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gender roles, each society tended to give the male population higher rights.Economy also varied thru each country as the Spanish relied heavily on metals such as gold and silver obtained from Mexico and Peru, which they would then send back to east to Europe. Spain highly profited from this because it was in high demand and was settled in the region richest in natural resources.(Give Me Liberty pg 22-23) The French got disappointed when they first arrived had a much smaller population which…

“We are on the brink of a civil war,” said Patrick Calvar, Head of France Domestic Security Agency, after the numerous terroristic attacks in 2016. The growing coalition of ISIS has caused an increased number of terrorist linked attacks throughout Europe. After the 2015 attack on Paris the attacks continued in Nice, Germany, Normandy and Brussels.The first and bloodiest of a sequence of attacks taking place within two weeks took place in Nice, 84 people were killed when man drive a truck…

influenced Karl Haushofer’s investigations of Mackinder’s “heartland” theory and other studies that Nazi Germany would later employ in their political campaign from the 1930’s until 1945. Mackinder’s “heartland” theory suggests that parts of eastern Europe and Asia make up for a continental piece of land known as the “heartland”, which after examination and study, Mackinder was convinced that it provided that most national potentialities for whoever occupies that area ranging in a number of…

Ferdinand Magellan was a well-known figure in the Philippine History. He was a Portuguese explorer who gives Spain their fame because of his expedition looking for westward route to Moluccas that result to the first circumnavigation of the Earth. With the consent of the King of Spain, Magellan then with five ships and more than 300 men began their voyage. As Magellan’s trip landed in the Philippines, he met Rajah Humabon of Cebu and became friend with him. Humabon then embraced Christianity as…

After the Medieval Era in Europe, Europeans began to adopt a new way of thought which helped propel Italy and other European countries into the Renaissance. After the Black Death swept across Europe people began to stray away from the church. Countless people were upset that the Church could not stop the Black Death from spreading and killing almost two-thirds of Europe's population. Thus, people began to adopt a new way of thought which lead to the revival of classical Greco-Roman work and the…

As the black smoke of ‘Satanic Mills’ started to cloud post-Industrial Revolution sky, the whole England was seized in a crossfire between two different economic modes of production. On one hand, there was volcanic eruption of several industries empowered with astronomical capital and splendid scientific tools. English agriculture, on the other hand, was on steady decline. With the repealing of Corn Law and the introduction of Free Trade Policy, imported food stuffs, especially American wheat,…

History of Colonialism Europeans have always wanted to trade with India due to its many useful resources. For example, its spices, jewels, and herbs which were sought after by numerous Europeans. The British were the most successful at gaining a foothold in the country among the Europeans. They even managed to colonize major aspects of India’s society and impact it for the better. Britain’s influence in India makes it a major part of their history. Britain’s relationship with India started…

‘Sea of Poppies’ is Amitav Ghosh’s first book in the Ibis Trilogy which was nominated for Man Booker Prize of 2008. Set in 1838 amidst the valuable and potent poppy fields, it brings together a truly diverse and international cast of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, who, each for his or her own reason, board the Ibis, an old slaving-ship, which sails into the Indian Ocean at the end of the book. The book is a story of people brought together in spite of their differences, starting…

In the accounts of Christopher Columbus’s journey, historians depict him as any European other explorer during the same era, someone who is very religious and patriotic. The West was a new territory that the Europeans never thought of venturing to, but once discovering the West Indies and all that it has to offer, more explorers started to claim the land and settle there in the name of their respective Kings and Queens. Since the explorers at the time sought to colonize and spread the religion…

In the article, Colonialism: A philosophical profile by Olufemi Taiwa, Taiwa goes on to explain the lack of Modernity in Africa as compared to her other post-colonised neighbours. Taiwa argues the theory that colonialism is a cause in the underdevelopment if Africa and has a direct link to modernity. He gives the distinctive types of colonization’s which took place in the globe and how these differences mean colonization cannot be generically defined. Further he explains that colonization lead…