On the other side of the Sahara were many great cultures that were isolated from the rest of the world. Henry wanted to find a water route to India. The passage to India over land was long, slow, and dangerous. ... In 1499, Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to travel from Portugal to India. Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. ...
Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... It can be seen that the main Holy Grail was to change the identity of Africans and by slowly assimilating Africans into European culture; a common example to illustrate this is the changing of African names to Christian ones. ... Those who were able to learn and open their minds through reading textbooks and learning new skills, had to distance themselves from their own identity and culture, this meant that a lot of young people were alienated from their own c...
They look at the customs and traditions of different cultures, in search of common foundations that define our shared existence and also the differences that offer variety to our daily lives. ... Its dispersal includes the eastern Mediterranean, Southern Italy, India, and parts of the Middle East. ...
