In the mid sixteenth century a silver mine located at Potosi‚ South America was formed. This silver mine was one of the few major silver mines in the world‚ the others located in Northern Central America and Southern Japan. This certain mine was known for its distinctive rich black flint. Extensive excavation required more than three-thousand Indians to work away with picks and hammers to break up the ore and bring it up to the surface. Just after refining the ore‚ the silver is shipped to Spain
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we are in always interests my family and I for many reasons‚ mainly the education and how it came to where it is today throughout the city’s past. My family and I usually have one large trip a year‚ the most resent one being our trip to Spain and Portugal. When there‚ my family and I stopped at seven different Cities‚ Madrid‚ Lisbon‚
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wealth by buying items from a group of people at a low price and selling those things to other people at higher prices. European countries use trade to gain wealth The stronger countries in Europe in the 1400s and 1500s England‚ Spain‚ France and Portugal. Kings and queens wanted to gain wealth - to build larger armies and navies to dominate other countries. Europe wants to trade with Asia A trader would want to buy items in Asia and sell them in Europe to make a lot of money by selling luxuries
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Portugal has a rich musical culture‚ with roots that go back to Provencal troubadours‚ followed by ballads and the fado‚ and as of late‚ incorporating the rhythms of Portugal’s former West African colonies. Each of these elements are stll alive in current Portuguese music like the French Provencal influence in the folk music played at festivals in the northern part of the country‚ as well as the rock and jazz most prevalent in the larger cities. An additional element is added by a wealth of singer-songwriters
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others a historical aftermath - each equally valued. Two journals gave an in-depth review of historical manuscripts and argued varied topics. Three books gave a broad picture‚ important for a full spectrum of events starting from the formation of Portugal all the way through to the English occupation of India some 800 years later. Through these sources‚ I was confidently able to grasp the scope of Portuguese exploration and it ’s greater significances on the past and modern world. Northrup‚ David
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and impoverished after participating in the First World War. He was a military man who had a leading role in the civil war and went on to form and lead a junta government; he was also a devout Catholic. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar governed Portugal from 1933 to 1968. He was an academic‚ a professor of Economics at the University of Coimbra. After a period as Minister of Finance‚ he became Prime Minister in 1933. Salazar presented himself as an academic‚ not a military man‚ and he was
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The Americas are usually referred to as the New World because they weren’t discovered until 1492‚ and no one in Eurasia and Africa knew of this landmass. Both North and South America were colonized by European countries; North America by the English and the French‚ and South America by the Spanish and the Portuguese. Although they were both colonized by Europeans‚ North and South America are quite different in terms of economy‚ political structure‚ and culture. Geographical factors‚ such as climate
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Introduction This chapter discusses how the different nations of Europe took form after the fall of the Roman Empire and the time of massive European expansion that turned many regions of the world into colonies that supplied Europe with new sources of wealth in precious metals‚ raw materials‚ agricultural products and human slaves. He discusses general patterns in political wars and commerce and the different ways in which the Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch and English built kingdoms that
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Chapter 15 Q&A’s 1. The Maritime Revolution: * Starts because of Ferdinand Magellan * Expedition to reach East Indies * Maritime era marked end of a long period. * Broadened and deepened contacts‚ alliances‚ & conflicts across ancient cultural boundaries. 2. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450: * Strong ships were needed * New sailing techniques * Rewards for sea travel made them worthwhile 3. The Pacific Ocean: * Polynesians originated in Asia
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Portugal took the lead in exploration when it began exploring the coast of African under the sponsorship of Prince Henry. Portugal discover a new source of gold around the hump of West African Cargo that earned investors profit of several thousand percent The age of exploration and expansion. Islam-is
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