The New World known today as America is a product of the meeting of two worlds, two different social, political and economic environments. America remained hidden for thousands of years and unknown to European explorers. Its discovery consisted of a clash of cultures, languages, traditions and history. Although they bear a similarity as they were both initially sponsored by monarchs in search of the Northwest Passage, the differences between the Spanish (1492 – 1548) and English (1584-1648) explorations
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The 1400s marked a time of exploration and expansion for Europe. Identify and explain three developments that stimulated this age of exploration. Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Europe was a society based upon agriculture. “Farming and raising livestock had been
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Business Research Process Denise McSalters RES 351 March 2, 2015 Chevell Thomas Pharmaceutical Sales Research Study A look into the reasons behind the pharmaceutical sales industry’s mass layoffs and subsequent hiring binges. In reviewing the article a study of drug company tends is performed by a health care consultancy. Identifying the Research Problem In the article discusses the recent trend of pharmaceutical
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The development of the caravels, compasses, mapmaking, guns and canons helped make transoceanic European travel possible. Caravels were vessels that were very maneuverable and could sail against the wind so travel time was much faster and easier. Compasses allowed open sea navigation using the Sun and the stars to guide the navigators. Mapmaking helped document discovered and claimed land and passage ways for travel and trade. Once Europe knew about explosives, guns and canons helped Western Europe
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During the 15th and 16th century, most European countries were in search of new land to improve their own countries. Three of the most important countries that played a role in exploring the New World were Portugal, France, and Spain. Portugal, France, and Spain had explored different parts of the New World for different reasons, but in the process of exploring, they corrupted native traditions and civilizations. To begin with, Portugal had wanted to explore to find riches and increase their trade
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The Age of Exploration was when two worlds were brought together. European explorers were able to discover the New World for many different explanations. Their act produced great changes for both worlds the cause of the Age of Exploration were gold glory, and god. Throughout the year they establish a new world and in the new world there were positive and negative aspect of them. The negative aspect were slave trade, European disease, and racism. Alost h positive about the new world was navigation
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Between the years of 1450 CE and 1750 CE, the interactions between Asia and Europe underwent several political, economic and social transformations that resulted in a shift from land based trade to maritime trade and the development of new political administration techniques that began a domineering European presence in Asia. These two changes led directly to the Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange which dominated the majority of the time period. Meanwhile, the presence of cultural diffusion
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THE EUROPEAN EXPLORATION JIMA JARQUIN MIAMI DADE COLLEGE In the 1400s Ming China was the most powerful, richest, and most advanced society in the world. Silks, spices, and ceramics were goods that Eurasia desired and were provided by China. Islamic empires were also very powerful the Ottomans set in during the 1400s and 1500s, and took over the center of commerce and trade routes between Europe and Asia. There was no strong, centralized political authority. A world where
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Age of Exploration Essay The rise of nation states was when kings from multiple small kingdoms fought each other in wars against their kingdoms until there was one left in charge of all the kingdoms. This was happening in many areas of Europe, from this arose nations such as England, Spain, Dutch, French, and the Portuguese. The rise of nation states caused the age of exploration because leaders of the new found nation states had more wealth than ever before and were able to fund bigger, and better
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1. What events spurred Europe to exploration and colonization in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? Europe began running out of resources. The forests had been eradicated. Most metals had been mined out with virtually no prospect of finding new sources that were local. The need to feed the beginning of the industrial revolution and the need for more wealth drove the rulers of European nations to start looking for new sources for these materials. 2. What new technologies made exploration possible
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