Adam Kvederis Chinese Contributions to the Modern World H. Stansbury HUM111 6/3/13 The ancient Chinese have made many invaluable contributions to both technology and culture. Originally‚ a tribe of stone tool using hunter-gatherers‚ this civilization evolved into a sophisticated people who harnessed the command of gunpowder‚ medicine‚ and the arts among other things (Sayre‚ 2012‚ pg 208). Although little remains from China’s early history‚ the luxurious items carefully buried with royalty
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Seraphin Tala Period 2 1. Christopher Columbus: Was a skilled Italian seafarer who discovered an island in the Bahamas on October 12‚ 1492. Appalachian Mountains formed about 350 million years ago. Marco Polo: Was an Italian adventurer. Vasco de Gama: An explorer who reached India and acquired spices Bartholomeu Dias: An explorer who rounded the southernmost tip of Asia. Juan Ponce de Leon: Explorer who explored Florida. Francisco Pizarro crushed the Incas of Peru in 1532 Francis Coronado:
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Parsis immigrated to India. Then came the Moghuls and they too settled down permanently in India. Chengis Khan‚ the Mongolian‚ invaded and looted India many times. Columbus wanted to come to India‚ but instead landed on the shores of America. Vasco da Gama from Portugal came to trade his country’s goods in return for Indian species. The French came and established their colonies in India. The British achieved political power in India. And while the British power gained its heights during the middle
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04.01 Travel Journal Answer the questions with notes from your reading as you complete the lesson. 1. How does the spreading of a computer virus compare to the spreading of human viruses? 2. How did the Black Plague spread so rapidly? 3. What impact did the plague have upon the 14th century economic system in Europe? 4. While famine hits parts of the world‚ other areas continue to flourish. What accounts for this trend? 04.02 Travel Journal Answer the questions with notes from your
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page to Queen Leanor at the royal court. Such a position commonly served as a means of education for sons of the Portuguese nobility. At the court‚ Magellan learned about the voyages of such explorers as Christopher Columbus of Italy and Vasco da Gama of Portugal. He also learned the fundamentalsof navigation. In 1496‚ Magellan was promoted to rank of squire and became a clerk in the marine department. There‚ he helped outfit ships for trade along the west coast of Arfica. Magellan first
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Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that
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increased colonization in another part of the world. At the National Maritime Museum I learnt more about the East India Company. The Europeans began to trade with Asia by sea around the 1500’s. The first European to sail from Europe to Asia was Vasco da Gama. Many different European countries traded with sailed to Southern India for things like spices and pepper. This is exactly what the Dutch did. Robert Knox sailed from Great Britain to Southern India because of the East India Company. Many of the
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Trade was the most important factor in the growth of the British Empire. Do you agree? One of the main factors of the growth of the British Empire is trade. The other main factors are: rivalries with other European countries‚ the spread of Christianity and the desire to colonise. All of these factors are important‚ but I think that the main one is trade. Trade earned a lot of money‚ and the East India Company had a lot to do with this. Some of the money which was made from
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The central feature of world history between late 15th Century and 1700 was the expansion of Europe and the spread of European culture and civilisation throughout the globe. Until 1500 the world had‚ on whole‚ pressed in on Europe. Beginning in the 1500s‚ Europe began to press out on the world. This period in history is known as the Age of Discovery or Exploration. During this time‚ driven by a variety of motives‚ European explorers mapped almost all of the world’s seas and outlines of the continents
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I. Founding the New Nation a) Factors that united the first Europeans in America 1. Most were English speaking 2. Most came determined to create an agricultural society modeled n English customs 3. Colonists strove to live lives free by the tyrannies of royal authority‚ official religion‚ and social hierarchies that they left behind Grew to cherish reverence for individual liberty‚ self-government‚ religious tolerance‚ and economic opportunity 4. Willingness to subjugate outsiders
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