Atlantic Civilization Research Paper

Alexis Campos

History 2010

March 6, 2015

The Atlantic Civilization

Atlantic Civilization is a recognizable name, its name does not crown the human civilization but it represents such a considerably core time of the human civilization. The conflicts that ensued at this time were very definitive of the civilization of their time and it has affected the civilization of the world today. To broadly describe it, the Atlantic civilization, a term from 18th century, is the time that marked the interrelationships that existed between the old world era and the new world. The combination of the values of the two world ages including religious and political values of regions like French and America merged. The individual dignitaries and the separation of church from state are some of the changes that ensued. (Durant, 260) The Atlantic Civilization was brought to the new world when the world voyager Christopher Columbus, set ship on the islands and continents of the world, he is a core part

The colonization of Africa and the voyages of Christopher Columbus, the competition between the British and the Spaniards, slaves trans-Atlantic trade, colonies in U.S are events that marked Atlantic civilization.

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