The Age of Exploration was a time of daunting expeditions across land and sea in Europe that lasted from the early 15 century to the 17th century. During this time period‚ countless places‚ such as America and several inventions influenced how Europeans believed. Individuals utilized these inventions to better their understanding of how the world functioned so that they could navigate in a more accurate way. Three of these fundamental inventions were the caravel‚ the magnetic compass‚ and the astrolabe
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The Age of Exploration was a time period from the 15th century to the 18th century in which Europeans embarked on extensive overseas expeditions. European nations‚ such as Portugal‚ Spain‚ England‚ and the Netherlands‚ participated heavily in global trade and set up many trade routes and colonies. Many people would say that the Europeans’ only reason for exploration was to spread Christianity‚ obtain gold‚ and gain glory through their conquests and acquisition of lands. Some people might also say
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Before the age of exploration‚ the Europeans did not know what lay beyond Cape Non (Cape Chaunar) on the African coast‚ and whether it was possible to return once it was crossed. Hence‚ the overland Silk Road and the Spice Trade Routes are the extensive interconnected network of trade routes to the world. However‚ the economically important Silk Road and Spice Trade Routes were blocked by the Ottoman Empire by 1453 with the fall of the Byzantine Empire‚ spurring exploration motivated initially by
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------------------------------------------------- The Spanish and Portuguese discoveries of trading routes during the Age of Discovery were the greatest discoveries concerning in trade and trade routes. I will be reacting‚ how the finding of trading routes are still in effect today‚ with trading industries from importing and exporting goods from different places thanks to the Age of Exploration. During the 15th century‚ it is when Europeans set motion to exploring by sea in search of trading and trade
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The Age of Exploration began in the 1400’s. Europeans were urgent to get various spices from Asia. Flavours were utilized to preserve different foods and keep them away from rotting. However‚ many spices were costly and unsafe to get. Many traders needed to travel parts of the risky Silk Road (an unsafe way from Europe to Asia) to get them. Since the Silk Road was often closed because of different wars‚ European rulers started to pay for various explorations to discover a way to get to Asia so they
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VOCABULARY 1. Triangular Trade – it connected Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia‚ and the American continents. Europe sent goods to Africa‚ Africa sent slaves to America‚ and America sent stuff to Europe. 2. Middle Passage - the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas. 3. Depopulation - the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all). 4. Corruption –fraudulent conduct by those in power‚ typically involving bribery. 5. Lament – a depressed‚ sad‚ feeling
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paper 1 February 04‚ 2013 The Age of Exploration The age of exploration had a huge impact on the history. It started from the 14th century to the 17th century where European countries were looking for the shortest and best routes through the Indies because it would give them wealth due to the excess to spices‚ gold‚ and silver overseas. Other than that‚ advances in technology‚ and Christianity are also some of the factors that led to the age of exploration which also made a huge impact in
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in the world. He soon rode a ship that led to the new world. There‚ he found many new herbs and plants and also the fabled quinine... In this fictional short story‚ the main character Eric finds the cure for malaria. Using this‚ Eric makes one of the greatest medicine of the world‚ the cure for malaria. This greatly benefited both the New world and the Old world. Following this‚ the New world was also benefited in many different ways. The Age of exploration was positive for Europe because now‚ Europe
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The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1400s and continuing into the early 1600s‚ during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trade routes to feed growing capitalism in Europe. The most commonly sought after new trade route was to the Spice Islands‚ which are now the Indonesian archipelago‚ in southern Asia. Spices were originally brought to Western Europe by land routes‚ but because of a lack cargo space and extremely long travel times the prices were very
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momentous victory of Germany against the French in 1870. All these events helped shape the unification of Germany into one sovereign state and into one of the high and dictating powers of the world at the time. A crucial and fundamental event that led to the stepping blocks of the future rise of nationalism within the hearts of future Germans alike was that of the Confederation of the Rhine and the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte I. In 1806 after countless wars involving Napoleon against Austria’s Francis
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