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    Frederick William the Great Elector --- Frederick the Great 14. Ivan the Terrible --- Mongols --- Peter the Great 15. Baroque --- Bartolomeo Rastrelli --- Absolutism 16. Frederick the Great --- Catherine the Great --- Maria Theresa 17. Galileo --- Copernicus --- Kepler 18. Bayle --- Montesquieu --- Encyclopedia 19. Open-field System --- Crop rotation --- Enclosure 20. British Navigation Acts --- Spinning jenny --- Cottage industry 21. Treaty of Paris --- Mercantilism --- Peace of Utrecht 22. Nuclear

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    God.[10]  The Islamic Golden Age‚ which is traditionally dated as being the 8th–13th centuries‚ was marked by the ascension of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasids were influenced by the Quran’s injunction that “the ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.” During this time‚ the Arab world became an intellectual center for science‚ astronomy‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ mathematics‚ philosophy‚ medicine‚ and education.[2] Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world today  There

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    Johannes Kepler‚ who was born December 27‚ 1571 and died on November 15‚ 1630. He created the three major laws of planetary motion. These three laws are called the Law of Ellipses‚ the Law of Equal Areas‚ and the Law of Harmonies. Kepler’s first law is called the Law of Ellispes or the Law of Orbits. This law states that planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus. Think of the elliptical shape as a part of a cone. This is the shape of the orbit that becomes an inverse square force

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    In some ways ‚ the Renaissance turned the world‚ and ‚and place in the world upside down . In the years between the fall of Rome and the 14th century the Catholic Church was in charge of Europe. Literacy was only for priest and monks and truth was to be found in the Bible and the words of the pope . In 1350 ‚ new ideas and arts began to be created in Italy‚ thus starting the time period we call the renaissance. People started focusing more on themselves then just god. Three examples of these changes

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    Then Doc D is mainly about an increase over the years of getting a better explanation of the human body. In Doc C Ptolemy developed a theory of the universe that is earth-centered and Copernicus relying on observations and mathematics. Ptolemy thought that the solar system revolved around the sun. From circa 1500‚ man’s view of the world was based off two different theories of the universe. Doc D shows how each sign of the zodiac governed

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    Astrology During The Renaissance There were many different superstitions popular at the time of the Renaissance. Many people believed in luck‚ ghosts‚ witches‚ and astrology. There were multiple items associated with luck and have their origins in Renaissance superstitions. Such as‚ if something bad happened‚ like an injury or receiving bad news‚ a person during the Renaissance would record the day and time and consider it ‘unlucky’ and avoid important activities at the time from there on. Renaissance

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    The Introduction to Marketing simulation challenges students to make realistic marketing and business decisions in a competitive‚ fast-paced market. It allows your students to develop and execute a complete marketing strategy‚ including brand design‚ pricing‚ ad copy design‚ media placement‚ distribution‚ and sales force management. Throughout the exercise‚ students receive information on customer needs as well as a feedback on customer satisfaction with brands‚ prices and advertising. They discover

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    tying these discoveries to the work Johannes Kepler and his Laws of Planetary motion‚ he established classic mechanics the beginning of modern Physics. This was huge in many ways as he proved definitively the heliocentric model first proposed by Copernicus. He also was the first to propose a set of laws that described the motion of all things in the universe. This served as the basis for our understanding how the universe functions and why it is the way it is. For his time and even now this was a

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    “Is it so bad‚ then‚ to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood‚ and Socrates‚ and Jesus‚ and Luther‚ and Copernicus‚ and Galileo‚ and Newton‚ and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” All these people were considered outsiders during their time period‚ a few of them were even killed for their beliefs. Not much has changed from the times of these brilliant minds. An outsider is a person who is typically misunderstood in their society. Everyone

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    of Universal Gravitation. Johannes Kepler The _____ argued that nature was the way in which God revealed himself to humanity. Neoplatonists _____ made the first challenge to the Ptolemaic conception of the universe. Nicholas Copernicus The "classical" style of music that swept Europe in the late 18th century: was intended to sound orderly‚ clear and balanced. The "invisible hand" of Adam Smith’s theory could best guide economic activity because: all humans are

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