1066 AD‚ the Vikings struck terror into the heart of every European. Their sudden‚ ferocious raids on villages‚ churches‚ and monasteries made them both hated and feared. However‚ the Vikings accomplished more than merely destroying towns. In fact‚ they were the best explorers of the age‚ venturing as far south as Africa and as far west as North America. Wherever they settled‚ they altered the cultural fabric of the conquered area. This paper attempts to analyze specific changes the Vikings initiated
Premium World War II United States World War I
The first European Americans When people think about the new world‚ they might think why did European sail across the globe to the new world? Why did Chinese‚ for example‚ did not want to sail? The answer to that is Europeans‚ unlike Chinese or any other group of people‚ had two main reasons that made them interested to sail to the new world. Europeans were motivated by their poverty‚ and their motive to convert the world to Christianity. In other words‚ Europeans were motivated by “God‚ gold‚ and
Premium Europe United States Indigenous peoples of the Americas
farming started to change and it caused the small landowners to become bigger land owners. This caused the larger land owners to have to pay the peasants even more just so they can stay on due to low unemployment change. With the fall in population some landowners also had to sell their land due to the fact that they could not get the rental income that they needed to provide during this time period. This caused the redistribution of land ownership to influence the supply on the social and political
Premium Black Death Medieval demography World population
The Industrial Revolution was a period of great innovation and movement that affected the whole world; in one way or another. There were plenty of reason why the revolution emerged in Great Britain‚ they included steadiness in their social‚ economic‚ and political views. Britain worked sedulously especially on their navy‚ since the country was surrounded by water that played an enormous role on their part. The ocean helped in varies openings to a world of an endless opportunity both in economic
Premium Industrial Revolution Cotton mill
country could take place. The broad aims of Lenin’s communism were to redistribute wealth among the Russian people and to support the Red Army with artillery and weapons. Lenin did not achieve his goals to establish communism in Russia. The agricultural and industrial sectors in Russian collapsed due to the unorganised nationalisation that took place. Communism also had bad social effects on the people of Russia. Although the Russian economy was going through a crisis‚ Lenin was still able to support and
Premium Vladimir Lenin Russia Soviet Union
There is no doubt that the introduction of Europeans from overseas had a major and lasting impact on the Native American Indians throughout the Americas. Trade with the newly arrived white man affected any and all aspects of Indian life. Now introduced to new materials‚ tools‚ weapons‚ and pathogens things were in a whirlwind. Indians lifestyle and the way they went about their international diplomacy and warfare changed and would never be the same again. One of the most culturally significant actions
Premium United States War Native Americans in the United States
The Reformation is one of the biggest impacts in European history. Martin Luther is the man who ignited the historic reformation‚ the movement’s goal was to attack the religious principles that controlled Europe politically‚ Socially‚ and Religiously. This reform is what would shape what Europe is in modern age. A tremendous impact on modern society then and now was the creation of the printing press. The Bible could now be mass printed in the populations vernacular language. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
Premium Protestant Reformation Catholic Church Martin Luther
Why did Punk Rock begin in the 1970s? The nineteen seventies was an era of experimental and reactionary creation (Larkin‚ 1997‚ p339). The mid seventies marked the coming of a new genre of music; Punk Rock. Disco was dead and a fresh form of rebellion was born with Punk Rock exploding onto the U.S and English music scenes with attitudes and aesthetics reminiscent of American 1950s Rock and Roll (Larkin‚ 1997‚ p339). “The utopian idealism of the sixties had been drained off‚ leaving a bitter residue
Premium Rock music Punk rock Punk subculture
The Europeans were also known for being competitive and dealt with many wars. In 1494 there was a treaty that was signed by Portuguese and the Spanish which divided the new world which the west belonged to the Spanish and East belonged to Portugal. Europe was going through many changes in their country with the French Revolution introduced the idea of the nation-state as an organizing concept for politics‚ the rise of Liberalism‚ the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked and acquired goods
Premium Slavery Atlantic slave trade Africa
Around the 1870’s Europeans came and started to takeover Africa. Before they even came‚ Africa had a very stable economy. After the settlement of the Europeans‚ they started taking all the wealth for themselves‚ which had demolished the economy of Africa. After the imperialism of Africa was seized‚ Africa became independent. With the Europeans weakening the economy they were already off on the wrong foot. At one point all the world was in poverty‚ but during that time Africa had the worse case
Premium Africa Colonialism Europe