imperialism in belgium congo

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Imperialism is taking over a country by way of force.
Lvl 2
Imperialism happend in Eastern Africa and the Congo. King Leopold wanted to expand his empire so he held a meeting in 1884 in Berlin,  to take over Eastern Africa and the Congo. He went after Africa natural resources of rubber and ivory. Leopold hired the natives to do the work for him. They rebelled because they were working very hard and not getting paid. The soldiers working for Leopold were told to cut the right hand of the dead rebel to ensure that they saved bullets


Lvl 3
The soldier had bigger guns than the natives due to the industrial revolution. The native couldn't
keep up with the machine guns of the soldiers.
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Gutenberg Historical Significance

 Johann Gutenberg was a very skilled german metal craftsmen and a born aristocrat. He was born around 1395 approximately, no one really knows is birth date exactly. and died of February 3, 1468Johann started the book printing the start up and take off in Europe, by introducing a moveable printing press. Gutenberg is mostly known for he printing of the Gutenberg bible the first mass printed book in Europe. Gutenberg set up he equipment in Mainz, Germany and printed a total of 180 copies of the bible.  He did this to start a new way a coping down books. Printing books caused the price of book to decrease dramatically and resulting in a more vast group of people to be able to purchase. The Gutenberg bible was printed by way of making rows of the scripture and filling the pre made stamps with ink then pressing the paper on the the rows then resetting the stamps for the new page. 

the Gutenberg Printing Press invented by Johann Gutenberg 

and used to print the first mass produced book.

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenbergbible/gutenberg/#top

Renaissance and Reformation Key Terms

Da Vinci
a painter, sculpter, inventor in the town of florence italy.

Florence
The main city at the time of the Renaissance

Gutenberg
made the fist printing press in Europe, and printed the first bible.

Dante & Chaucer
Wrote the bible in vernacular making reading more popular. 

Michelangelo
a famous sculpter from the renaissance. sculpted the david out of one block of marble

Frescoe
a painting done of wet plaster using water based paint. 


Indulgence
having your sin forgiving for less time in purgatory.

Ninety-five Theses

Martin Luthers 95 statment about what the churches wrong doings


Edict of Worms
The banning of Martin Luther's writing in the town of Worms.

Huldrych Zwingli

Preist in Zürich

John Calvin
Published the Institutes of Cristian Religion 

Calvinism

Firm conviction they were doing Gods work on earth. created by John Calvin 

Aztec Tenochtitlan. Who, What, When, How, Where, Why?

What is the main type of currency in Tenochtitlan?
Cotton and Cacao beans were the main type of currency in the Aztecs barter and trade system.
Who built it?
The Aztecs a tough group from the valley of Mexico
How did the Aztecs built their city of Tenochtitlan?
The aztecs pressed stakes in to the lake bed to make the ground on the city. The city was weaved with many canals to get around.
When did the Aztecs arrive in Tenochtitlan?
In 1323 the Aztecs were pushed on to the island in the middle of the lake after skinning the daughter of a powerful city-states leader
Why did the Aztecs stay in the middle of a lake to build there empire?
The Aztecs were following a story their main god told them once when he visited them. He told them that one day they would have their own city. They had to wait to find the special place to hold their city, when they saw a eagle perched on a cactus holding a snake in he mouth then they found the spot that their city should be build.
Where was Tenochtitlan build at?
The main city of Tenochtitlan was build in the valley of Mexico on a little island int he middle of Lake Texcoco.

Rise of the Mongols.

Geography

The landscape of where the Mongols live shaped who they are and how the Mongols lived and fought. The Steppe was very open, forcing the Mongols to live a nomadic lifestyle. They moved all over Asia and conquered everyone and every group in their path. When the Mongols first started conquering they were a very small and inexperienced in warfare. As the army moved that became more and more abundant because Genghis Khan believed in letting the enemy soldiers commit loyalty to him and join his army. The wide-open spaces of the steppes made the Mongol people very good horsemen, and helped them become very fast and efficient when fighting in their wars.

Leadership

All groups need a great leader to guide them through the tough way of warfare lifestyle, and Genghis Khan was that person for the Mongol.  When Genghis Khan was growing up the Mongols were not the strong group of people that they ended as. Genghis Khan united the many Mongols tribes to form a very efficient and destructive army. His way of ruling focus mainly on trust and loyalty to him and the tribe. One time two enemy soldiers brought their Khan to Genghis and committed loyalty to him. Genghis ordered them to be killed because they were not loyalty to their Khan. He feared that they betrayed there Khan and if the chance was given to they them would betray him. To the soldiers that maintain faithfulness he would not let them live in a poor and rough state.  Any battle they won the spoils of the battle would be split up to all the soldiers.

Technology 

Bows and arrows, horses, silk were the three main instruments that the Mongols used to survive and conquer an abundance of land. The Mongols would begin learning how to expertly use the bow and arrow at a very young age. By the time they a Mongol was in the cavalry they could shoot arrow perfectly and at rapid fire right off the horses back. The Mongols were amazingly accurate when using the bow, the Mongols were trained the shoot the bow at the exact time all four of the horses hooves were of the ground. Horses were the main way of transportation for regular and cavalry life. Children were on horse by the age of three. The horses could run very fast and very far. Some of the soldiers used their horses as shields when in a battle scenario. Silk was used only after the Mongols became more sophisticated and had more spoils from their enemies. The Mongols would wear a tight fitting shirts made of silk. When the arrows would hit the soldier the silk shirt would not let the barbs in the arrow go in to them. The shirt also made extracting the arrow easier because the barbs were not in the body.