of monarch/pope‚ end of black death in Southern Europe‚ and‚ boundaries/Geography/religions. Of this listing there are three salient reasons in particular listed

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    into your new life‚ you have become used to it. Just eleven months ago you left Earth and started your journey toward what is now your home‚ the red planet of our solar system‚ Mars. The year is 2027 and you can’t believe you arrived here at last. Colonizing Mars used to seem like a distant far off memory‚ but according to Alana Semuels‚ writer for the Atlantic‚ some commercial space companies like

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    colonize South America in 2030. During the Scramble for Africa when Europeans colonized Africa Europeans did not treat the Africans fair‚ and the people of Africa also lost their independence. Many countries in South America are third world countries and could be colonized. By 2030 crime rates and drug trading will increase in South America making it more dangerous to colonize and they would want to fight Americans off. Colonizing South America would not be a good thing to do because the South Americans

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