1. The European Community was initially formed with aims of securing lasting peace and ending frequent warfare within Europe‚ most notably World War II which left the continent divided between the communist east and democratic west. Robert Schuman‚ the French Minister of foreign affairs at the time‚ therefore presented a plan for a common organisation of German and French coal and steel production which would subsequently expand across the rest of Europe to unite the nations both economically and
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proved it. Thus he lays claim to having circumnavigated the first voyage around the world. Born 1480 to lesser nobles living near Vila Real in northern Portugal‚ Magellan was raised as a page to the Portuguese king John II in the royal court at Lisbon. Magellan was educated from then on‚ becoming interested in geography and astronomy‚ thus in 1496 he became a squire. In the year 1505 Magellan would get his first taste of the sea‚ at the age of 20. He was sent to India to install Portuguese viceroy
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was not very wealthy‚ so he only had a meager education. When he was a boy‚ he would help and work with his father. In 1479 he married Felipa Perestrelo e Monis‚ daughter of Bartolomeu and had one son named Diego in 1480. The couple first lived in Lisbon then they moved to Porto Santo where she soon died after the birth of Diego. In 1488‚ eight years after the birth of Diego‚ Christopher Columbus had second child Ferdinand‚ out of wedlock with Beatriz Enriquez de Arana. Although‚ he never married
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Many school books portray Christopher Columbus as a hero and a courageous sailor that discovered the Americas. Is that true? Christopher Columbus was born between August 26 and October 31 in 1451 and died on May 20‚ 1526‚ in Genoa‚ Italy. He did not set out on a voyage to prove the world was round. In fact‚ he was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but he never did. Instead‚ he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Even then‚ he never actually discovered
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European business What are the main advantages of the European Union for the business environment? What are the main disadvantages? The European Union is a system that was created to help form a unity‚ and strengthen European states. After two ruinous world wars and the extension of Soviet power‚ many people recognized the need for some form of European unity. The community formed in 1951‚ and consisted of 6 countries – France‚ West Germany‚ the Netherlands‚ Belgium‚ Luxembourg‚ and Italy
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1096 to 1099 the First Crusade was born. They were Christian military undertakings and religous wars broadcasted by the general population. The motivation behind the Campaigns was to pick up and keep control over Palestine from the Muslims. Palestine was additionally called the Holy Land since Jesus lived there. Alexius Compenus was another ruler that came into force in Byzantium in 1081. Constentinople was in risk in light of the fact that the Seljuks debilitated them‚ so Alexius initially called
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country located in south-western Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. (Jenkins 1996) The capital of Portugal is Lisbon. Portugal claims to be the oldest European nation-state. (Jenkins 1996) Portugal is a developed country and it has the world ’s 19th-highest quality-of-life‚ according to Unit. It is the 14th-most peaceful and the 13th-most globalized country in
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What role has civil society to play in political reform and social transformation today? In this essay I focus on the nature of the state-civil society relationship in Ireland and I offer outlooks on how it may possibly change in the future to involve more of an input from civil society. I begin the essay by discussing the relationship between the state and civil society today. I then go on to discuss my thoughts on the constitutional convention in Ireland. After this I go on to talk about some
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The Battle of the Spanish Armada The great naval battle between Spain and England in 1588- one of the most important battles in the history of the world- is known as the Battle of the Invincible Armada. But in a sense‚ this is a misnomer. An invincible armada is one that cannot be defeated‚ yet the mighty fleet of warships that Spain sent to invade England‚ was defeated so badly that Spain could never again rule the oceans. How was it possible that this armada‚ which had awed all of Europe with
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