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Pope Urban Ii Fourth Crusade
1,968 wordsIn the year of our lord 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period from 1095 - 1464, a series of military expeditions were fought to take back the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Seldjuk Turks. There were eight crusades which were spurred for many different reasons by many different people that left a lasting effect to the world. These years of bloodshed were led by men of power to bring money, greed, and fame to themselves at the expense of others....
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California And Arizona Seventeenth Century
1,372 wordsThe early explorers who came ashore and saw the naked Indian woman and believed they were the Amazon women of another continent named California. What is the history of California and Arizona? Most people think of the 49 ers and the Gold that they found in northern California during the 1800 's. The 49 ers were not the first of the colonial settlers it was the Spanish with the aid of the Catholic church. With the expeditions of Cabrillo, Cortez, and men like Blonaquez they set the foundation for...
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Benchmark How Did Spain Establish An American Empire
712 wordsIn 1507, Spain published an Introduction to Cosmography to which are added The Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci The atlas proposed that the fourth part of the earth -- -beyond Europe, Asia, and Africa -- -that Amerigo discovered should be called Amerigo, the land of Amerigo or America. The latter paragraphs will include the vigorous expeditions and actions taken that led the Spaniards to establish an American Empire. A quarter century after Columbus first voyage, Spain concentrated its attention...
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California And Arizona Seventeenth Century
1,369 wordsThe early explorers who came ashore and saw the naked Indian woman and believed they were the Amazon women of another continent named California. What is the history of California and Arizona? Most people think of the 49 ers and the Gold that they found in northern California during the 1800 s. The 49 ers were not the first of the colonial settlers it was the Spanish with the aid of the Catholic church. With the expeditions of Cabrillo, Cortez, and men like Blonaquez they set the foundation for ...
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Marco Polo Environmental Impact
4,300 wordsIntroduction This essay discusses the environmental impact of tourism on Antarctica. The subheading Description will give an overview of the continent, highlight the unique landscape, weather patterns and research stations making up some of the tourist attractions of this continent. The subheading Tourism in Antarctica gives an account of the type of tourist Antarctica attracts and their primary motive identifying scientific research staff as tourists as well as highlighting the current trends a...
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Equal To Men Male Dominance
2,115 words1. Gender inequality San Women? s status in Sun community is very high and their influence considerable. They maintain a status that is higher than that women in many societies in the world. Although women may be nearly equal to men, men do seem to have the upper hand. There is no prerogative in relation to the important sources of influence in San society. Since there is no formal leaders or hierarchies, decisions are made on the basis of group consensus. Each group has people, whose opinion ha...
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East And West Red Sea
2,476 wordsHatshepsut was the first female ruler who ever ruled in all the history of the world. She was the most remarkable women that influenced history as a whole as well as Egypt itself. She was the first female pharaoh who ever ruled Egypt. Hatshepsut came to be by her parents Tuthmose I and Aahmes. She had two brothers who died prematurely and she was the favorite child. Unfortunately her two brothers both died. Since she was the only child left, she would become heir to the throne when her father di...
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15 Th Century France And Spain
1,251 wordsThe Reasons Underlying European Expansion and Exploration It remains unclear why humanity chose a relatively spontaneous moment to matriculate from the sheltered semicircle of Mediterranean lands, to expand to the farthest reaches of the earth, with an inchoate disregard for personal welfare. However, pretentious man feels the need to speculate and impart drivels reason, vain though it be: What were the causes of European expansion? An anonymous author proffers this model conjecture, Western Eur...
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