Europe

Between 400 AD and 1400 AD, Europe was known as the “Dark Ages,” a time of cultural decline and decay. For instance, according to, (1954). The Record of Mankind, “The chief cause of this decline was lack of a government which could keep order.” Using Maslow’s hierarchy of Needs it’s shown that if the people did not acquire their physiological needs, which in this case would be food and clothing, nothing else would matter. Particularly, if the government lacks the needed resource for its country…

The proponents of absolutism in western Europe have reason to believe that their form of monarchical rule was fundamentally different although superior to what they saw as the “despotism” of Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The basis of this belief might sprout from the core differences of western Europe and eastern Europe. Western Europe seemed to be made up of mainly centralized monarchies who had the ability to control their territory and successfully employ and tax their populations to benefit…

continents have been have been on a different pedestal than others; others had the sovereignty and others were underneath. Europe explored and conquered lands and routes that the rest of the world didn’t realize existed; saw civilizations that were unknown. Unearthed riches that were hidden and undisclosed, and altered the lives of the whole world forever. The causes of why Europe, and not anyone else, explored and conquered the rest of the world were because of resources/where continents were…

Islam in Europe Islam is currently the second largest religion in the world, with such strength in numbers, it’s been seen that throughout European history, the Muslim empire has left its mark. The Muslim empire is one of the biggest religions in the world and has had many influences throughout the world. It’s evident that historically, Europe has been influenced by Islam culturally, economically, and politically, all of which have helped to shape Europe into what it is today. The Crusades had…

Enlightenment: Larry Wolff's Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment, and Laurent Dubois' “An enslaved Enlightenment: rethinking the intellectual history of the French Atlantic." Much of this paper will focus on Wolff's text because it is the larger of the two, but there are common themes between the two texts that I wish to cover as well. Inventing Eastern Europe, explores the different kinds of ways that Easter Europe was envisioned during the…

I believe that conservatism dominated much of Europe in 1815. Conservatisms success was jumpstarted when the Congress of Vienna occurred in the year of 1814 when enemies of France came together, which included Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia stating that they would make an alliance and defeat Napoleon while maintaining peace following the defeat. The leader Prince Klemens von Metternich was guided by the principle of legitimacy which was the necessity of restoring the legitimate…

is a famous and revolutionary Venetian explorer. Today's society learnt a lot from him and he was one of the most significant figures of Medieval Europe. Polo was the thread of string that ran from the East to the West, from Europe to Asia. He had an extremely positive and impactful influence on trade and the economy. Introducing many goods to both Europe and Asia, Marco's presence and achievements are prominently felt throughout time. His book inspired envy, curiosity and wonder during the…

INTRODUCTION: The book How Europe underdeveloped Africa is written by Walter Rodney and it was published in 1972. The book explains the relation that existed between Africa and Europe during the 15th Century to after the colonization of Africa. The book takes the view that Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by the European Colonial Regimes. The time setting of this study is 1500 to the decolonization period of 1960s thus it can be noted that Rodney’s work was a scientific study…

comared to feudal Europe. Japan had a lot of war. Although, Japan had no central power. Feudal Europe had a contract Japan did not have. Japan’s training of their samurai made it so they trained more warriors in a quicker and shorter time period. Both Japan and Europe’s warriors had armor but, Japan had more advanced armor. Training was not an easy thing to do for the warriors. Japan in many ways is different contrasted to Europe. The social classes of Feudal Japan and Europe differ in many…

Europe has been influenced by events in history that have made it become an integrated region in the world. Although Europe today is integrated with the world, throughout history tensions have been faced and have left their mark on the region. In the late 1700s the Industrial Revolution of Europe began, happening in three waves it affected Europe in more ways than one. In the first wave of industrialization the introduction of steam engines and ironworks. The first wave was small and only…