Through out the middle ages, Europe was not the only place where trading and societies thrived. ... The Gobi Desert kept China isolated from other cultures. ... Beginning in about 100 B.C., a network of overland trade routes formed to carry goods between Asia and Europe. ... To this day, China still is the heart of Asian culture. ... I think the trading with both societies has a significant impact on the European society, and the two cultures influences are still in our society today. ...

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Before Christianity became a force in Europe, many cultures worshiped numerous "gods" and deities. ... Christianity flourished in Europe. ... The only positive aspect that came from the Crusades was that it allowed trade with Europe and the Middle East. ... Vikings subsequently invaded and terrorized people in towns and villages for over 250 years around Europe A.D. ... Europe was just coming out of the dark ages. ...

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History of Foods in Europe European foods are universal and international. ... Cooks in Great Britain prepare food with similar types of foodstuffs that are used today in many parts of Europe and the West. ... Shortly after this period the most universal food in Europe was raised bread. ... Overall Britain has developed food and nutrition from neighboring countries in Europe, and has ended up with vast spectrum different dishes and its own culture....

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Brought back stories that led to an interest in other cultures. ... The Renaissance, which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. ... These Crusades introduced to Western Europe the new tastes of art, fine quisines and new types of cloth, including silk.. ... This increase in trade caused an abundance of wealth in Western Europe which intern brought new products and goods to Western Europe. ... By the 1600's close to half of the practicing Catholics in western Europe had left the Church to join one of...

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The Decline of Rome and Transformation into Medieval Europe: Contents 1. ... There are essentially three major forces that account for the change from the old Roman Empire, to the medieval European order. The first is the transfer of the Christian religion from Palestine and its propagation amongst pagan peoples in Europe. The second was the relentless drive of barbarian peoples from Asia into Europe. ... This is because at the time it's culture and institutions dominated the kingdoms of medieval Europe. ...

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Judaism rejected the world's standards of the pagan culture and education. ... During this period the Hebrew people continued to teach their children the ways of God, rejecting pagan culture. ... The Black Death that ravaged Europe, wiping out about one-third of Europe's entire population, was blamed on the Jews. ... After long trial and debate, what was finally settled upon has affected our intellectual culture to this day. ... In the fifteenth century the printing press was not yet invented in Western Europe, so all their books were made by hand. ...

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This "re-birth" marked Europe's transition between the medieval times to modern Europe. ... One of the major reasons the Renaissance in the North did not flourish as fast as Italy is because the North was further away from trade and culture than the rest of Europe. ... In Northern Europe, as in Italy many artists were sons of craftsmen. ... Scholars discovered a new study of culture, known as humanism. ... Most of the cities in the North were further away from trade and culture than the rest of Europe. ...

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Cosmetics were widely used in the medieval world by many cultures. ... In most cultures, makeup was expensive, and therefore was only available to royalty. ... However, for a long time in Europe, church leaders believed makeup was sinful and immoral. ... Medieval Europeans devoted a good amount of time, effort and money into their appearance. ... The ingredients found in European cosmetics were often quite simple and made naturally. ...

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The Renaissance overlapped a period in European history called the Middle Ages. ... During the Renaissance many European scholars and artists studied the art and way of learning of Ancient Greece and Rome. They wanted to recapture the essence and spirit of the Greek and Roman cultures in their own artistic, literary, and philosophic works. The Renaissance represented a rebirth of these cultures and is also known as the revival of antiquity (learning). ... The Renaissance was clearly a great period of growth in the European area....

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The goal of the Renaissance period was to revive the lost wisdom, art, and culture. The humanists not only wanted to bring these aspects of life back, but also to start reconstructing their present culture along classical lines. ... The Italian humanists revived this type of culture and took it in as a new way of looking at the world. The rediscovery of their classical past helped to give Europeans a new sense of history as well as of their own capabilities. ...

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Before the Renaissance, Italy was one of the European countries with a strong and an organized government. Between the 12th and 13th centuries, Italy developed a political pattern, much different from feudal Europe north of the Alps. As no dominant powers emerged as they did in other parts of Europe, the oligarchic city-state became the dominant form of government. ... Before the Medieval period came to an end a large population of Europe was taken out by the Black plague. ... Protective of it's industry and culture, globalization and Europeanization have tested Italy's willingness t...

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The renaissance began in Italy spreading and influencing other parts of Europe, reaching England by about 1500. ... This concided with the beginning of what is known as the Modern age in Europe. ... Because of the great influence of the Greek and Roman cultures during this period, people began to question some of the traditionally held views and many new ideas and thoughts were debated in the universities around Europe. ... Established trade and sea links also meant that ideas developed in Italy, for example, could easily be printed and then sent to other parts of Europe. ...

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During the Middle Ages, society established what historians, today, call the "Shame Culture." This culture says that a noble man should never be one to fall victim to shame, nor is he one to hesitate when being faced by the opposition (Cantor, ed. 3). The French epic Roland shows the difficult choices facing a noble hero that is trying to rise from the pressures of the shame culture. ... In 900 A.D., after the collapse of the Roman Empire in Western Europe and the barbarian invasions, between 200 and 300 great noble families came about. ... They owned at least eighty percent of the arable ...

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The Feudalism and the clergy that developed after the fall of the Roman Empire stagnated the development of the culture, science, art, ect. ... The culture, science and art started developing. ... But now in the time of the European Union and the NATO the land is the smallest concern. ...

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Geography, more than anything, gave Italy the advantage over the rest of Europe. During the time when the rest of Europe was in the throes of medieval Feudalism and Manorialism, all commerce had stopped, but merchants and artists in northern Italy had maintained trade and commerce activities with both the Byzantine East and the European West. ... Through persistence and industry he brought Western Europe into contact with antiquity and the values of the Roman Empire. ... Although he assimilated the French culture and language, he would never forget his roots. ... One of Petrarch's le...

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Manchester's main thesis for this novel is, Magellan's great exploration of circumnavigating the world welcomed Europe into a new age; The Renaissance. ... Throughout the Middle ages Europeans thought of themselves as superior to other nations and territories around the globe. The people of Europe thought that they were the most advanced in mathematics and medicine however, as Magellan and other explorers began to learn more about their newly discovered land they realized that many other cultures were equal or more advanced in these areas. ... Magellan's exploration enabled peo...

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The people are different, the language is different, and most of all, the culture is nothing like you've ever seen before. Around the mid 14th century, this feeling of massive change occured in Europe. From the collapse of the Roman Empire to 1350 CE, Europe went through a time known as, The Middle Ages where technological advances were exceedingly slow. ... But at the start of the mid 14th century, Europe would never be the same again. ... The renaissance was a time of rebirth, the attention of the European's slowly began to shift from the Church to man himself. ...

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The Renaissance The Renaissance was a period of European history, considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. ... Humanism was subjects concerned with humankind and culture. ... Europeans first used movable metal type to print a book. ...

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The Malay dagger is called a Kris, which played an important part in the Malay culture because they had their own blade and hilt. ... The flat top helmet was worn by crusaders and European knights. ...

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