Why is the year 1492 considered a turning point
in history?
(1) the spanish established an exchange
between europe and the americas.
(2) the ming dynasty launched expeditions to
the east coast of africa.
(3) muslim arab armies succeeded in conquering egypt and syria.
(4) the british established control over new
territories in india.

1492 Is considered a turning point in history because 1) The spanish established an exchange between Europe and the Americas.

Explanation:

First of all, all of the options are important but only number 1) is why 1492 is considered a turning point in history.

In the first place, The ming dynasty launched expeditions to Africa between 1400 and 1430.

In the second place, Even though the fact that Muslim Arab armies succeeded in conquering Egypt and Syria is an amazing event, it was not a world event. It was local.

In third place, The fact that the British armies took control over territories in India was not so relevant, they already had powerful control over there.

However, the fact that the Spanish managed to discover a way to take the wealth of America away makes 1492 a turning point in history. Because it was a new continent filled with wealth. But note here, it was never an exchange because the natives were robbed and massacred. The only thing they got from it, were crimes.

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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