History, 16.10.2020 14:01, MJyoungboy
The Arab tradition of the Green Sea of Night had too strongly taken hold of Christian thought to be easily shaken off. And it was beyond the Cape which bounded their knowledge that the Saracen geographers had fringed the coast of Africa with sea-monsters and serpent rocks and water unicorns, instead of place names, and had drawn the horrible giant hand of Satan raised above the waves to seize the first of his human prey that would venture into his den. If God made the firm earth, the Devil made the unknown and treacherous ocean—this was the real lesson of most of the medieval maps, and it was this ingrained superstition that Henry found his worst enemy, appearing as it did sometimes even in his most trusted and daring captains. According to the passage, what were some of the dangers and consequences that Portuguese sailors might have worried about when setting off on a journey along the west coast of Africa in the early 1400s? Write your response in one to three sentenc
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History, 21.06.2019 22:50, cjsboardinghouse
Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the haitian revolution? a. french colonists agreed to remain in haiti to the new countryplan its government. b. france gave up control of haiti, but it forced haitian leaders toallow slavery to continue. c. haiti established a short-lived democratic government, but it wassoon colonized again by spain. d. haiti became independent from france, but the fightingdevastated its economy.
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History, 21.06.2019 23:30, shalynmincey
2. what was the dred scott decision about? what do we learn from this supreme court case?
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History, 22.06.2019 00:30, ernestscott406
Based on source 1 which political strategy did sncc most likely support to bring about change in society?
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