Age of Discovery

Researchers also attempted to account for gender differences in these associations. “Participants were 257 adolescents (mean age = 15.96) assessed three times over an 18-month period” (Duncan et al. 1999). Assessment results demonstrated a significant relationship between the use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and risky sexual behavior (Duncan et al. 1999). More specifically…

one can see a very direct correlation, especially in looking at the concept of humanism of which the root was a drive to go to the source of information. However despite this newfound rush to a source, there were a flowering handful of ideas and discoveries that were new and revolutionary. This time period demonstrated a time of two extremes working in a discordant harmony: backpedaling to the source of an answer, or sprinting to a new experimental solution. The humanist mindset was a brand…

come and go, but timeless themes are evident throughout time, forever youthful, yet old at the same time. Timeless themes are eternally relevant concepts in classic and contemporary literature that can be connected by everyone, regardless of their age, their lifestyle, or their time period. The theme on the importance of others occurs repeatedly over time in thousands of different kinds of literature. Especially now with the our world brimming with superficial ideals such as money and appearance…

RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE (PERSPECTIVE) Like many other civilisations throughout the historical timeline, Vikings also had their own beliefs and religious practices-which they worshipped more than one kind of god until the official conversion of Christianity happened at the era of 1000CE. Evidences from the collection of medieval Icelandic prose recorded inside the ‘Viking sagas’, suggested that Vikings had also faith in mythical creatures and immortal souls. Each god in Vikings was assigned for…

INTRODUCTION • The renaissance took place during the 1300s and into the 1650s in Europe. During this time period, discovery and curiosity drove humanity to the modern world and out of the dark ages. The renaissance, also known as rebirth • Spirit of Adventure and curiosity led people to • Period of enlightenment and knowledge • Main focus was on humanism__define • Art focus was on realism and^^HUMANISM • The nineteenth century invented the term "humanism." But humanism is based on three…

for the argument of a Mycenaean invasion, as it is generally believed it replaced the pre-existing Linear A script. Cline, E. H. 2010. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000BC), New York, Oxford University Press. In this article Cline…

made with asbestos as “cloth which could be immersed in fire and emerge, not only unburnt, but even cleansed. Such cloth is known to have been woven using fibres from the mineral asbestos”. This is important to Barber’s above statement about the discovery of wool because it correlated to and showed exactly how sustainable and useful wool could be. Upon learning to use wool, textile creations became more exciting and vivid, and simply more beautiful. It is interesting to learn about these things,…

I would argue the First Crusade was the only one which was successful, when judged by the criteria of its achieving its intended objectives. Despite disputes with the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I over provisions, swearing of fealty, conquered lands, and use of the Bosporus Strait, and the utter destruction of Peter the Hermit’s forces, the Crusader forces eventually succeeded in securing numerous military victories and capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem. Of course, the Crusaders were fortunate…

The Enlightenment was a time of belief and discovery, but it did not get that way in a single day. It took centuries for the Enlightenment to begin but it started with Absolute Monarchy. Absolute Monarchy is where one ruler has all the power. It ignited the desire for knowledge which then led to the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution was a time where the people of Europe started to or became weary of traditional ideas and wondered about the universe and the functions of the human…

The Age of Enlightenment, or otherwise known as, simply, The Enlightenment, is a period in 18th century western culture in which reason was advocated as a primary source of truth and knowledge. Born in the wake of the religious reformation, the voyages of European discovery, and the emergence to dominance of capital, the enlightenment spirit was oriented broadly to the liberation of human beings from its various forms of bondage (Kapferer 2007). As the church was becoming increasingly…