Merchant

This makes France more wealthier since subjects are now paying taxes which leads to the king has more money which equals more power and larger armies. To help put this system in action merchants had tax breaks which lead other merchants to move to France and to trade in France. Also France would bring other merchants into the country so France wouldn't have to import goods and skills and then only would export. This lead to France becoming more self sufficient. Also the government invented…

British pressured the Ottomans to grant equal rights to all people regardless of their ethnic belongings. This has created great tension between Turks and non-Turks on one hand and within Turks on the other hand. This has escalated to Greek rich merchants sent an important number of Greek scholars, mostly young people, to pursue…

In Document 1: “President Woodrow Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War, 1917”, President Wilson went before the Congress to ask them for the declaration of war against Germany; thus, result U.S. joining World War I. He talked about Germany’s submarine tactics, sinking down vessels entering the ports controlled by the Allied Powers. He further talked about Germany agreed to a set of demands that is set by Wilson. The demands included showing restraint in sinking down ships, passenger boats would…

Confucianism that gave people guidelines on how to live their lives (and which is still followed today). Another highly influential aspect to Ancient China’s success was the Silk Road which enabled Ancient China to trade with other civilisations, with merchants bringing back not only goods, but also new religions. Furthermore, the inventions created in Ancient China have helped influence the world we live in today. Confucianism was founded by the philosopher Confucius around 551 to 479 B.C. It…

Renaissance the wealthy townspeople thought the new boarding schools could not train priests alone, but sons of merchants were supposed to be trained in order to live well, write well, speak well and be able to function as responsible citizens. What mattered was that the clergy lost its monopoly over learning, many people could have the right to be education”. (Yuxia 43) Urbanization granted merchants, artists, and some middle-class townspeople the opportunity to read and write, which allowed…

decreased population within Africa significantly, it ultimately enabled both Europe and Africa to prosper, as Europeans benefitted from selling African slaves to the Americas in order those individuals to work in plantations. Plus, the African king and merchants also gained profit by selling slaves to foreign regions incorporated in the Atlantic Circuit, therefore benefitting them economically. Furthermore, Europe was imperative in manufacturing plantation products for the Americas and sugar…

extent) grew steadily. On the positive side, the Early Modern age witnessed the rise of a large middle class (e.g. merchants, artisans, officials), which greatly bolstered the spread of literacy and scholarship” The merchants had become so wealthy that they could support the governments and monarchies many virtually bankrupted by the cost of war by lending them money. This enabled merchants to buy themselves into the noble classes. This was also the period of the discovery of the new world…

book, The Alchemist himself is at home and meets a Merchants daughter and believes he has fallen in love. But once he was lead to believe that going for his quest was a better path than to spend the rest of his life with this other girl, he meets someone else on his journey. Women named Fantima, was seen at the Oasis of AL-Fayoum, and considered leaving his mission behind and staying with the girl. This was similar to what had happened to the Merchants daughter for him, although this time was…

Europeans to use a more diplomatic strategy to ally with foreign nations. During an annual slave buying trip to the Whydah kingdom in west Africa, English merchants landed on the coast and were greeted by noblemen. The King of Whydah invited them to see him, which was customary for all ship captains. The journal written by Thomas Phillips, an English merchant, explains that they visited him the first night…

available due to its large networks and convenient passageways it created for merchants all around. The Silk Roads were mainly used to trade and earn money from goods. It was a land and ocean trade route which linked Eurasia and…