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    Age of Exploration

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    age of exploration had many varied effects on the countries involved‚ mainly Spain‚ France‚ and England. By establishing a prosperous empire in South America by conquering the native people‚ Spain became vastly wealthy off of the gold collected by its native subjects. However‚ since the native people were dying off rapidly due to the foreign diseases brought over by the Conquistadors‚ as well as malnutrition and fatigue‚ Spain and Portugal were the first to introduce slavery to the New World by replacing

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    Medieval Exploration

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    My Essay about Exploration ! In medieval Europe people went exploring for many different reasons‚ in this essay I will tell you the main reasons why people went exploring and the reason that I think is the most important. Religion: Prince Henry went exploring to spread the word about his religion. Most of the people who went to spread the word were Christian. Columbus‚ who landed in South America‚ erected churches and forced the natives to convert to Christianity. Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish

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    Baroque Music: 1600-1750

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    Baroque  Music   (ca.  1600-­‐1750)   IV! DEADLINE TODAY! DEADLINE TODAY! Henry  Purcell.  “When  I  am  laid”  from  Dido  and  Aeneas.   (also  known  as  Dido’s  Lament)(1689)   hDp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEaLviMEJls&feature=related  (starRng  1:00)   Listen:     Ground  bass  -­‐  repeaRng  bass  line  used  throughout  a  work‚   oUen  with  a  disRnct  rhythmic  paDern

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    Exploration in Europe

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    Response Journal #2 The opening of the New World was aroused by traveling into diverse geographic areas and by discovering different ways of life. Discoveries of the Europeans created new ways of cultural exchange‚ conversion‚ and generally expanded their cognition of the world and its inhabitants in its great diversity. Let me‚ perhaps‚ explore the Imaginary World‚ as described by “fables about the east” in Mandeville on Prester John‚ and the Real World‚ as outlined in chronicles of Christopher

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    discoveries and inventions of great importance. The discoveries England made included many other distant lands such as Newfoundland. Exploration was prevalent during this time period and there were many brave explorers who went around the world for different reasons. The only thing they had in common was who they served and when they served. A few of these men made the world what it is today and changed the course of history forever. The men who most drastically changed

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    Accounting Exploration

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    Accounting Exploration To most people being an accountant means sitting in an office crunching numbers all day and having little to no people skills. This could not be further from the truth. I have only recently decided that I would like to pursue a career in accounting after spending two years as a pre-medical student and realizing that I no longer had the desire to spend another ten years in school and residency programs. Accounting grabbed my attention because it does deal with a lot of numbers

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    Exploration - Motives for

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    continents ( North and South America ). To the European explorers‚ exploring the other side of the Atlantic was like exploring an entire different world‚ hence the name- the New World. In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus unknowingly discovered the new continent. His original motives for exploring was to find an easier route to Asia but instead‚ he discovered the New World. Thus; Spain‚ France and England began sending out conquistadors and explorers to the uncharted terrains of the new continent. Motives for the

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    Exploration Proposal

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    Exploration Proposal This year in year 12 I would like to explore city and suburban photography. In my exploration I will focus on landscapes‚ man-made and that made by mother earth. What I hope to showcase in my portfolio this year is a collection of cityscapes hoping to capture astonishing man-made structures and the great architecture that’s been exerted into them. With this I also hope to showcase a bit of an ‘old vs. new’ theme‚ especially with many iconic Melbourne structures. I hope to also

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    and Portuguese exploration from 1400-1600 led to the arrival in Latin America. However‚ once the Spaniards arrived‚ they exploited forced labor used by Native American predecessors. Eventually this leads to African slave labor. Europeans sought economic gain and social mobility. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. Thus‚ the use of labor systems in Latin America from the 1750-1914 was a process with tremendous impact on the people and on the world in general. Slavery

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    European Exploration

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    European Exploration—Causes and Effects Causes Desire for wealth and power. (Gold and Glory) European explorers hoped to find riches in distant countries and to discover a sea route to Asia. Search for spices (nutmeg‚ ginger‚ cloves‚ cinnamon‚ pepper‚ etc.) and luxury goods (silk‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewels‚ ivory‚ porcelains‚ tea‚ etc.) from Africa and the East. Religious aims (God) Europeans hoped to spread Christianity to people throughout the

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