Shipbuilding

indigenous populations, leading to the destruction of Ancient Empires and establishment of new colonies. Starting in the late 1400’s, Spain began looking towards the West, across the Atlantic Ocean, to expand their growing empire. Recent advances in shipbuilding, mapmaking, topography, and navigation through the use of the Quadrant, enabled mariners to further explore the globe like never before. Europe was quickly running out of room for the growing population, and this was posing a problem…

How does Homer 's representation of Ithaca in the Odyssey relate to his portrayal of other communities? Throughout the Odyssey, Ithaca is constantly hailed as the ideal community, one which Odysseus desperately seeks to return to from the savage and uncivilised lands he journeys through. Homer uses this representation of Ithaca as the ideal Greek community to both emphasise the differences and lack of civilisation in other communities – such as in the land of the Cyclopes – and draw comparisons…

Throughout the ages of men, we have been groping for the secret of the universe and our role in it. The plant we lived is so gorgeous that we are just like new-born babe curious about everything in the world. We are curious about the shape of this world; waiting for a glimpse of the edge of it, so they started to explore this planet, finally found the earth is a sphere. We were then puzzled with the origin of ourselves as we used to perceive that human is not the son of God but evolved from…

The Import Tariff on Iron The Morrill Tariff of 1861 effectively increase import tariffs in the United States. The tariff was implemented as a result of the start of the Civil War. The tariff increased rates to encourage manufacturers and ensure employment for industrial workers. The iron industry, in particular, was heavily impacted by the increased protection. At the time, the iron industry was an import competing sector. During this time, the demand for domestically produced iron was…

1. The Puritans were able to leave all they had in England to seek religious, political, and economical freedom from the English throne by building a new civilization in Massachusetts, an unexplored and foreign terrain for almost all the Puritans. First of all, the Puritans were English protestants, who wanted the Church of England reformed and perished of all Roman Catholic remnants but did not want to separate from the Church; they were “non-separatists” unlike the Pilgrims ("Religion and the…

The New England and Chesapeake Colonies are quite different but they also have a lot in common. New England and Chesapeake Colonies can be compared and contrasted by the settlement patterns, demographic patterns, trading patterns, religion, government and economic activities. In terms of trading pattern the Chesapeake and New England Colonies had way different ways to trade. The Chesapeake Colonies mostly exported tobacco products, while the New English Colonies mostly exported things like fish…

South Korea South Korea’s official name is Republic of Korea. Located on the northeastern region of asia, South Korea takes up about 45% of the Korean Peninsula. The population is 50,462,127, which makes up 0.68% of the total world population. 49.8% of the population is male and 50.2% is female. South Korea’s rank is #27 in the list of population. The median age is about 41 years of age and life expectancy is about 80 years of age. The infant mortality rate of children under 5 was last measured…

In order to achieve competitive advantage, it is important to have a strategy. To have a strategy and a competitive advantage is something a business must have. A business cannot survive if it doesn’t have a strategy or doesn’t know how to compete and make a competitive advantage. In 1938 Samsung was established by Byung-Chull Lee in Taegu, Korea. Along these lines, before discussing what strategy Samsung used to accomplish global competitive advantage. What a strategy implies. Lots of…

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On December 7, 1941 Japanese attacked pearl harbor with planes in Hawaii territory bombing the united states naval base that is in pearl harbor, this attacks bombing nearly killed more than 2,300 Americans, in the process destroying the American battle ship U.S.S. over 2,335 military personnel were killed this included 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army, and 68 civilians. The total of deaths…

Ambassadors China and Japan Han-Tang Period Before the 10th Century, history shows that contact between Japan and China was done through ambassador diplomacy. Tribal leaders in Japan in the early second century would seek knowledge and support from China to strengthen their position within their tribe at home and to exert military influence upon Korea (pg. 1). Throughout the centuries, Japan would use the ambassador to gain knowledge and insight from China and they would make sure they used…