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    Europeans had many ambitions throughout the 1500s and 1600s. To achieve their goals, they deferred to the non-European culture. The main question remains: how did the Europeans accommodate themselves to Non-European culture? The European traders and missionaries would accommodate themselves by integrating into the Non-European culture, by adapting their physical appearance, by referring to the traditional practices, and through the response of the native people wants to European goods. For Europe’s

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    Introduction Karen A. Mingst in her book "Essentials of International Relations" gives a definition "European Union (EU) is a union of twenty-five European States, formerly the European Economic Community; designed originally during the 1950s for economic integration, but since expanded into a closer political and economic union."1 In 1951, the European Union initially called the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) formed as a pact between six countries (Belgium, West Germany, Luxembourg,

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    The European Union should continue to expand. The expansion, however, should stop once Turkey becomes a member of the EU. Including countries such as Ukraine, Russia, or Israel, among other southeastern European states would have numerous negative effects on the EU. If the EU includes Turkey, then it will have established itself as not being an exclusive Christian club. If the EU then goes on to include Russia and Ukraine, or any of the others, then this would overstretch the EU, thus making

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    An analysis of economic implication of European Union’s Expansion European Union is the largest and most powerful economic alliance in the world. The European Union has succeeded to considerably expand its influence in the past 20 years. The three models of enlargement and the strengthening of the actual EU’s economic along with political presence throughout its neighborhood are among the most remarkable successes of its post-Cold War history. The European Union is probably the key facilitators of

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    For many generations, it was taught that the expansion of Europe to the Americas, (also known as the European expansion), had a huge impact on all societies of the old world. The importance of this was taught to societies all across the world, and was indeed a necessary occurrence. Up until recently, the idea was never given any real thought for the majority of people as to how, over many generations in the family and throughout the passage of time, how they precisely got where they are currently

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    The European had several motivations for expansion. One motivation for expansion was the need for restoration of the population due to the Black Death which was a devastating plague in the 1300’s.Merchants needed to find new sources of precious metals to trade with the Ottomans or an alternate route to bypass them. The Europeans wanted to gain spices for religious rituals, perfume and medicines. They used high status goods as a way to determine social standings. They had a strong passion and will

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    The motives for the Europeans for expansion and colonization in the new word was a new way of life and exploration. The search for new things and ocean travel was intriguing to the Europeans. Though the conditions in Europe were changing the Europeans thought that they could find better things overseas. The Europeans expanded their capabilities for growth and colonization. The biggest resistance of the Europeans was the Indians. The Indians did not like the thought of foreigners taking over

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    Summary The beginning of the interaction of the Americas and Europe all started with the expansion of Europe. Europe had been an agricultural society that thrived and was continually expanding. However, the Black Death wiped out a third of the western European population. Technological breakthroughs proved that the European economy had a large capacity for recovery in the late middle ages. Following the middle ages came the Renaissance. The Renaissance outlooks and ideas where what helped spark

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    The expansion of the European empire through the start of the 15th century became a distinctive feature in world history. By the 20th century, large parts of Africa and Asia were colonies of European powers. In modern society, there is a clear separation between the 1st and 3rd world. A main contributor to this division occurred over 150 years ago with Britain and its colonization of India. Colonization has had a prodigious influence on developing the modernity of a country. In addition to the centralized

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    Prior to 1490s, Europeans had already sailed down to west coast Africa and were having a long-established trade in African Slaves. Moreover, European expansion basis was the ambition for the trade and resources of Asia. They tried to expand further to Asia motivated by ambition for the trade and resources of Asia. Three centuries after Columbus’s discovery of America, various Europeans which are Spanish, Portuguese, French, English and Dutch were dominating Native American. They were occupying the

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