Part of the reason for Europe attempting to expand was the sudden population explosion. Europe's population nearly doubled between the years of 1500 and 1650. Cities grew before the population as a result of people moving from the countryside to cities. London's population grew from 50,000 in 1500 to 200,000 people in 1650. This new population increase, contributed new workers and expanded the economy. ...
For most countries the amount of people living in urban areas almost doubled during and after industrialization. An example of this rising urban population is England. Before the industrial revolution England only had around 25 percent of the population living in the cities, but during and after the industrial revolution it rose to almost 55 percent of the population living in urban areas. Also in Germany and Prussia their urban population in 1816 was 26 percent and by the end of the revolution it grew to around 50 percent. ...
Overpopulation is a major characteristic of over-population. One of the common features of developing countries is a rapid rate of population increase. ... Another instance of a country facing a high rate of population is Brazil. In 24 years, Brazil population has nearly double. ... The population do not participate in development, remain aversive, to changes. ...
One of the most essential causes for the industrialization of Europe was an increase in European population, better known as Mass Society. One of the causes for this population increase was better health. ... Vaccines and advancements in medicine were thus introduced which caused the European population to nearly double. ... Europe believed expansion would not only supply them with cheap resources, but it would also create new markets they could trade with. 80 percent of the European population were agricultural workers, laborers and artisans. ...
Columbus's actions were historically significant, causing widespread change, and effectively doubling the size of the known world. ... Finally, for years, Columbus was considered to be, by historians (working primarily from historical documents created by Europeans), as well by the general (i.e. majority: white, euro-american) population, to be the great discoverer of the New world, the man who changed the way man looked at his world, creating a new global perspective, and opening the flood gates of European world domination. ...
Population development holds a serious issue. "In 1999, the world's population exceeded six billion people. ... From 1927-1967 this population doubled. ... Population growth is a problem that impacts the environment and a general quality of life. Soon, at least one quarter of the world population will live where water is scarce. ...
However, it is also argued that the recurring epidemics killed roughly 25 to 70 percent of the population so it cannot be stated in exact figures (Ross, 2014). This was in each city and district and clearly suggests a monumental loss of the population in the summit years of the plague. ... Therefore it can be said that the impact of the Black Death on Europe and Scotland resulted in mass mortality and huge destruction of the population across the world for several years. ... This resulted in salt prices rapidly increaseing and the price of wheat doubled. ... It left thousands of people dead ...
Subsequent to the Middle Ages, populations in Western Europe began developing technology that enhanced their ability to generate products and which led to significantly higher standards of living than populations elsewhere on the planet. ... In 1500, Europe was third in population in the world, behind China and India. ... It is estimated that at the start of the fourteenth century, the combined peoples of France, Germany and Britain supported 15 percent of the population through peasant work (meaning that 85 percent of the population were peasants). ... By keeping a large population from which...
This led to a greater gap between the rich and the poor and an increase in the population living below the poverty line. ... However for the poor and the increasing migration to urban areas increased the population under the poverty line and as a result earning a living for these people became a fantasy. ... The poor population within the city walls were increasing, so this is why change had to be brought about. ... Cameron recognises that the greater size of population made for a more complex and stratified social structure; "it led to a need to contain a greater variety of communal buildings...
Furthermore Blair is hoping to introduce a referendum in support of the euro before the end of his term in 2006, however with less than one third of the population who actually support the euro under his belt it is questionable why he still wishes to pursue the euro; Even though the majority of the people whom he is supposed to represent are against it. ... However it did state that the inter-euro trade rate has increased by as much as twenty percent in some areas, and proposed that English trade could nearly double in thirty years. ... This issue has stirred the hornets nest and caused great ...
The employment of the millions of the American population enabled her to get back on track to prosperity. ... Some returning African American soldier spoke of double-V, meaning double victory both from oppression and against the Japanese. ...
