Essays Tagged: "European"
Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.
of technology and knowledge. During the years 1870-1914, there was a new Imperialism, in which the Europeans used knowledge and technology from the Industrial Revolution to build their extensive empi ... alism". Mostly this was brought upon by the Industrial Revolution, which created large surpluses of European capital and a massive demand of raw materials. Nationalism was another powerful factor. Soc ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Chinese Culture and World Outlook Vs. European Culture and World Outlook
Justin Wickett5/25/2004Chinese Culture and World Outlook Vs. European Culture and World Outlook During the 1400s to the 1700s, both the Chinese and the Eu ... both the Chinese and the Europeans viewed themselves as superior cultures. Both the Chinese and the Europeans thought that they were the center of the world. The Europeans spread their culture and wor ... om the outside world and tried to concentrate on themselves only. Although both the Chinese and the Europeans thought of themselves as dominating powers, they had completely different views when it ca ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Compare and contrast the Japanese and Chinese reactions to the arrival of the Europeans.
The European arrival in both Japan and China significantly affected both societies. Following the isolat ... issionaries were either expelled or persecuted. The missionaries from Europe were some of the first Europeans to influence society in Japan and China. In Japan and China, the European arrival affected ... whereas the integration of the Christian religion differed in these societies.The technology of the European's following their arrival penetrated both the Japanese and Chinese societies significantly. ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Image Of The Turks
looked upon as having a barbaric and lustful people. This was the opinion of a majority of Western Europeans. Andrew Wheatcroft wrote The Ottomans to show exactly how the Europeans did look on the Tu ... er shows how the feelings toward the Ottomans created stereotypes that lasted centuries. The Europeans looked upon the Turks as lower forms of human beings, much like Adolf Hitler viewed the Je ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Summaries
mmarizing narratives: "˜Alert Bay' AW47-52 The first half of the nineteenth century since the European's arrival witnessed the growth and prosperity of the Kwakwaka'wakw's society brought by the ... and prosperity of the Kwakwaka'wakw's society brought by the development of fur trade and access of European goods and the change in the aboriginal culture as capitalism and class stratification preva ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
canada
logy such as a written alphabet, new farming equipment, new weapons and firearms, and architecture. Europeans introduced the written alphabet to the natives during the Columbian exchange to improve tr ... t for trade, but they taught them it because they wanted to educate the natives about religion. The Europeans wanted the natives to convert their beliefs to Christianity. This discovery of the alphabe ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting