Western Europe

Inventions such as gunpowder, did in fact come from outside of Europe they were originally Chinese inventions. “In China, Gunpowder was invented as well as the compass and paper.”(Love, 7) Technology such as weapons and transportation by domestic animals for example horses, are ways that society and people expanded…

The Great Victory of the Capitalist System The Battle of Lepanto was one of the most famous events in the history of Western Europe. American military historian Victor Davis Hanson stresses that this battle is a good example of the advantages of the capitalist system of Venice in comparison with the imperial model of the Ottoman Empire. First, Venice had more advanced military technology. For instance, Venetian Arsenal was the center of the development and mass production of the latest designs…

The exploration and colonization boom of the 16th-17th centuries permanently connected Europe and the Americas, a connection that eventually formed the modern “West.” This new global connection not only created positive effects, but it also created a few negative ones as well. The European and American perspectives vastly changed because of this new connection that was created. Before the connection came to be, Europeans believed there were multiple continents, unaware of how big the world truly…

Romanticism is a movement in art, literature, music, and various other media that was characterized by its rejection of the ideals that defined traditional Classicism. It spanned a period of roughly 50 years and began in Western Europe, eventually spanning the western world. Many notable authors and composers were either contributors to this movement or were influenced by it, with prominent authors being Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein and whose works are the basis for many modern…

the West Background In Europe some the first evidence of humans are rudimentary cave paintings in Chauvet Cave in southern France around 35,000 years ago. (ZORICH) People progressed from this into small towns and the beginnings of governments formed around the coast of the Mediterranean. Later civilizations around the Mediterranean and the start of Greco-Roman culture. With the rise and fall of the Bronze Age came new powers and enemies. The Romans united most of Europe for the first time…

France is one of the oldest counties, which is located in Western Europe. France is the 20th most populated county in the world with 66.9 million people most of which are living in Paris, its capital. The main language spoken in France is French. Some other countries that border France are Germany, Italy, switzerland, Belgium, and Spain. Around 85% of the citizens in France practice Catholic for their religion. For their government, they have a Prime Minister and a President who both share the…

In the late 1400s, Columbus traveled from Europe and discovered North America. This discovery led to the start of the cultural exchange between the "New World" and the “Old World”. The cultural exchange is the trade of goods, people, and ideas. This transatlantic exchange had many long-lasting positive and negative effects, including trade, intrusion, and disease. Firstly, the transatlantic trade between Europe and North America had a huge effect on trade. Antoniio Vasquez de Espinoza, a…

Hated Minority The Romani people are an ethnic group, native to India, who reside in Europe. They are widely recognized as one of the European Union's largest minority groups. It is estimated that there are more than 10 million Roma living in Europe (Brown). Since they arrived in Europe about a thousand years ago, the Roma have been targets of discrimination and oppression. Even today, “...one in three Roma in Europe are unemployed and 90% live below the poverty line, according to the European…

The Question of Hu showed lot interactions between Chinese and Europeans in the early eighteenth century, most of them are about the religion and the trades. Because many missionaries like Father Jean-François Foucquet came to China and persuaded people be drawn into their religion. There was more and more Chinese follower, including the main character Hu, one of the followers. “Hu’s devotion to the Christian faith, moreover, is well known and of long standing.... At his baptism Hu took the name…

They were established between Western Europe and Asia. So the Westerners used multiple ideas from people of the Islamic religion shaping many of the interests and customs people may still be intrigued by today. On the contrary, Muslims did not find use in these Western Crusaders since they viewed them with disdain, again, trade did benefit them too though. The Westerners brought manufactured goods…