Devry university | The Printing Press | Gutenberg’s Movable type | | Lucas D Miller | 6/10/2012 | The information presented in this paper will illustrate how the printing press‚ more specifically Gutenberg’s press‚ acted as an “agent of change” in the proliferation of knowledge throughout Europe and global society in general. | The world we know is merely the cumulative results of at least eight millennia of human activity and invention (Elliot‚ 2012). Writing was a way for man
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for their hard work. Although woman couldn’t make big decisions in earlier times‚ many of them helped change the world and everybody’s perspective on the female gender. Queen Cleopatra VII helped change the view on woman in certain ways and proved to her people that she can rule Egypt as well as a male could have done it. And because these women had their minds set to prove everybody wrong‚ the world now has equality with men and women. Cleopatra VII‚ who is now known as Queen Cleopatra of Egypt‚
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“How Disco Changed the World” Disco got its start when Djs at gay Manhattan dance clubs started spinning black music in the early 70s. With such obvious homosexual and black roots‚ it is no wonder that‚ considering the time of its emergence in the mid 1970s‚ less than a decade removed from the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and only a few years after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and the Stonewall riots in 1969‚ faced a hearty opposition from some Americans. On the warm summer night
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pressurized cans‚ balloons on a hot or cold day‚ or playing football in the snow. When a pressurized can is sprayed for several seconds the can becomes colder. The spray releases some of the pressure inside the can. The volume in the can does not change‚ however the temperature decreases making the can colder. This shows that when the pressure decreases the temperature does also. If you are having an outdoor party on a warm sunny day. The balloons that are filled inside an air-conditioned home should
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years ago‚ one word repeated three times changed the world forever. “Tora‚ Tora‚ Tora” was heard through the radios on Japanese fighter planes. They had been given the final go-ahead for their attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion of Poland.
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Title: How did Fukushima change the World? Mission statement: Egy esetleges zéró nukleáris energia politika hatása Japán energia piacára I. Introduction Fukushima is a prefecture in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshu in Japan. On Friday 11 March 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the region with an epicentre 130 km away from the east cost of the island. The historic-high magnitude of 9.0 was followed by a major tsunami that inundated about 560 sq km and resulted in human death toll of
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no mass media‚ such as the printing press to spread the word. A century later‚ all that had changed. Like any other invention‚ the printing press came along and had an impact when the right conditions existed at the right time and place. In this case‚ that was Europe in the mid 1400’s. Like many or most inventions‚ the printing press was not the result of just one man’s ingenious insight into all the problems involved in creating the printing press. Rather‚ printing was a combination of several
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Over 700 years ago the world was introduced to firearms which changed the world. Although the change was slow‚ there was a change. Today‚ over three-quarters of americans have had or have used a firearm in their life. That means that over 240 million people have used a weapon‚ but people see the weapon‚ but not how far they have come. It took 700 years to make one of the deadliest weapons in the world. Over 800 years ago the world was intrigued by the discovery of gunpowder. The mixture of saltpeter
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has become today was made possible by the invention of the printing press‚ which made books easier and cheaper to produce‚ stimulating the spread of knowledge and writing. This first mechanical machine that helped expand access to learning and information has led to the establishment of the modern-day Internet. Although the Internet has improved upon the beneficial qualities of the primitive printing press remarkably‚ the printing press was much more revolutionary than the Internet. It caused literacy
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However‚ out of the numerous people‚ only handfuls have undertaken procedures and innovations that draw universal acknowledgment and admiration. In such a way‚ through innovation and development of ideas‚ such characters have drastically changed the world. Born on July 10‚ 1856‚ Nikola Tesla forms part of such individuals who have influenced the globe in a particular way. Tesla was a brilliant Serbian inventor who made significant inventions in the fields of both mechanical and electrical engineering
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