Christopher Columbus, the famous sailor who discovered America, and the hero that led us to where we are today. At least, that’s what schools want us to believe. Every year on Columbus Day, children learn about how great Columbus was. They learned songs, poems, and held discussions about how great of a man he was. […]
Viewing the world as is was from medieval to modern, there are various factors that conditioned the transition. The first part of knowing the factors of transition is the knowledge of when the transition took the first steps. The Renaissance, which is the improvement of economics and politics between the two time periods. This time […]
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Order nowAll explorers are important parts of history. Our explorers have concurred, built, destroyed and more. All explorers do this for reasons. Like wealth they want to get rich and live a posh life. Or fame and glory to go down in history. Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1482 in Portugal. When so Ferdinand […]
About the Author The author of the book A People’s History of the United States is Howard Zinn. He is known as a civil rights leader, an anti-war activist, and an award-winning playwright. He is notably recognized because of this bestselling nonfiction book. This was considered a very controversial tome because of its presentation of […]
Christopher Columbus and Zheng He were both 15-century explorers who made significant discoveries during their lifetime. Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who sailed for the Catholic Monarchs of Spain during his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Zheng He was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, and court eunuch during China’s early Ming dynasty. […]
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus discovered the viable sailing route to […]
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in about 1451. When he was only a teenager he got a job on merchant ship, this ship was on sea until 1470 when French privateers attacked his ship. The French privateers were sailing the north along the Portuguese Coast. Christopher Columbus’ boat then sank and he had […]
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He is thought to have been born in 1451, but we aren’t sure. He was the son of a wool merchant. When he was a teenager, he started working on a merchant ship. He remained on the ship until 1470 when the ship was attacked by french privateers. […]
Christopher Columbus, the famous sailor who discovered America, and the hero that led us to where we are today. At least, that’s what schools want us to believe. Every year on Columbus Day, children learn about how great Columbus was. They learned songs, poems, and held discussions about how great of a man he was. […]
Introduction Mann attempts to explain the series of events that produces a tomatoes in his garden but the fruit is not native to his country (America). His book examines the various factors that brought non-native species around the world. Mann’s thesis is essential to understanding his book. He believes that these changes were influential in […]
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who many people today claimed he had “discovered” the americas. But he indeed was not the first person to step foot on these lands, and instead of being a hero, became partially blamed for opening up the americas to the Europeans. Christopher Columbus was born October 31, 1451 in […]
Wedged between Panama and Nicaragua, lies a small, culturally-rich country with a compelling history dating back centuries. Costa Rica is believed to be populated by indigenous colonies since 10,000 BC with Mayan and Aztec cultural influences. It was not until 1502, that Christopher Columbus arrived and gave the country the name, Costa Rica, translating to […]
To paraphrase William Marcy, to the victor go the spoils. When we consider the Columbian Exchange there were many victors and spoils both of which impacted the world in many ways. The exchange of goods, diseases, ideas, animals, and crops began after the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492, thus kicking […]
Within several centuries, African American life had been framed by forced migrations. One of these enormous migrations was the transatlantic slave trade in which several regions like Africa, America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Indian Ocean were involved. According to French historian Jean-Michel Deveau the slave trade and consequently slavery, which lasted from the 16th […]
