Early modern Europe

sub-continent. This civilization originated from central Europe at the beginning of the first millennium B.C. and their main occupation was horse rearing and the use of iron was at large because of its availability in abundance. They started spreading across rapidly and by the end of the 1st millennium B.C. their cultural group had already spread up and down the Danube and Rhine, also covering Gaul, Ireland and Britain, across central Europe into northern Italy and northern Spain. Since most…

a content and of Africans as people. Africa has been a hotbed of history since the beginning of the world. There were as many ancient civilizations as there were in Europe in Africa. Also, the languages, religions, and customs of Africa were unique to Africa throughout history just like the languages, religions, and customs of Europe. All of this data, however, did not affect George Hegel’s view of Africa. Hegel made three major claims about Africa in the parts of his speech that I read.…

Italian Renaissance (ital. Rinascimento-"rebirth" or "born again") – a period in the history of European culture, which replaced the culture of the Middle Ages and the previous culture of modern times. Renaissance art emerged based on humanism-- currents of public thought, which originated in the XIV century. In Italy, and then during the second half of the XV and XVI centuries spread to other European countries. Humanism is proclaimed the highest value of man and his benefit. The followers of…

1. The term "Renaissance" comes from the French, meaning rebirth. It is a term used to describe the 1400- 1600. Today, the renaissance is viewed as "a profound and enduring upheaval ad transformation in culture, politics, art and, society in Europe." (Brotton, 9) While I believe the term renaissance can be applied to certain aspects of this time period, I don 't believe it should blanket all that occurred in that time period. A major factor during the Renaissance was the revival of Greaco-Roman…

Modern historians had altogether reached to the argument in which one could never blame entirely a specific nation for the outbreak of World War 1in 1914. Apparently, many immediate and underlying causes were responsible for this acute destructive catastrophe resulted in a complete chaos throughout European nations: severe damage in one’s nation military forces; millions of soldiers sacrificed, especially men; loss of countless innocent lives; corrupted dynasties; economically decline due to the…

depict medieval Europe as times of kings, knights, and epic battles that end in great bloodshed and loss. While these things are true, medieval Europe was much more than that. It was a time of controversy, strong and terrible leaders in politics as well as the church, and many changes in population and how the Europeans structured their culture. Writers and historians of this time period, like Thomas Aquinas and Thomas More, produced many works that told of the events in medieval Europe. These…

allowed the world to become more advanced and efficient. Importantly, interactions between two cultures, on opposite parts of the world, has immensely impacted the world today. At a time when the Aztecs and Incas were becoming major regional powers, Europe began their maritime voyages, in search of new trade routes and a way to travel to India safer and faster. Because of this aspiration, The Columbian Exchange, which refers to a period in time of cultural exchanges between the New and…

globalization made European more influential and power before 1880 and how global trends made Europe less important. The Industrial Revolution has been viewed as one of the most influential events to occur on the economic world in the history of this modern society. There is not exact definition for the Industrial Revolution.…

may have been horrifying at the time but one author suggests that there was some hyperbole to exaggerate just how much cannibalism was seen. Michael J. Schreffler, author of “Vespucci Rediscovers America: The Pictorial Rhetoric of Cannibalism in Early Modern Culture” refers to European texts when he says, “although the practice of cannibalism was always suspected of American cultures, it was almost never witnessed” (Schreffler 304). He refers to Vespucci’s first voyage specifically where…

1. The Crusades transported information of the Islamic world’s grander economy and the merchandises that could be imported from Asia. The Mongol Empire, which hurried up interactions between the civilizations of Asia, also encouraged European interest. The plummet of the khans in China interrupted this exchange, as China became once again a land of mystery to Europeans. Europe’s upper classes had by this time become habituated to introduced products from Southeast Asia and India, particularly…