Medieval Europe: Society, Trade, and Urban Growth
Medieval Society: Definitions & Key Terms
Hanseatic League (Hansa)
The Hansa (or Hanseatic League) was an assembly of merchant guilds and their market towns, predominantly in Northern Europe. It controlled trade in the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions. Key cities included Lübeck and Hamburg.
Bills of Exchange Explained
Bills of Exchange were financial instruments that allowed a dealer to make a payment to a trader without physically transporting currency. Money deposited in a bank in one location
Read MoreThe Historical Development of the Kingdoms in Spain
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Agrarian Structure and Rural Change in Spain
Rural Areas and Their Transformations
Rural areas are the undeveloped lands on the Earth’s surface, including developed agricultural areas where farming, ranching, and forestry take place. In the 1970s, other activities were introduced, such as residential, industrial, services, recreation, and landscape conservation. At present, the rural area is more heterogeneous and complex.
1. Factors: Physical and Human Elements
In Spain, a variety of rural areas exist due to the influence of various physical
Read MoreKey Aspects of Economic and Environmental Security
Economic security or financial security is the condition of having stable income or other resources to support a standard of living now and in the foreseeable future. It includes probable continued solvency and predictability of the future cash flow of a person or other economic entity, such as a country.
Economic Security Tools
- Sanctions: Politically motivated denial or threat of denial of normal economic relations in order to influence the behavior of adversaries without going to war
- Have developed
Country Profiles: Population, Economy, Society
US
Population
Approximately 300 million inhabitants spread over its 50 States. Natural increase is low, with low birth rates and low mortality. Population aging is a factor. A large immigrant population is concentrated in urban megalopolis areas (large metropolitan areas).
Economy
Agriculture occupies a small but productive part of the population. It is highly specialized through belts (large areas specialized in cotton, wheat, and corn monoculture). Industry: Abundant energy and mineral resources.
Read MoreEra of Industry and Empire
Second Industrial Revolution
Key Concepts
- S.I.R.: Characterized by rapid industrialization due mainly to the increase in the importance of the financial sector.
- Cartels: Agreement to share the market and avoid competition.
- Trusts: Vertical associations formed by various companies working in different industries to control the market and avoid competition. Controlled by one person or bank.
- Holding Companies: Stock companies that earned profits by buying and holding shares.
New Energy Sources
- Electricity: