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What role could my Ancestors have played?

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What role could my Ancestors have played?

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My ancestors could have been explores that helped find new land in America. They could have been merchants that brought supplies too and from Europe. They also could have been colonist that settled in America.

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What impact did the Age of Exploration have the world?

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What impact did the Age of Exploration have the world?

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With out the Age of Exploration their would be no Americas. This Age in time caused many historical events including war. Without the discovery of the Americas Europe's history could be very different from what it is today.

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Rome

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At what location was the printing press made?

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At what location was the printing press made?

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Mainz, Germany

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What location did the Age of Exploration start?

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What location did the Age of Exploration start?

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Europe

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Historical Figures related to the Age of Exploration

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Historical Figures related to the Age of Exploration

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Prince Henry of Portugal and Cristopher Columbus

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-new technology and ideas came to Europe
-Prince Henry started the age of exploration
-America was found looking for a rout to Asia
-Christopher Columbus found America
-Europe needed faster trade
-Took gold and silver from Central America
-Destroyed local empires
-Spain ignored Northern America due to the small amount of riches
-17th century, people settled in N America
-Europe was running out of resources

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Christianity affects me in everyday life. I pray every night and go to Church. With out Christianity I could have turned out to a different person.

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What role did my ancestors play during the spread of Christianity.

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What role did my ancestors play during the spread of Christianity.

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My ancestors could have been an early follower of Christianity. They may have been poor and lived in fear of someone finding out they Christian. My ancestors also could have been members of the organized Christian church working to spread Christianity.

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What impact did Christianity have on the world?

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What impact did Christianity have on the world?

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Christianity influenced many civilizations. This religion targeted the poor because other Christians would share what they had with them. When Christianity first entered Rome you would be killed if people found out that you followed it. Emperor Nero target this religion to take attention away from the fires in Rome. Overtime it became the official religion of Rome changing the way people thought. Without it many historical events would not have happened.

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-Paul preached to non-Jews
-took more relaxed rules on the religion
-following Christianity brought lots of risk
-at first their were few Christians in Rome
-Emperor Nero targeted Christians to divert attention away from himself
-Christianity was misunderstood
-Christian churches grew organized
-Christians were an easy target
-most Christians were poor
-in 313 A.D. Christianity was accepted
-323 A.D. Christianity became the official religion of Rome

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Jesus and Paul

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Historical Figures for the Printing press

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Historical Figures for the Printing press

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Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Fust, and Peter Schoffer

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What impact did the printing press have on the world?

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What impact did the printing press have on the world?

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This Group of people impacted the world by creating the printing press. This machine allowed books to be copied and distributed quickly and cheaply. This lead to many people learning about the outside world. The printing press also helped spread christianity because, people did not have to attend church to read the bible any more.

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How does the printing press affect me today?

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How does the printing press affect me today?

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Without the invention of the printing press books would be expensive and hard to come by. I would not have the school books I have now or the library at school. Without the printing press it would also mean the printer would not be invented. As a result their would be less maps, posters, and we could not type out homework.

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German - Printing press (15th century)
Christianity - Spread of Christianity
American - Age of Exploration (15th century - 117th century)

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-Fist made appearance in 1454
-With the help of Johann Fust and Peter Schoffer Johannes Gutenberg made a metal printing press
-by the 16th century over 200 million books were printed
-when Gutenberg died there were already two printing workshops in his hometown.
-by the 15th century there were printing presses in 250 towns
-printing process by Gutenberg remained unchanged until the Industrial revolution
-made books cheaper edicating people
-people could learn about the world
-did not have to rely on a church to read the bible

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What role did my ancestors play during the time of the printing press? 

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What role did my ancestors play during the time of the printing press? 

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My ancestors could have worked in a factory that made books using a printing press. They also could have  bought books created by the printing press, contributing to the spread of knowledge in Europe.