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The art and science of navigation from the 15th to the 18th centuryThe art and science of navigation from the 15th to the 18th century

   Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.      McClellan in his article “Plows, Stirrups, Guns, and Plagues” and Gregory in “Technology and the Natural Sciences” discuss the developments in sailing ships and navigation from the 15th […]

Discussion 7Discussion 7

Your active participation in the discussions is essential to your overall success this term. Discussion questions will help you make meaningful connections between the course content and the larger concepts of the course. Due to the sensitive nature of the article for this assignment, you will interact privately with your instructor for this discussion.   In […]

Outcomes of the Condemnation of 1277Outcomes of the Condemnation of 1277

    Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.     McClellan discusses the questions concerning continuities versus discontinuities in late medieval and early modern history and the history of science. He says that: “for the present we can […]

Geocentric System of the UniverseGeocentric System of the Universe

  Please answer these questions in paragraph form using my included article, and outside sources. Please paraphrase instead of quotation marks. Please make it about 800 words long.    a) The philosophical foundations of geocentric astronomy b) Aristarchus’s model, and the reason that ancient and medieval scholars rejected Aristarchus’s model c) The foundation and elements of Ptolemy’s […]