Early modern Europe

broken civilizations via their own teleological means. The two main points I will continuously circle back to include Marks view on ‘Path Dependence’ and ‘Inevitability.’ “One of the main reasons why we see Eurocentric culture today is simply because Europe was in the right place at…

brought about by the cultural exchange brought about by European exploration. The Age of Exploration had far-reaching impacts on world history. Europeans and their descendants were the prime beneficiaries of the events in the early modern era. The new global economy stimulated Europe and helped to finance the Industrial Revolution, making these countries even wealthier compared to other regions. An innate sense of superiority soon emerged that allowed Europeans to financially and culturally…

The fifteenth century was a critical tuning point for Europe and the rest of the world. It brought about the Age of Exploration, which transitioned Europe from the Middle Ages to the early modern world. There were many important factors that led Europeans to be able to broaden their horizons, so to speak, and explore new and uncharted territory. Major advances in technology, booming economy and commerce, the many deaths caused by the bubonic plague, and curiosity and the thirst for fame and…

and industry began in England and spread rapidly all around Europe later in the 19th century, bringing about dramatic and radical change. A significant impact of the Industrial Revolution was that on urban society. The population of towns grew vastly because economic advantage entailed that the new factories and offices be situated in the cities. The outlook of the city and urban life in general were profoundly modified and altered. Modern industry created factory owners and capitalists who…

and fifty thousand years ago. Humans began migrating to Eurasia, Australia,The Americas as well as to The Pacific.Likewise, the core languages also began to spread.Such as Bantu which was from Africa and Indo-European Which was the core language of Europe. Culturally, the first societies(also known as Paleolithic) were egalitarian, had a higher spread of violence and were pretty much grouped into small populations with low densities.…

Denmark Denmark is native to Europe Denmark is a very unique place in its own way. It has a beautiful history, and is very different from the United States. It’s history, religion and government etc. has it’s own traditions that have been around for years Denmark is one of the oldest states in Europe and the oldest kingdom in the world. Nordic country and a sovereign state. It emerged in the 10th century. Denmark in danish is pronounced” Danmark”. The current monarch, Queen Margrethe II, can…

in the artwork, literature, architecture and science of ancient Rome and Greece. Humanists (scholars of the Renaissance) placed humans (hence the name) at all elemental centers of their cultures. Beginning in Italy and extended through the rest of Europe, the philosophies of the Renaissance-interval had a noteworthy footprint on many forms of cultures, known today. Generally applied to social and intellectual philosophy and literacy currents of the period from the 1400s until the 1650s. First…

Control Aspects in the Early Modern Era The Early Modern era was a time of change an evolution. From the mid 1400s to the late 1700s, all over Eurasia empires began to grow. Some sought control in the New World, like Spain and other European countries, while others spanned through differentiating cultures and terrains in Eurasia, like the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Ottoman and Mughal Empires. These empires controlled their portions of the world through several different aspects. One…

followed in Columbus’s footsteps. The people of Europe saw opportunity in America, almost a blank canvas as they could express the culture originated from their homeland and infuse it into America. Europe’s curiosity came with a price as the Native American population was slowly shunned out of the country. A famous image by Theodore Galle, depicted a beautifully crafted summary of the clash between the Native population and the…

I believe that Europe is credited for discovering a new world for several reasons. Although Columbus wasn’t the first European explorer to reach America, his expeditions enabled the first meaningful contact of Europeans with America. This contact ushered in a period of ventures and the colonization of lands that ended up lasting for hundreds of years. That said, Europe had a profound impact in the modern development of the Western society. Not surprising, Christopher Columbus played a strong…