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    comparing trade and commerce differences between Western and Eastern Europe, Islamic items of worship such as The Sunnah, encouraged trade and commerce in Eastern Europe in the late 8th and 9th century. This led an increase in the Eastern European economy, thus leading to the increased importation of Eastern goods into Western Europe. This increase in exotic goods ultimately enhanced the wealth of Western Europe and boosted its economy. While Western Europe improved economically, Northern Europe’s economy

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    South America and western Europe have some of the most beautiful features in the world. South America is the second biggest continent in the world while Western Europe is the second smallest continent in the world the the two regions are both beautiful in there own way but i will be going in depth on the two regions and compare and contrast the two continents. South America is the fourth largest continent, South America can be divided into three physical regions which are mountains and highlands

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    Western Europe went through a lot changes through the 8th and 14th century it was the rise of the medieval culture.The Church started to gain power as Christianity started to gain popularity throughout all over Western Europe. Christianity had a lot of influence on the development of Romanesque and Gothic culture, as they took a lot of the ideas from Christianity and implemented it into theirs. As Western Europe went through all these different events the religious and political aspects started to

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    The rise of Islam brought many important changes to Europe, both physically and culturally. Through the many conquests of Muhammad and his successors, Muslim dominion, by the middle of the eighth century, included all of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, as well as Spain. Spain would serve as a point of invasion for Islamic forces into Western Europe and it would continue to serve as an Islamic state up until 1492 when its last territory (Granada) fell to Christian forces. Muslim control of

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    Throughout the Thirty Years War, it produced numerous melodramatic penalties and changed Western Europe in important spiritual, radical, and common habits. The Thirty Years War demanded massive soldiers of acquisitive groups and this, while regimentally astute, was a great channel on national capitals. All gatherings that were involved in the battle were nearly poor because of the amount of their individual soldiers and this in chance had a shocking influence on the frugalities altogether. In accumulation

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    Russia and Western Europe develop so differently? Russia and Western Europe developed in similar times but ended up vastly different from one another. Both regions were influenced by similar ideas and groups but somehow began to contrast greatly. The Byzantine Empire had great influences on both civilizations which is a similarity. Exterior influences caused greater changes which would shape how both regions developed so differently. A main reason for the differences of Western Europe and Russia

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    The Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe lead by Stalin from 1945 was aggressive and self-serving. This was characterized by rapid control of Eastern Europe and exploitation of Soviet satellite states for the social and economic improvement of Russia. During World War Two Russia endured the loss of countless troops, economic turbulence and great land loss. Although they experienced such loss as a consequence of World War Two their decisions after were motivated by greed and were justified by an impending

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    The Middle Ages: Western Europe from 500 1500 The breakdown of political order in Europe at the sacking of Rome meant that defense within Europe became a local affair, and the structure of feudalism meant that the peasantry was protected by the knighthood, and the knighthood supported by the labor of the peasantry. This politically anarchic system would slowly form into recognizable states that were defined by language and territorial boundaries. The political disunion of Europe into small feudal

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    Understanding the Convergence of Media Systems and Political Communication in the U.S. and Western Europe A powerful trend is clearly underway in the direction of greater similarity in the way the public sphere is structured across the world. In their products, in their professional practices and cultures, in their systems of relationships with other political and social institutions, media systems across the world are becoming increasingly alike. Political systems, meanwile

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    structure of their countries and surrounding ones by their vision and missions for their term. Examples of leaders who shaped Europe during their time as ruler are Napoleon Bonaparte of France and Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria. Their separate visions for their countries have certain similarities but largely contrast each other. Napoleon’s vision for himself, France and Europe was simple. He wanted complete control. He created a centralized government in France, appointing himself as First Consul

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