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    Project Historian

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    indigenous peoples before—and | |during—the colonial period. | |Students will also be able to describe the role of Europe in the “discovery‚” exploration‚ and early colonization of America‚ as well as | |evaluate the impact of the Columbian exchange of microbes and plants‚ and their environmental consequences in America. | |Students will analyze and evaluate

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    To My King Research Paper

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    Explorer Paper LeeAnne Valentine HIS/458 May 12‚ 2014 Jelena Popov Explorer Paper To My King Charles V‚ I have come to understand that this is a golden time to begin exploring other worlds in search of gold‚ power‚ and create trading routes with the Indies of the West. In doing this‚ I would need to circumnavigate the oceans in search for a Western route to the Indies. Perhaps‚ you are familiar with Prince Henry the Navigator? He has formed a research titled‚ "Primitive Research and Development

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    Debate on Columbus Day

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    To change Columbus Day to no longer be a holiday would be turning a blind eye to a difficult history‚ yet still turning that eye away from a history with a side to be celebrated. I instead ask of you to celebrate Columbus Day‚ learn the full history‚ including the wrong doings of Columbus and his crew‚ and celebrate the good change brought about by this event that ultimately led to the lifestyle you lead today. If the wrongs of every event in history were to be scrutinized would we have a history

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    Columbian Exchange

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    Costs for the Benefits The Colombian Exchange’s forward approach included the exchange of new foods‚ animals‚ and resources between Europe‚ the Americas‚ and Africa. However‚ there was an indirect exchange of diseases‚ weapons‚ ideas‚ and people. This process had both positive and negative side effects. The Colombian Exchange resulted in an overall definite benefit compared to its costs. These benefits would include the sugar production‚ a financial silver income‚ the impact of nutritious foods

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    Western Europe established the first modern global networks‚ but it was not because their economies were much more advanced than others. Europe looked up to places like India‚ where Vasco Da Gama showed his country’s (Portugal) inferiority once he noticed how wealthy the Indian king was. Islamic Empires such as the Ottomans conquered Constantinople closing all trade routes from Europe to Asia‚ forcing Europe to alter their routes. Also‚ Europe did not compare to China‚ who had a great explorer that

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    Turning Points in History

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    A turning point is defined as a period in history when a significant change occurs. Three of these turning points were the neolithic revolution‚ the age of exploration‚ and the collapse of communism in the soviet union. The neolithic revolution was the process of shifting from hunting and gathering to farming and starting a civilization. The age of exploration was when the European started to explore the whole world and not just what they already knew. Both of these turning points brought great

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    Or how Battuta started his journey with a purpose of visiting Mecca‚ like his religion requires him to do and Polo just took a Gap year to escape from the troubles at home. Marco Polo born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy started exploring at the young age of seventeen‚ his first destination was China. It is rumored that he became a diplomatic for Kublai Khan because of his storytelling. Marco worked for Kublai for about seventeen years and explored about 20 countries before traveling back to Italy‚ but

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    Motives‚ Problems‚ and Rewards of European Exploration European expansion in the 1400’s was an unforeseen event that changed everything. This age endowed Europe to control something it never thought it could. With the persuasion of firm motives‚ the Europeans and their countries endured troublesome problems and prospered with advantageous rewards during the age of exploration and expansion. What provoked European countries in the early fifteenth century to send their men into the vast unknown? The

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    Spanish & Russian Empires

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    The age of exploration‚ a period of expansion for many Eurasian empires occured between 1450 and 1800. During this period both the Spanish and thep Russian empires were able to advance economically from their connections with societies westward. Both empires used some form of a labor system in order to support their social structures‚ despite the fact that where the laborers originated was different within the two empires. From a political standpoint‚ both empires were run under an autocratic government

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    DBQ essay

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    Keven muca 5-1-14 Clash of cultures 901 DBQ essay Throughout history‚ trade has influenced civilizations by expanding religions‚ spreading new products or ideas‚ and through transmission of diseases. As civilizations began trading more with other civilizations‚ trade networks were setup. Traders needed a safe route to get to cities in order to trade. With trade networks such as the silk roads‚ traders had a way to get from Europe to China to trade goods. With more and

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