What were the factors that led to the contact of West Africa and Europe during the 15th century? The coming of Europe to Africa during the 15th century was not just a mere coincident as it marked the beginning of dominance and power for Europe. The coming of the Europeans to Africa marked the beginning of what could only be described as the exploitation of one country for the development of another. The Age of Exploration or Age of Discovery as it is sometimes called‚ officially began in the
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a small nation‚ Portugal may have seemed to be an unlikely leader in exploration and navigational science. The location of Portugal‚ really helped to develop it in its rise to the forefront. Surrounded to the east and north by Spain and having no outlets on the Mediterranean‚ Portugal was forced to use the Atlantic Ocean as its main source of travel. The Portuguese were aware that the Arab caravans were crossing the Sahara to bring gold‚ slaves‚ and ivory from Africa to Europe. There was talk
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Professor-Lisa Gonzales 1) From your knowledge of history‚ what factors facilitated European maritime exploration in the 15th century? (what / who gave them the tools they needed) The fifteenth century saw an upsurge in maritime exploration in Europe which was led by the Portuguese. Several factors contributed to this‚ and I am now going to take an in depth look at these factors Firstly the Portuguese had a seventy year head start over the Spanish due in part to the distraction caused by the
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Geographical exploration holds a very important place in the history of Europe and even in the world history. It was due to these discoveries that the world became a smaller place. By the beginning of the 15th century‚ big ships were built and the magnetic compass was invented. The goods from Asia were transported to Europe through the Red Sea via Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Although there was another route to Asia through the Gulf‚ owing to the monopoly of Arabs over it‚ it was very insecure
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15th Century Overview Political/Diplomatic: The Italian states of the renaissance Five major powers Milan Venice Florence( the Medici) The Papal states Kingdom of Napals Independent city states Mantua Ferrara Urbino The Role of women Warfare in Italy struggle between France and Spain Invasion and division. The birth of modern diplomacy is a product of the Italian renaissance. Machiavelli and the new statecraft Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) The Prince acquisition‚ maintenance and expansion of political
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Portugal- History of Exploration from 1480 AD - 1700 AD 1. Spain and Portugal--Unified but Declining: Spain was slowly being strangled to death by its own colonial empire abroad. Although Spain had amassed great wealth which resulted in a "golden age" for Spanish culture and the arts under Philip II (r. 1556-98)‚ much of that fortune was squandered on luxuries‚ the ill-conceived Armada‚ and the purchase of prestige to the point that the Spanish economy began to deteriorate by 1600. The Portuguese
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Maritime exploration in 15th century During the period of time 1400-1499 great gains were made by the Europeans in their quest for knowledge of the world they lived in. In this time period the Europeans circum-navigated Africa‚ located the territories of the West Indies and basically redrew the map of the world. All these things had one thing in common; they were the result of extensive Atlantic maritime exploration. The reasons that European engaged in such aggressive exploration in 15th century
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Oliver Cromwell was born in 25 April 1599. Cromwell Died on 3 September 1658. He rose from fairly humble beginnings to become the most victorious military and political leader of the Civil Wars‚ who was part of the joint republican‚ military and parliamentarian effort that caused the downfall of the Stuart monarchy as a result of the English Civil War‚ and was consequently invited by his associate leaders to assume a head of state role in 1653. As such‚ Cromwell ruled as "Lord Protector" for a five-year
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Europeans didn’t suddenly start exploring just because they could; there were many motives that led to European exploration and expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries. They made people confront the dangerous journey to the new colonies‚ a journey which killed about one half of the people who tried it. People were led by strong motives‚ and even if not all were exactly quite as important to European expansion‚ all of them played a part in it. Taking in mind the medieval attitudes of people at the
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Soccer was voted most favorite sport in portugal and brings a lot of joy to people. Soccer is a sport that Portugal has seen itself obtain a good degree of success on the international stage in recent years. The smaller size of Portugal means that there is less of a talent pool to choose from. At the same time‚ less economic prosperity means that the domestic teams struggle to retain locally developed talent who instead prefer to head to the bigger paychecks that can be found in Spain and England
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