Technological advances during the period 1450-1750‚ or the Renaissance Era‚ were major influences to the way of life seen today. The ships‚ tools for traveling‚ especially the ones made Portugal and Spain all Impact society today‚ allowing for the age of exploration to emerge. All these tools proved prosperous but known more important than the printing-press independently developed in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg. Germany before this time was divided‚ in other words not a country yet‚ but divided
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In theory‚ he personally supervised all the affairs of state. In this case‚ since Tutankhamun was only nine when he was instated as a pharaoh‚ he had advisors to help him deal with businesses like these‚ where mostly his chief minister Ay did all the work. There are also wall paintings on Tutankhamun’s wall‚ where there is a picture of two officials accompanying the chief minister called viziers to rule upper and Lower Egypt. They supervised all the taxes‚ laws and construction since obviously
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was a philosopher‚ a government official‚ journalist‚ scholar‚ judge and activist lawyer (1758-1794). Robespierre was one of the most influential architects of the French Revolution which was to lead to an era known in France as the Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794. He lived at a dramatic time in the history of his country. Recognized for his deep knowledge of society and politics during the French Revolution‚ he played a decisive role during that time. He studied law through a scholarship and in
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Onobrakpeya started his art unwittingly by engraving on wood thorn found in the forest of his environment‚ little did he know that the engraved images he used to stamp on paper constituted an art. The little boy followed his father to Benin City at a very tender age; he attended Baptist primary school in Oke Eruvbi‚ a river Valley‚ in the rural area of Benin City (and now‚ only a few kilometres to Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin). He had his Standards 3-6 education in Sapele; later‚ he returned
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beginning of edison’s career he worked in Newark‚ New Jersey. The invention that first grabbed the public’s interest was the phonograph in 1877. The invention was so unexpected by the people that it felt as if it almost appeared to them like magic. From that point on edison was known as the “The Wizard of Menlo Park”‚ New
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Martin Luther was a prime example of a man of faith and being obedient to the Holy Spirit. He defied the Catholic church to bring the gospel to all the people. Taking a gigantic step to disagree with the Catholic church was extremely courageous. Since the Catholics were using indulgences to help pay for the church‚ which was like blackmail‚ Luther had put up with the last straw that broke the camel’s back‚ so to speak. Luther wanted this insane way of using the Christians to finally stop. By exposing
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West Africans developed their knowledge of tropical climate over many years and were able to make the leached soil of the Niger Delta profitable for themselves. The agricultural revolution in West Africa lead towards the Atlantic Slave Trade. The agricultural skills and knowledge of West Africans attracted Europeans. West Africans’ tropical agricultural skills greatly interested outsiders because the Europeans wanted to profit from this knowledge. On the map it is shown that West Africa consists
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Famous People from West Virginia Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (1824-1863) Jackson was born in Clarksburg‚ West Virginia. He was a Confederate general and won at the First Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War. He was accidentally killed by one of his men at Chanvellorsville. Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Jarvis was born in Grafton‚ West Virginia. She was a promoter who worked to make Mother’s Day a nationally celebrated holiday. Morgan Morgan (1688-1766) Morgan was a pioneer and the first white
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Facing excommunication would cause Luther to be cut off from the church and its sacraments. Threats of excommunication were a big deal because basically everybody believed that to get to heaven you needed sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Since Luther believed that he didn’t need to pay for salvation‚ he did not care if he was excommunicated. Luther publicly burned the Pope’s letter and broke all connections with the Roman Catholic
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In 1763 the colonists faced a series of conflicts with Great Britain. These conflicts resulted in the break between the two. Although Great Britain caused many problems by imposing several restrictive acts on the colonists’ during their fight for independence‚ it more importantly caused the colonists’ to come together and grow as they started an independence movement. Great Britain imposed many taxes on the colonists‚ one being the Sugar Act. The reason the Sugar made the colonists so mad was because
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