The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare had a lot of success in his life and accomplishments. He became a shareholder in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men for the rest of his career in 1594, was given a royal license from King James and so did his fellow players. Wrote his most accomplished plays about courtly power during King James’s reign. Shakespeare was able to change peoples lives with his plays while he was dead. The plays sort of help make and shape this continent, he was able to make theater, literature, and…

Moors struggled to find harmony in Shakespeare’s time in Venice, England, and throughout Europe. Othello, the Moor, plays the Other in Shakespeare’s play Othello. The Other is an interesting character that is seen throughout Shakespeare’s plays including Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and Caliban in The Tempest. The Other is usually an outsider, someone who can be mocked, abused, or condemned. Little says, “But, as Othello’s countrymen will finally have it, no amount of rhyming or coupling…

Words cannot explain how exciting my last 15 years have been. I am only 35 years old, and I have already seen more in my life than any elder in my hometown of Venice in Italy. I must describe some of these travels, but first, I must describe the Great Khan himself. He lives in two palaces, one in Peking during the Winter months, and one in Beijing during the summer months. He has four main wives, many concubines…

The Successful Failures of the Crusades Throughout the 1200s, Crusades were launched, but none achieved success. The Crusades were a complex series of military campaigns and expeditions. Some argue that they were a successful failure because, although failing to achieve their initial objective of recapturing Jerusalem, they did have significant impacts on European society, trade, and cultural exchange. The Crusades sparked new ideas, concepts, technologies, and interactions between different…

and ceaselessly to gather support and funds for his voyage. Christopher Columbus had worked his entire life on a journey that he didn’t know would change the world. Columbus was born to a wool merchant in Italy during the Age of Discovery in 1451. While he was a teenager Columbus got a job on a merchant ship. He remained out at sea until 1470 when pirates ransacked their vessel. The boat sank killing most of the crew but young Columbus narrowly survived floating on scrap wood. After this…

as Venice, Milan, and Genoa prospered from trade with the crusaders and the Muslim world. The fall of the Byzantine empire of 1453 opened more doors of opportunity for Italian merchants. Florence became the banking capital to fund trade and keep the finances of the Roman Catholic Church in order. Double entry book keeping, which is debits and credits, were invented in Florence. The prosperous trade allowed Italian cities to win their independence and they emerged as republics. Rich merchants and…

FILM ASSIGNMENT 1 : Jim Al Khalili, episode 3 : The Power of Doubt” 1. What factors contributed to the development and flourishing of science in the medieval Islamic world? According to the documentary, Islam played a very significant role in the development of the medieval Islamic world as it has set extremely high standards of accuracy and precision. Islam required scholars to make precise observations regarding the movement of the heavenly bodies as Muslims needed to pray at very exact times…

My historical figure is Marco Polo. Marco polo was an Italian merchant and explorer, but mostly explorer. Marco Polo is from the Republic of Venice, Italy. Marco Polo traveled in Asia he also recorded his adventures in a book. He was brought to china by his father and uncle in 1269, and many Europeans did not know what central and east Asia were like, which is one of the reasons why Marco was so popular. When the Age of Exploration was relevant, many explorers were attracted to his…

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…

He ruled through much of the peak of the Italian Renaissance and the most significant member of the Medici family. Gaining access to politics, Lorenzo would face many burdensome and perplexing situations. Yet, with the power of Milan and Venice reinforced the Florentine position and wise economic actions refined the family finances. Florence thrived and prospered under Lorenzo’s control which drastically increased the wealth of the Medicis. Therefore, it was unpreventable that rival families…