breakup of the Roman Empire • To compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire • To explore medieval European expansion • To present the backwardness of medieval Europe relative to other civilizations‚ and the steps by which it caught up Key Terms Aristotle and classical Greek learning: Some works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 b.c.e.) had always been known in Western Europe‚ but beginning in the eleventh century‚ medieval thought was increasingly shaped
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From 1970 to 1990‚ Eastern European nations realized they needed a change in their governments as well as economies. Politically‚ reformers and dissidents wanted to end party-state dictatorships and move towards a pluralist democracy. Economically‚ centrally planned economies were unsuccessful due to increased bureaucracy‚ excessive centralization‚ and debt obligation. Velvet revolutions in Eastern Europe changed countries towards market-oriented economies and pluralist democracies. Countries
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This phrase represented the division that was descended between the European countries. Churchill believed all of the famous cities that were on the east side of the curtain laid within the Soviet sphere (Document 1). Churchill was right because Eastern European countries had adopted a communist system falling under Soviet Union control while Western European countries consisted of a mostly democratic government. The United States felt as though they needed to intervene since it too was a democratic
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Comparing and Contrasting the Post Classical Era Europe and China were two civilizations in the post classical era that thrived in religion and philosophy. Europe and China were similar in that they both had monasteries to teach and spread their religion and gender was unaffected‚ but different because China had rival religions. Europe’s Christianity was similar to China’s Buddhism because they both had ways of teaching and spreading their religion. In China there were several Monasteries where
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Powers - the Soviet Union and the United States of America - sought to keep the balance of military power by aligning themselves with their respective allies. This resulted in the countries of Western Europe and America forming NATO and the Soviet Union maintained a policy of controlling Eastern Europe by forming the Warsaw Pact. NATO • • • • • • NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Created on 4 April 1949 There were twelve countries whose representatives signed the inaugural agreement - Belgium;
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Although most historians the Black death as being one of the most devastating events in human history‚ it could also be argued that the Black death changed Europe for the better. The black death is a disease that formed on a victims body. Black death is also called Black Plague because most scholars believe struck Europe was ̈Plague ̈. The plague took pneumonic and septicemic forms. The black death was an epidemic of bubonic plague‚ a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that
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Abstract Eastern Europe’s environmental problems are not as simple as they may seem on the surface. The environmental problems that face Eastern Europe are complicated by political‚ economic‚ and social implications. The current environmental problems are a bi-product of rapid industrial expansion under a socialist government. The soviet government was more concerned with surpassing the western cultures in technology and military might than the environmental damage they were doing to their country
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In 1497‚ King Manuel ordered Vasco da Gama to go on an expedition in East Asia. The journey is a prime example‚ which demonstrated how gunpowder transformed Europe. His use of gunpowder allowed him to set forceful deals with other nations after destroying their navies with superior cannons and boats. Even though China invented an early version of the powder‚ they neglected the improvement of it‚ as they believed it was noisy‚ cheap and dirty business. It was the Europeans who found success with
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Nicky Kassab Mr. Van Meter Post-Soviet Eurasia 13 November 2012 Privatization of Russia On midnight of December 31st 1991‚ the Soviet Union collapsed‚ along with the communist ideals that it followed. The former the soviet union were forced to transition from a communism to a private government literally overnight‚ which is why it was referred to as spontaneous privatization. This abrupt economic reform cause problems with the people‚ as the government struggled to devise an efficient
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Which was the most influential economic group in early modern society and why? The 16th century otherwise known as early modern Europe is a historical period of time defining the end of the dark ages and the beginning of the first industrial revolution. It was a time of great change‚ for Europe and its economy. Europe was recovering from the Black Death and the end of the 100 year war‚ which had seriously damaged its economy at the time‚ population growth had started to stabilise (the European
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