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1650 CE). The Crusades contributed to the catalyst for the Renaissance through the return of classical knowledge and international trade to Europe. The Crusades failure was a catalyst of the fracturing of the Roman Catholic Church, leading to the Protestant Reformation. The Crusades were a catalyst for the Age of Discovery through the return of trade between Europe and the Middle East, which led to further exploration of the world The Crusades were a catalyst for the Renaissance through the…

How Did the Renaissance Influence Europe and World History? Caleb Trigg World Civilization I Professor Thensted 12th December 2014 One event beats all other events when it comes to the history of Europe. Nothing made such an impact as this one event did, and brought about an immense change in the lives of the ones living then, and the generations that followed them; the Renaissance. The following report will provide a brief introduction of the Renaissance, important dates and events…

The age of exploration in Europe was fueled by many different factors. The main desire was for new sources of wealth. Europe was hoping to make money trading spices and other luxury goods from Asia, and could only do this by overseas exploration. Another goal was to spread Christianity. The Crusades had left a feeling of hostility between the Christians and the Muslims. The Christians believed they needed to keep fighting the Muslims and convert non-Christians from all over the world. A final…

The geography of Europe is marked by closeness to the ocean and rapid changes in physical landscape over short distances, factors that influenced human actions over time. Although Europe is the second smallest continent, it includes samples of the world’s entire range of geologic features. This includes the ancient shield areas around the Baltic Sea, the uplands of central Europe, the young folded mountains of the Alps, and the extensive plains in countries around the North and Baltic Seas. Some…

Beginning in the 14th century, ending the 19th century, for about 500 years, Europe had control of 84% of all civilization in the world (Hoffman). Europe had controlled much of Asia, much of Africa, and North as well as South America. It is very openly questioned as to how Europe became so powerful, due to the fact that Europe was a small continent. In response, there are many debates that explain how this process happened, however, there were three crucial things that the Europeans had which…

Life in Europe before the exploration of the “New World” was making no progress toward expanding themselves economically or intellectually. Europe had many withdraws from world affairs due to feudalism, causing europe to be excluded, as well as the downfall to their education and trading. With Trading routes providing posts that would earn city-states the wealth and power to purchase their freedom from feudal lords the feudal system began to fall. The decline of feudalism in Western Europe…

The Black Death – as it is commonly called – especially ravaged Europe, which was halfway through a century already marked by war, famine and scandal in the church, which had moved its headquarters from Rome to Avignon, France, to escape infighting among the cardinals. In the end, some 75 million people succumbed, it is estimated. It took several centuries for the world's population to recover from the devastation of the plague, but some social changes, borne by watching corpses pile up in the…

Medieval Europe as a society greatly shunned deviations from cultural norms or established religious orthodoxy. From this denouncement, persecution of minority groups was commonplace, and possibly even a defining trait of European society at the time. Notably, mistreatment of Jewish communities and supposed Christian heresies were the more common forms of religious persecution. Furthermore, even Christians could be subject to persecution, if certain individuals were accused of breaking ethical…

considered as “the father of Europe.” During the years that Charlemagne ruled, he made many contributions for the future of medieval Europe. “Charlemagne was a determined and decisive man, intelligent and inquisitive. A fierce warrior, he was also a wise patron of learning and a resolute statesman.” (Spielvogel 215). Although Charlemagne corrupted the system of government to where we would maintain power, Charlemagne made many contributions for the success of medieval Europe. The way…

The Crusades was a very important time for Europe's medieval period. It caused very significant changes to Europe. The first Crusade was in 1096. One of the most obvious and leading factors that lead to the first Crusades was the role of religion, specifically Christianity. During the Crusades, the economic system in Europe was in the state of transition. Another factor that led to the Crusades would be the defeat of the Byzantine by the Seljuk Turks in 1071. The Crusades opened up a lot of…