I'm a fan of historian Michael Wood! One of my favorite items from him was the BBC documentary series, "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great."
The quote you mention from Wood comes from his historical researches regarding India. (You could also look for his BBC documentary series, "The Story of India.") The "rejection of a whole way of understanding history" was the way that Wood described the actions of Asoka (or Ashoka -- you'll see both spellings). Asoka was ruler from 268 to 232 BC of lands that would later become known as India. Asoka was a great conqueror but also someone who found enlightenment through Buddhism. After conquering the Kalinga region in eastern India, rather than feeling some great rush of pride or accomplishment because of their victory, Asoka felt guilty. So he worked hard to improve the lives of the Kalinga people that he had conquered. This was what Wood was referring to when he said Asoka's attitude/approach "was a rejection of a whole way of understanding history." Conquest was not something to be celebrated triumphantly. Rather, the conquerors had an obligation to those whom they had conquered.
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6. The most common map at the time projected Asia streched out, covering more of the atlantic ocean. He actually thought he found unexplored islands off the coast of Japan, because on the map he was near Japan.
7. Francisco de Almeida, but I am not the one who has the text here.
8. Bartolomeu Dias
9. Vasco de Gama
10. Leif Eriksson, the Viking who discovered America.
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it is like posters with certain words on what people say to you it all depends where you are.
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Some of the positive effects were: universities were opened early. In 1820 only the Philippines have improved in civilization, wealth, and Populousness. The establish of schools, many schools were built. They taught them how to read, write, and speak in English.
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•Indians didn't have a system of laws like the Europeans, and there was no system of government/ rulers, Europeans believed that indians were savages and had no structure, Europeans had religious morals and were no free to choose the church.
