Dustin Winski Jun 26th‚ 2012 AP Euro AP European History Summer Assignment 2012 Why did trade and travel decline after the fall of Rome? After the fall of Rome‚ with no government to supply protection or to keep the rads and bridges repaired‚ travel became difficult and dangerous. This danger‚ coupled with ignorance and lack of desire to change the situation by the powerful lords‚ whose manors required little trade‚ led to the decline in travel and trade. Who was the first
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AP European History Period: E Interpretive Biography Leonardo Da Vinci is considered one of the greatest geniuses of all time. He was the epitome of the term "Renaissance Man"‚ which means a person with many talents. During the Italian Renaissance Da Vinci’s accomplishments ranged from many fields such as anatomy‚ engineering‚ mathematics‚ nature ‚philosophy‚ painting‚ sculpting and architecture. His achievements in these fields stem from an early age‚ Da Vinci was an illegitimate child born
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ENG 5933: History of the Book (Fall 2007) c. 2400 BC c. 650 c. 400-300 295 c. 100 1st Cent. AD c. 370 610 c. 700 c. 750-800 868 875 896 c. 1041-48 11th Cent. 1255 1276 1337 1373 c. 1400 1403 1418 1430 1454 1456 1457 c. 1460 1465 1466 1467 1470 1472 1476 1477 c. 1485 Earliest surviving papyrus scrolls. Papyrus scroll introduced into Greece from Egypt. Silk writing materials employed in China. Alexandria Library founded. Vegetable-fiber paper developed in China. MS. book format shifts from scroll
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EasyJets History Timeline The humble beginnings of EasyJet started in 1995‚ when Sir Stelios Haji-loannou founded the company‚ with the purpose of offering low cost flights across Europe. October of that year saw the first base being opened at Luton Airport‚ with the first flight taking off on November 10th to Glasgow. The following year in 1996 saw Easyjet conduct its very first international flight‚ initially starting with flights to Amsterdam‚ shortly being followed by Nice and Barcelona. 1996
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“European Workers in the 19th Century DBQ” During the nineteenth century in Europe‚ the majority of European workers had moved from the country into cities on account of the modernization of their farms. Due to the large increase of population in such close quarters‚ the living conditions of the workers were in shambles‚ and the people began to protest and demand better living conditions. While some sought for government reforms that would put a new emphasis on those less fortunate‚ others found
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Mr. Dunbar AP European History Chapter 10 Outline: Renaissance and Discovery Section One: The Renaissance in Italy * Section Overview * Jacob Burckhardt‚ a Swiss historian‚ described the Renaissance as the “prototype of the modern world” in his book Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) * In Italy blossomed new secular and scientific views * People became to approach the world empirically and draw rational conclusions based on observation
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Jason Billinglsey European History 9 May 2013 DBQ: French Nobility During the time period of the late sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century the concept of what nobility is and what it was conceived to be varied greatly as more modern thoughts developed and desperation of monarchs grew to meet such demand. The arguments related to nobility differed greatly‚ but these were the most crucial; the difference between the sword and the robe and the right to even hold such a position
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Link‚ software connecting its stores‚ distribution centers‚ and suppliers‚ providing detailed inventory data “to bring our suppliers closer to our individual stores” ("Walmart Corporate - History Timeline"‚ n.d.‚ p.
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1200 1617 1450 1687 Chinese Abacus Napier ’s bones Gutenberg press Principia Mathematica - Isaac Newton 1801 1811 1826 1830 1842 1843 1864 1877 1884 1885 1887 1888 1888 1888 1890 1891 1898 Jacquard loom Luddites riot Photography (Niepce) Babbage Analytical Engine designed FAX (Alexander Bain) Morse ’s telegraph installed between Philadelphia and Washington Maxwell electromagnetic wave theory becomes
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Justine Chapel November 19‚ 2012 AP Euro P3 Martin Luther DBQ By the 1500’s many issues shows signs of disorder within the Church. The idea of selling indulgences (forgiveness for sin) for clergy benefit began to negatively spread throughout the people‚ along with opposition to pluralism (holding more than one office). This sparked many attempts to reform the church through individual groups‚ one of which being the Brotherhood of Common Life. One of their accomplishments was starting schools for
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