During the time of exploration countries were competing for new land and bigger territories. The main countries that were leading in this race were Britain, Spain, Portugal, and France. These nations were already the most powerful nations in the world but then it became a power struggle over each other. Power was the most important reason for exploration but gold was also a major contributor.
When Spain first went over seas, with Christopher Columbus leading the way, they discovered that the Myans were rich in gold and had no clue of their fortune. When word got back to the other nations that a lot of gold was found they jumped on the opportunity to explore the upper lands above South America. This is when Britain came across North America where they thought was going to be rich of gold was actually only soil and rocks. They took over the land from the Native Americans and used their land for power.
When people started to migrate to the new areas of land colonies than formed. This made the economy of the founding nations boom. The British, used their new land to their advantage and used the colonies for industry and exporting/importing goods.

S.S. project. Explination of pieces and music of 1600-1800 time period

During this time period pattern and tenique was important to the way muisic was written during the 1600 through 1800. One specific pattern used to write piano pieces was the pattern 6,1,5,4,2,3 chords. The chords that were used as the numbers were varied but the way they were put together in the piece were usually the same. The pattern I use to write my piece is similiar except that I do not have a fourth chord so my pattern was more 6,1,5,2,3. There were also improvisations that the composers would use while composing their pieces. They would have the basic pattern and technique then in one part of the composition they would improvise the pattern of the chords. The composer I used to base my piece off of is Bach. I chose him because had a more modern twist to his pieces which made it easier to compose my piece and he used a simliar pattern as I did. Often, there were symphonies that accompanied pianos which made the pieces a concertos. During this time piano solos were more common and pianos were used in more places besides church.

The major factors that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire are economics, their military, disease, and Germanic tribes invading Rome. The Roman government taxed their citizens heavily on practically everything. This lead to huge monetary losses for everyone whether they were rich and poor. Many families were forced to leave the country. Those who didn’t pay were put in jail. The prisons were overcrowded and many prisoners killed themselves as an easy way out of the paying. The Roman military at the start of the fifth century was over 200,000 soldiers strong and was ready to fight for the cause. The destruction of that military was a huge disaster to Roman Empire. Disease also ravaged through Rome and wiped out many Romans. In the 600s, medicine was almost nonexistent and people frequently died from common colds and infections. Invading Germanic tribes also played a part in the fall. They invaded and settled in the Roman Empire and made many citizens move. Rome became a barbaric place to live and no one enjoyed it.
Both Michael Rostovtzeff and Edward Gibbon agree that Christianity is another possible cause of the fall. The “virtues of society were discouraged” and military spirits were faltered because of it. Christianity also forced people to donate to charity, even poor people. Government was also getting distracted by the new religion, and lower classes were developing “new mentality.”
One likely factor is the economic problems that occurred towards the end of the empire. Running the empire was costing more and more. The government, trying to help this, raised taxes and “devaluated the currency”, says Henry J. Haskell. Prices on most things increased, and people felt as though they were losing control. Diocletian took rule and installed a price limit. This was meant to prevent prices from increasing. However, this did not work as well as he had hoped. Shops closed, and the amount of merchandise decreased. Food riots broke out. Lastly, the government was spending a lot of money on unnecessary things, which created another decrease in money for the empire. When you put together all of these problems in one smaller area, you get an empire that’s hanging by a thread and be destroyed easily by any other small problem that may arrive.

Algebra is good for mathematician because everything is based on algebra and it was created in Islam.

Astronomy is important to an astronomer because that is what they do and its the study of stars.

The realationship between Christianity and Islam is that Muhammad told his people to respect and treat those people the way they would treat members of their own religion. The relationship that showed up between Christianity and Judism is that Christianity came from it. Also Muhammad told his people that they should treat Christians and Jews with the same respect as they would treat the people of the same religion.

chapter 8 notes

-Most peoples' religions were polytheistic and consisted of them believing in many gods.
-Makkah was a prosperous city due to trade with Yemen, Syria, and Africa.
-Many people (Arabs) lived in the desert in small tribes. Tribes had a tendency to launch fights on one another.
-Although they lived in various places throughout the peninsula, they connected through Arab poetry and singing about the beauty of their land.

-He sent to live with nomads in the desert. Then he came back to the city and herded sheep and goats and then began trading.
-He became a merchant when he met Khadijah and married her at age 25. he continued to be a merchant for the next 15 years after she started him off with simple trading and selling.
-In 610 C.E., Muhammad went to pray in a cave and that is where he received a visit from the angel Gabriel.

-In 613 C.E. he began trying to preach and spread his teachings, or the religion of Islam. people called him a liar and tortured his followers and later started a boycott against him.

The Qur'an was the first thing to be written down that really outlined the way Muslims were told to practice their faith. The Qur'an is the guide to Islam like the bible is he guide to Christianity. Both serve similar purposes and each religion could not exist without these two very important things leading the way. The Qur'an is necessary for the survival of this religion and it also holds the most information on the religion itself.

Muhammad asked the Muslims to show respect for the Christians and Jews because all three derived from Abraham and he wanted to respect the ties and bonds of brotherhood that all three different religions shared.

coastal plains

Most coastal plains are found five to forty miles inland and some end with jagged cliffs like this one.
Frankincense and myrrh are made by collecting the tree sap from the few trees located on coastal plains.
Some coastal plains around the Arabian Peninsula have natural harbors that form just like this one.
When crops are grown on coastal plains dams are usually built in order to help create irrigation systems to evenly distribute the water among the plants.

MOUNTAINS

The mountains of the arabian penninsula are parallel to the red sea and continue to get higher in altitude as they continue towards the cities. The mountains cause the desert to be very dry and get no rain fall. The arabian people use the mountains as farmland by putting terraces into the side of them. A lot of people who live on the arabian peninsula live in the mountains because it has fertile ground and a good climate for human.

DESERT

The Arabian Desert covers almost the entire arabian pennisula. Almost thought of to be impossible to cross it has still served throughout history as a passage way between the middle east and north africa. In the summer the desert has less than fifteen percent of humidity also during the summer temperatures can get up to over one hundred and twenty degrees farenhight.

Oasis

Oasis' are random places in a desert where vegetation is able to grow. Some trees and bushes may grow around an oasis letting travelers rest in its shade and enjoy its cool water. The water comes from a deep well underground and sometimes shows up on the surface.

INDIA NEWS

Two fishermen were killed while out at sea. Reports show that it might not have been an accident and also may connect to Minister G L Peiris. xoxo

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There are over one billion people in India
They have different monsoons and they need a certain one for crops to be successful in India.
In the north there are mountains and can get very cold but in the south its more dessert like.
In battle the Indians would use elephants with a mini tower on their banks where men would sit and fight with spears and bows and arrows.

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