Cause Of The Western Civilization

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain looking for a shortcut to Asia. The King and Queen of Spain put the money up for the cost of the journey. He was looking for trade goods that he could sell back in Spain, he took a Catholic priest with him to spread the word of God to the native people of the new lands. These explorations will change the world more between 1400 and 1800, trade, travel, weaponry, and ideas will result in changes that will be seen around the world.

The era of 1300-1500 are always referred to as the late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance. The Western Civilization has continuous evolved to what it has become today. The fall of the Roman Empire is a large part of the Western Civilization history.

Differing religious beliefs between the Muslim Ottomans and the Christian Europeans, deterred the Christian Europeans from interactions in the Middle East, forcing them to explore new areas for trade and missionary efforts. In Document 4, written by Christopher Columbus, he states that as a Christian, he wants to engage in trade with India, but is going to find a route to India that avoids their proclaimed enemies the Muslim Ottomans. His own Christian beliefs propelled him to come up with an alternative way to sail to India, as to avoid specifically the contrasting religious views of Islam. Although it may be skewed, Christopher Columbus writes as if he has the support of many other Christians, showing that the exploration of another route

During the Crusades, Europeans brought luxury good from Italian merchants, who got them from Arab traders; Europeans taste for luxury items greatly increased. During the 13th and 14th explorers like Marco Polo claimed that Asia had the luxury goods the Europeans desired. This began the race towards finding a trade route to Asia. Christopher Columbus and many other explorer seek funds from Kings,Queens, and wealthy businessman to fund their explorations. After gaining funds from the King and Queen of Spain .Columbus set sail off on August 3, 1492 from Spain to investigate this a all-water route to Asia. This letter written by Columbus foreshadows the clash of two completely different cultures.

The year 1492 ignited a . Christopher Columbus set out on his voyage in hopes to find a sea route to Asia for Spain, which resulted in him arbitrarily discovering the Americas. This opened the door for the previously secluded Americas by bringing them into perpetual contact with Africa and Europe. This led to social and economic transformations that assimilated the societies in Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Although many aspects of society were altered, some characteristics from earlier societal days remained unaffected. Western Europeans were the prevailing players in the Atlantic World as they swiftly came to dominate the economic side of the Columbian Exchange, as well as advancing their societal influence over Africa and the Americas stimulating reassessment of existing cultural traditions.

In the mid-fourteenth century, the European population dropped dramatically. This was due to the bubonic plague (also referred to as the "Black Death".) The ruinous plague definitely had some long-term consequences, but not all was lost for the Europeans, seeing the population reduction caused a growing rise in the availability of food. Black Death also caused inheritance money to be given to dead victims' surviving family members. This gave this fighting bunch a chance for a new start. Even though the bubonic plague proved to the Europeans that their world was full of great risks, it still pushed a few just enough to take them. One of those risk takers was Christopher Columbus, a Spanish navigator.

In August of 1492 Christopher Columbus had sailed to the New World in an attempt to gather the riches of Asia under sponsorship of Spanish royalty.^1 Upon his voyage he had discovered the island of Hispaniola, a new nation that would eventually contribute to the largest trade system among Europe and their colonies, known as the Triangular Trade system. This discovery had brought Columbus new found fame and respect as the island was believed to be the rich isles of Sheba that King Solomon had discovered, due to the amount of gold and resources that were found.^2 The riches alone were enough to send for another voyage and to begin the colonization, yet it also began the series of events that would conclude that Christopher Columbus’ arrival was

The role of religion in Christopher Columbus played a very important role in his belief of a divine order and the discovery of the new worlds. This can be identified in his letter to Louis de Santangel regarding his first voyage. The very first line of his letter Columbus states, “As I know that you will be pleased at the great victory with which Our Lord and savior has crowned my voyage.” Then as his letter progresses it describes the many discovers including land, animals, plants and the natives who he says,” They do not hold any creed nor are they idolaters: but they all believe that power and good are in the heavens and they are firmly convinced that I, with these ships and men came from the heavens.” With his religious belief that a

Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer, believed that he could make a faster trip to Asia if he sailed across the Atlantic from the West rather than following what the Portuguese were attempting to do at the time by trying to go around Africa and through the Indian Ocean. Columbus would need a sponsor in order to be able to explore and see if this new route would actually work. Columbus went to several monarchs in search of someone who would be willing to finance this voyage, but since his claims were so great, he was rejected many times. Finally, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain signed the Capitulations, a contract between them and Columbus to sponsor his voyage in April of 1492. In this agreement, it states that if Columbus discovers any new land, he would get the title of Admiral and he could become the governor of any lands that he did discover. He would also have the privilege to ten percent of any goods in the land discovered, without the cost of tax added; This also applies to his line of family. For his part of the deal, Columbus said that he would spread Christianity to the people of Asia and bring gold, silver, and spices back to Spain. Since Columbus is not of Spanish heritage, it leads people to wonder why rulers of one country would be interested in employing a person of another country to complete a mission as significant as this.

Niall Ferguson’s thesis in his book “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” is to explain and prove why western civilization has exceeded the accomplishments of other nations throughout history up until present day. He attributes this world dominance to six “killer applications” the west had adopted and advanced beyond the means of any other civilizations. These applications were: competition, science, private property, medicine, consumption, and work.

Christopher Columbus was a devout Christian whose aspiration to deliver the message of Jesus Christ to the new world was a primary reason for his travels. In addition to finding the best trades and

Western Civilization from 1589 to 1914 had many specific changes that contributed to the structure of the western world before World War I. In the absolutism state sovereignty is embodied in the person of the ruler. Kings were absolute kings and were resposible to no none except god. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries absolute rulers had to respect the fundamental laws of their land. They had to control competing jurisdictions, institutions or groups that were interested in their territory. They regulated religious sects. France of Louis was the classic model of absolutism. Louis XIV, " the sun king," was a devoted Catholic who believed that god had estalblished kings as rulers on the earth. The French language and culture became

Christopher Columbus set out on his expedition with the hopes of discovering a shorter and faster route to Asia in order to make the trade of silk, spice, and porcelain more efficient. In addition to this, he sailed in order to colonize new territories and spread Catholicism. The first document regarding Christopher Columbus’s travels states, “ … determine to send me, Christopher Columbus … to learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith”. With conversion and Catholicism being high on Christopher’s list of priorities, it seemed to impact the way he saw and treated the indigenous people in which he encountered. Later on in the document, the text described Christopher’s first encounter with native people. Christopher

Western culture and policies have shaped the modern world, especially the Middle East, in many ways. Since the sixteenth century, the nations of Western civilization have been the driving wheels of modernization. Globalization is simply the spread of modern institutions and ideas from one high power to the wider world. Technological innovation and economic growth along with such concepts as democracy, individualism, and the rule of law administered by an impartial judiciary, set Western societies above and beyond any possible rival. Other cultures looked to the West as a model, a threat, or some combination of both. One country that was most successful in their confrontations with Western states was Japan, who incorporated Western

Western civilization can be traced back to the Western Mediterranean and Western Europe. It has been linked by many Historians to the Roman Empire, as well as with Medieval Western Christendom which came out of the Middle Ages in order to experience transformative ideas such as the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment. On the surface it may seem that there are abundant reasons to why Western Civilization was able to develop and grow during the Middle Ages. But ultimately it comes down to three main reasons Western Civilization in the Middle Ages was able to grow so rapidly. With all of this said, In order to truly understand how Western European Civilization was able to flourish and grow during the Middle Ages, one must look at the role of the Church during these times, how war and conflict shaped territories, and how disease and famine changed the world. First, during the Medieval Ages the Catholic Church was able to rise to one of the most powerful institutions in Europe. Second, wars such as the Crusades where the Catholic Church began to start military expeditions, otherwise known as Crusades, to kick Muslims out from what they considered the Holy Land. Finally, diseases such as the Black Death changed the way people during the Western Civilization acted and felt.