The discovery and colonisation of the Americas, the exploitation of slaves to be used as a work force to generate commercial goods, the consumerist and industrial revolutions that followed and the formation of the foundations of the modern financial system. ... The slave traders then brought back mostly agricultural products, produced by the slaves in plantations mainly sugar and tobacco until these stocks depleted and cotton became the main commodity involved in Industrial Revolution. ... The French Revolution lead to a huge social upheaval and the French Revolutionary wars between the new F...

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TASK 1 - Introduction Sport has developed over time from the original Olympics in Ancient Greece to the adaptation of the mob games in pre-industrial revolution Britain. ... In Britain modern sports were developments from traditional sports played in villages and in schools after the industrial revolution. ... This is interesting because in the post industrial revolution Britain, sport was used to promote a healthy work force, promote teamwork and a way of controlling the nation. ...

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Despite a continued growth of production and wealth in absolute terms, the economy of "the first industrial nation" began to decelerate after 1870, in comparison with that of her closest competitors. ... Here is the history of an industry that supplied one of the essential ingredients of modern economic life, is clear-cut evidence of a British resistance to technological change" British entrepreneurs were not immune to criticism in the newer chemical industry, although in terms of employment the industry grew faster between 1881 and 1911 than any other industrial group in Britain. ...

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Whatever the Age it started off much like the age previous to it, and it ended up being a well-developed industrial age at the end of the century. ... In the latter half of the century, the industrial age came on full bore and created some very rich people. ... The industrial age in England and the United States brought out people and theories to combat the chaos created by industrialization. ... Author Irene Guggenheim Navarro wrote in her history of hairwork that One social historian has observed that the Industrial Revolution brought about an emotional revolution as well, . . . noting t...

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Africa's people and culture have been subject to many external changes that left a trace in the way they think and act nowadays. Conquests, colonization, the slave trade, Arabic and European cultural elements, Islam and Christianity and recently the spread of consumerist society have all transformed Africa for more than 500 years. However, colonization obstructed the internal process of state formation and the development in Africa and left scars of corruption and political instability in its government. Colonial leaders and countries obstructed policies and laws to further deprive certai...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis conducted in decades after the event, lead to a shift from the guilt perspective, to a broader one of various interacting factors. Although almost nine decades have elapsed, one question still persists: "Which explanation is best suited as the cause of WWI?" To provide an answer, the views of six h...

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