AP Euro essay. *on here in case of emergencies*
Angelique Beau-Wells
Period 6-AP European History
August 15, 2004
Europe is a continent filled with rich culture. Each country has its own expansive history, going back thousands of years, before written language was invented. Despite the language and, at times, geographical barriers, this continent still has a good amount of unity.
Europe consists of a large amount of closely knit small countries, little boundaries dividing one country from another. Most of these countries are about the same size as one of the larger states in the United States of America. Each of these countries has its own government, its own economy, and its own problems. Most countries have their own language, and their own uneasy truces with countries around them.
However, with the closeness that they share, there has to be some unification. Just as brothers and sisters share a bond between them, so do the countries in Europe.
The continent of Europe has a great deal of resources, each country having its own individual ones to add. Because of this, intercontinental trade is heavy, especially within the countries that form the European Union.
Since trade is common between the countries, the European Union made a single currency between them; the Euro. Despite its unstable beginnings, it is beginning to become a stable currency and it makes it much easier for trading and for tourism.
The history of these countries at times tears them apart. At other times it brings them closer together. In the days of colonization, they were competing to gain the most of the New World, shiploads of explorers making marks on the New World, languages from the Old are still found in South America, Central and North America, in their towns, in their cities, in their dialects.
During the Renaissance, so much classical and beautiful art, music, and literature came from this small area. Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, still remains as one of the most famous, and most expensive, pieces of artwork today. Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel can still be seen by those who travel there, and Voltaire, Dante, and Machiavelli are still being read by people, even though they were written hundreds of years ago.
Each country is looked at in its own light. Each has its own history, its own standards, and its own way of life. Despite all this, Europe is also thought of as a whole, one entity. And that is how it shall remain in this writer’s mind.
If anyone's willing to look over it, I've done it twice, for proofreading, go ahead and email me the revised one pwetty pwease ^_^
Period 6-AP European History
August 15, 2004
Europe is a continent filled with rich culture. Each country has its own expansive history, going back thousands of years, before written language was invented. Despite the language and, at times, geographical barriers, this continent still has a good amount of unity.
Europe consists of a large amount of closely knit small countries, little boundaries dividing one country from another. Most of these countries are about the same size as one of the larger states in the United States of America. Each of these countries has its own government, its own economy, and its own problems. Most countries have their own language, and their own uneasy truces with countries around them.
However, with the closeness that they share, there has to be some unification. Just as brothers and sisters share a bond between them, so do the countries in Europe.
The continent of Europe has a great deal of resources, each country having its own individual ones to add. Because of this, intercontinental trade is heavy, especially within the countries that form the European Union.
Since trade is common between the countries, the European Union made a single currency between them; the Euro. Despite its unstable beginnings, it is beginning to become a stable currency and it makes it much easier for trading and for tourism.
The history of these countries at times tears them apart. At other times it brings them closer together. In the days of colonization, they were competing to gain the most of the New World, shiploads of explorers making marks on the New World, languages from the Old are still found in South America, Central and North America, in their towns, in their cities, in their dialects.
During the Renaissance, so much classical and beautiful art, music, and literature came from this small area. Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, still remains as one of the most famous, and most expensive, pieces of artwork today. Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel can still be seen by those who travel there, and Voltaire, Dante, and Machiavelli are still being read by people, even though they were written hundreds of years ago.
Each country is looked at in its own light. Each has its own history, its own standards, and its own way of life. Despite all this, Europe is also thought of as a whole, one entity. And that is how it shall remain in this writer’s mind.
If anyone's willing to look over it, I've done it twice, for proofreading, go ahead and email me the revised one pwetty pwease ^_^