History of Europe

marched on Constantinople during Constantine X1’s reign. It was built on the site of a Greek colony. The Byzantine Empire saw a rich tradition of literature, art, and learning. It also stood as a great military buffer between the invasion from Asia and Europe. One of the highlights of the Byzantine Empire was its geographical location which helped make it very hard to breach it’s defenses and it also benefited from a good number of manpower to help stop invasion. Another great highlight that…

Industrial Revolution took place around the world in three phases throughout history. The first Industrial Revolution was enacted within the 1770s and 1860s, and the first country ever to take part in an industrial revolution was England (Cleary 6). Great Britain, as a result of England's dominating use of technology controlled much of the world's economics, and soon after, the Revolution spread to countries in western and northern Europe and the United States (Cleary 6). Some people believe…

a “New World” by Columbus changed the history of the world. Colonists sought gold and silver and exploited the other resources in the New World. European colonists forced Amerindians to work on plantations and as servants. They also imported African slaves work on plantations for their own profit. With time, huge demands for sugar, cotton, sliver and other products made trade keep expanding over the world. Mercantilism became the main economic system in Europe during that period. Countries…

Empire. This affected the region that the Indian Ocean Region traded with. There was also a battle over control of the Indian Ocean Trade Region between the Arabs and the Portuguese, which shaped who controlled the trade region, the new goods that Europe received from the Americas, which affected the function of the coastal and semi-coastal, economic cities, the improvement of naval navigational technology, and naval transportation which affected how merchants traded and traveled on different…

was ignorant about the significance of Africa as 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…

The Columbian Exchange In the 1960’s historian Alfred Crosby wrote a book about history from the ecological perspective called the Columbian Exchange. (Crosby 11) The term Columbian Exchange has since been commonly used to refer to the series of trades between the Old World (the world as people knew it before Columbus’s voyages), and the New World (the new continents discovered after Columbus’s voyages). Since then, the book has become known as a foundational text for the field of environmental…

Another one of Brunelleschi grand achievements was The Capella dei Pazzi. A Renaissance Church built for a wealthy family. The emphasis on new architectural ideas spread fast throughout Europe due to the beauty that was rising up in Florence. These structures were the first big step to get people to realize that they had been missing out on the beauty of individual achievement. Florence created a city-state that educated people polymath…

period in history, yet this periodization is contested by some historians as it is not as linear as the Age of King Louis XIV (Bartlett, p.2). Instead, the Renaissance is a fluid notion that sought to define stself according to the highly admired doctrines of ancient Greece and Rome as “urban, cosmopolitan, and often republican Italian scholars and statesmen” believed it to be a reflection of their own experiences, instead of the “rural, feudal, usually monarchical values of Medieval Europe”…

fortune. All were certain that their actions would help to drive trade in the future that would ultimately benefit Europe. By 1898, the Scramble for Africa resulted in almost all of the continent being swallowed up by the European states. Technological advancements such as steamboats, railways and the telegraph along with modern firearms assisted in conquering the African…

general idea or definition most people associate imperialism with is the overtaking or influence a country has over another country in which the other country has relatively a weaker government and military system. This is supported in the book ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” in which the writers states “Africa spring mainly from the fact that Africa lost power. Power is the ultimate determinant in human society, being basic to the relations within any group and between groups. It implies…