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    18) The Order of Christ and the cruzado represented the motives and efforts of the Portuguese during the 15th century. The Order of Christ had the properties and crusading traditions of the Order of Knights Templar‚ and the cruzado was a reminder of the Portuguese secular and religious motives. 19) Fernão Gomes was a merchant from Lisbon‚ and he found a new way for expeditions to be funded and caused dramatic changes on the Atlantic world. He bought a contract from the Crown the privilege of exploring

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    Columbian Exchange was a widespread transfer of animals (livestock)‚ plants‚ culture‚ technology‚ ideas‚ human populations (slaves as well)‚ and microbes between Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. The Columbia Exchange started occurring right after Christopher Columbus’ voyage in 1492. With the Americas opened to the world‚ there were many effects on everyone involved in trade both in a positive and negative way. One of the biggest problems with the Columbian Exchange was that everyone was vulnerable towards

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    St James the Great

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    Lord. After Our Lord was taken up into heaven. Preached in Samaria‚ Judea‚ and Spain. First Apostle to be martyred. He was stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa I in Jerusalem in the year 44. 1492 was also the year the Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. Columbus and his conquistadors had a special devotion to the image of Mary that had appeared in the mountains of Spain that same year. Tradition tells us that St. Luke the evangelist made the image. The advocation of the image was

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    the coast of Africa‚ were that it was very dangerous due to enemy colonies along the route and was also very long. These problems made some people‚ including Christopher Columbus‚ decide to turn to the west to find safer and faster routes to the riches of Asia. What they found was the Americas. Believing that he would reach Asia‚ Columbus accidentally found a new continent‚ full of new riches and unclaimed lands. All of this occurred near the end of the Renaissance‚ beginning with the founding

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    the Europeans. European settlers first came to the New World for multiple reasons. It started with Christopher Columbus wanting to find a shorter and quicker route to the East. Failing to do so‚ he made the New World’s existence known to the Old World. It wasn’t just the Europeans who decided to come to the New World. The Spanish government was informed of the New World by Christopher Columbus himself. The Spanish government sent explorers as well. The Europeans and Spaniards weren’t so friendly

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    discussing the truth and lies surrounding Christopher Columbus and other early explorers and conquerors of the Americas. During the time periods Columbus and other explorers “discovered” what is now known as North and South America and Europeans began settling and using it to benefit themselves. Columbus set the example for Europeans who came to the Americas following his visit in regards to treatment of the native people‚ their lands‚ and goods. Columbus is often portrayed as a pivotal person in

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    Americans made the Spaniards believe that their culture was higher powered. Christopher Columbus was sent out by King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth to conquer the Islands and Continents in the ocean. Because of India being sucked into “harmful religions‚” it was also Columbus’ job to see how their switch to Holy Faith might be accepted. When the admiral finally arrived many people of the island gathered around the ships. Columbus felt that these natives needed to be freed from their culture and the Spaniards

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    individuals such as Christopher Columbus and Pizarro. According to Restall (2003)‚ the European discovery and the conquest of the America were as a result of courageous adventurers. The author highlights how powerful empires such as the Inca and Aztecs were invaded and conquered by a handful Spaniards. Further‚ the author notes that that Christopher Columbus made history through his geographical discoveries that saw him travel around the world. to some historians‚ it is Columbus who discovered America

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    Columbus has always been portrayed as an enlightened‚ peaceful explorer who “discovered” a new world‚ and became friends with the native people. Howard Zinn’s view on Columbus’s encounter with the natives is an entirely different perspective. Zinn describes Columbus as a man who is willing to torture and kill others to be able to accomplish what he wants; in this case he wanted to obtain gold and other resources to take back with him to Spain. When Columbus and his men arrived to the islands‚ he

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    it’s going to continue to improve its’ technology as everyone continue to interchange with each other. What is globalization 1.0‚ 2.0‚ and 3.0? Globalization 1.0 was established in 1492‚ when Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover America. On this voyage‚ that’s when Columbus discovers “the world is round and the world shrank from large to medium” (Baltzan‚ 2012‚ p. 3). Countries were starting to do trades‚ and were competing to see who was richer; most countries’ businesses

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