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Was there a famous explorer called Tasman?
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer born in 1603 in the village of Lutjegast, Netherlands. Tasman was employed by the Dutch East India Company and, ordered to try to find a new sea trade route to Chile in South America. On 24 November 1642, he discovered a previously unknown island on his voyage past the "Great South Land", or "New Holland", as the Dutch called Australia. He named it "Antony Van Diemen's Land" in honour of the High Magistrate, or Governor-General of Batavia. The island was renamed Tasmania in 1855.
Why a historian looks through hundreds of photographs from the terrorist attacks on New York City World Trade Center on September 11 2001 to try to learn more about the people it affected which of these skills is the historian using?
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What effect did trade have on the feudal system in Medieval Europe?
Trade stimulated the growth of towns and cities, and produced many jobs in manufacturing, commerce, banking, and transportation. All of these made it possible for peasants to try to be more prosperous off the farms. This meant that there was a more or less steady movement of serfs away from the manors. When disasters such as the Black Death made things difficult for people, the demand for peasants reversed the trend among them to move to cities for a while, but it also undermined the feudal system further, and did not last very long.
What were Stalin's plans for Eastern Europe in the post war period?
Stalin's goals in eastern Europe were territorial control and a reconstruction of the nation. He wanted to keep the majority of the power and did so try by utilizing fear as his major device on the people.
What events have happened in the world between 2000 and 2010?
Millenium, Tsnami, Economic Downturn, World Trade Centre Attacks, First African American to be made President of the United States, North Korea testing Neuclear Arms... That's all I can think of. Try narrowing the scope of the question down?
