Western Europe

destroy their native cultures. In Japan, the Emperor Meiji sent out samurai to parts of the West to pick up ideas. Western style clothing such as ties, pants, and loafers replaced traditional samurai outfitting. Western hygiene including toothbrushes, vaccines and patent medicines were introduced and Western-style haircuts replaced the traditional samurai shaved head with topknot. The Western calendar, metric system and universal education system were all adopted. Politically, feudalism was…

In medieval Europe, life in the countryside was governed by a system called Feudalism. It is a political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military, and other services. Kings gave pieces of land to bishops and noblemen. Peasants, who are also known by serfs, worked the land, their only payment was protection and some food (History.com) In Israel, the share of employers in the national income increased over the last decade, and the share of workers decreased…

northern and western Europe–Germany, Ireland, Britain and the Scandinavian countries–slowed, more foreigners poured in from southern and eastern Europe. Among this new era were Jews getting away from political and financial abuse in czarist Russia and eastern Europe (exactly 484,000 landed in 1910 alone) and Italians getting away destitution in their nation. There were additionally Poles…

country economy, “the New World offered opportunities for wealth, power and adventure” (theusaonline.com). “The discovery of America led to a great power struggle for control of the new lands primarily between the three most powerful counties in western Europe” (emigration), This ambitious for seeking wealth and to escape religious persecution cause many war between many Native America Tribes and other European countries. Transatlantic Migration between…

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…

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…

Ferdinand Magellan was born Sabrosa, Portugal in 1428. Searching for money and glory, Magellan’s brave and ambitious trip around the world gave the Europeans with far more than just spices. Although the trip west from Europe to the east via the Strait of Magellan had been discovered and mapped, the journey was way too long and dangerous to become a clever and hostile-free route to the Spice Islands. Still, European geographic knowledge was expanded mostly by Magellan’s explorations. He found not…

Polish Immigration in the Early 1900s Poland is the seventh largest country in Europe and it spans across 120,727 square miles. To put this into perspective, it is a little bit bigger than the state of Nevada. Poland is located in east-central Europe. Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, and the Baltic Sea surround Poland. There were three main waves of Polish Immigration. The largest was from 1870 to 1914. The second wave was after World War II and lastly the third wave was…

Periodization LEQ World War One takes places between the years of 1914 to 1918, Which in hands cost the global warfare. Within the region of Europe, Germany Russia, Austria and many more were basically fighting over a piece of land, in which brought many changes. In WWI the time of the war there were significant turning points in europe because of women's rights were being applied, the forming of the new alliances began, and the new military technology advances. When the war of War World One…

The Renaissance is a time of age in Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth century's between the Middle Ages and modern history. During the Middle Ages fine art came into history, which would be a benefit to us in a way to visually show us how things were then. Literature that brought intelligence and culture into a story that would be passed on and taught throughout the generations. Philosophers that brought their wisdom during this time of age, making a difference and a way to solve and…