B from shamansin to neo/Confucianism
Answer: Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery. By the time it was abolished, on May 13, 1888, an estimated four million slaves had been imported/taken from Africa to Brazil, 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas.
Answer:
A. Books became available to many people throughout Europe.
C. Books became less expensive to purchase.
D. The literacy rate began to rise as interest in learning grew.
Explanation:
The history of the invention of the printing press can be taken as a huge development in the literary world. The invention of this printing press by goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg in 1440 greatly revolutionizes the way information is shared around the world and in a swifter way.
So, considering the given options, we can safely say that the invention of the printing press helped in so many ways. First, the <u>availability of books increased and many people was able to access them</u>. It also made it <u>less expensive for people to buy</u>, leading to many poorer sections of the society gaining access to books. This, in turn, <u>led to an increase in the literary rate of the people</u>, for almost everyone can get books and learn to read and write. Books were no longer just accessible to the few rich, even the poor and lower sections of the society were able to get their own books and thus helped them in learning.
Thus, the <u>correct answers are options A, C, and D.
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Explanation:
Human society is continuously shaped by social, political, and technological developments. Some societies reject these developments and others embrace them. Normally, the rejection or acceptance is silent and smooth. At times, however, the process is violent and leads to conflict or revolution. According to Samuel Huntington, “a revolution is a rapid, fundamental, and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of a society, in its institutions, social structure, leadership, and government activity and policies.”[1] The Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 were marred by ardent violence and political maneuvering. This article will analyze both revolutions, illustrating that the revolution of 1905 was both a precursor and cause of the 1917 revolution, while having its own precursors and causes.
Aided by brutal defeats and unprecedented loss of life in two wars, the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 were the collective backlash of the masses against the corrupt, incompetent, and uncaring autocracy of the Tsarist Regime which was unable and unwilling to change with the times. Moreover, the revolutions hardly yielded the type of productive and egalitarian change that masses called for. Thus, these revolutions serve as a cautionary tale for both governments and revolutionaries.
