larger than any of its predecessors‚ able to carry over a thousand people‚ and had then offered Cabral the caravels so he could set off with an experienced crew and head to the East Indies. The king expected great riches‚ since just a year before Vasco da Gama‚ another Portuguese explorer‚ had travelled to India and back and brought with him many exotic goods that had marvelled the court. Almost as soon as Cabral’s fleet set out to sea‚ however‚ the lead ship‚ commanded by Cabral himself‚ swung off
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Authority Dower‚ primogeniture 3. Power of Religion Pagans‚ heresies C. Europeans Create a Global World 1. Renaissance Changes Europe 1300-1500 Republics‚ civic humanism‚ ideology‚ guilds 2. West African Society and Slavery Vasco da Gama 3. Europeans Explore America Reconquista‚ Columbus 4. The Spanish Conquest Hernan Cortes‚ encomiendas‚ Columbian Exchange D. Rise of Protestant England 1. Protestant Movement Indulgences‚ Calvinism‚ predestination‚ Anglicanism
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encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had been in the air from the time of Alberti. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15‚ 1452 – May 2‚ 1519‚ Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ anatomist‚ geologist‚ cartographer‚ botanist‚ and writer. His genius more than that of any
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forefront. Also with Zheng He being seen as the first true intercontinental navigator he turned world navigation from that of continent navigation to ocean navigation. He would be seen as the forerunner to explorers like Christopher Columbus‚ Vasco De Gama and Ferdinand Magellan‚ and he would be seen as making great contributions to ancient Chinese navigation. With the accolades that Zheng He left on China what did he leave on the world? He left the Muslim faith in many places he visited. He also
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The role of religion in Europe During the fifteenth‚ sixteenth‚ and seventeenth centuries‚ religion played a major role in the efforts of the Europeans to explore and colonize the new world. The Reconquista became over a period of time a sacred mission to many of the Christian rulers and inhabitants of the peninsula. As soon as this period was finished‚ Spain started focusing on colonization and expansion. Some of the major events that happened during this period were the Portuguese attacks on
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and liberal roles of women. The changes in Africa’s religion from 1450 CE to 1750 CE are not difficult to see. The first thing was that‚ new religions that didn’t exist earlier began to come into the Sub-Saharan region. European explorers like Vasco de Gama
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world on a global scale. At this time that ‘early modern’ Europe was ambitious‚ Kamen indicates that explorers had ‘immeasurably extended the horizons of Europeans’1‚ a statement supported with evidence from the ambitious trader and adventurer Vasco Da Gama whose objective upon arriving in Malabar was seeking ‘Christians and spices’2‚ this bold statement of intent gives an insight to an “early modern” European ambition to make themselves financially stronger by extracting resources. A view supported
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Soccer all around the world is one of the most competitive and aggressive sports. Each country has its own way of promoting the sport and their local heroes. In some countries‚ soccer is related to religion and is a way out of the poverty-stricken lifestyles some face. Soccer is the favorite pastime in Brazil. Its streets and vacant lots are filled with children playing pickup games of soccer. Families dream of their sons becoming one of the greatest players or equal to soccer legends such
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APUSH American Pageant: Edition 13 Chapter 1 Notes Founding the New Nation The people who settled in America didn’t want to found a new nation. They were Europeans who continued to view themselves as Europeans‚ and they regarded America as the “western rim of a transatlantic European world”. The settlers who came to America were much alike. They spoke English and wanted an agricultural society. They grew to cherish the ideals like individual liberty‚ self-government‚ religious tolerance‚ and
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The First Americans The settling of the Americas Descended from bands of hunters and fishers Crossed the Bering Strait via land Arrived by sea from Asia or pacific lands 15‚000 to 60‚000 years ago Early inhabitants spread to the tip of south America Food crisis Wooly mammoth and giant bison extinct due to climate warm Near East 9‚000 years ago agriculture developed; corn‚ squash‚ and beans modern day Mexico and Andes Western hemisphere; no agriculture possible because of absence
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