HIST 1003 : Exam 1 Study Guide
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These will come from the term sheets provided. This question will be answered using tastes of paradise. It was thought that it nourished the brain, hightens lucidity and purity, enhances mental activity, speeds perception and judgement at the same time it makes them clearer, stimulating mental activity without any subsequent depression. To some extent, countries and individuals wanted to spread the. One factor, then, would have been the belief that christianity was the one true religion and that non-christians would benefit from being converted. Expansion was also motivated by the desire for national and personal gain. People and nations wanted to become rich and to gain prestige. Another factor, then, would be the desire to gain power: of course, all of these desires would have been impossible to fulfill had it not been for the europeans" technological advances. One might say, then, that the development of technology was the major factor that precipitated this expansion.
