alan katz AP Euro Age of European Explorations The renaissance’s curiosity helped pave the way for the European age of exploration‚ which took place from 1450 to 1525. There were many factors‚ including technological‚ economic‚ political‚ and religious ones. The age was promoted by many specific factors‚ including the invention of caravels and other nautical inventions‚ the commercial and price revolutions‚ the new monarchs‚ and the constant growth that the Catholic faith wanted. “God‚ glory
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Prester John Trading post Empire Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan Spanish Philippines British AND Dutch East India Companies Tokugawa Shogunate (and Shogun‚ daimyo and samurai AND relations with the world) Silver drain Potosí‚ Bolivia Little Ice Age and “soft gold” Atlantic slave trade and the African diaspora Kingdoms of Dahomey and Benin Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Questions 1. a. What drove European involvement in the world of Asian commerce? b. In what ways did Europeans to an extent transform
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Importance of travelling People have always liked to travel. From the beginning‚ humans have been interested in expanding their territory or explore new places. It’s in our blood‚ in the stone-age cavemen tended to kill each other for the land‚ or later‚ there were the great explorers such as Marco Polo‚ Christopher Columbus or Vasco De Gamma who almost travel the world. But for us‚ everyday people‚ it could just mean a way to break the monotony of life and work. Travelling is a tool‚ and the
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Christopher Columbus was born between August and October 1451 in Genoa‚ Italy. After 41 years‚ Christopher finally began his first voyage on August 3‚ C.1492. He had three ships‚ the Pinta‚ the Niña and the Santa Maria which the Queen and King of Spain gave to him for his first voyage. According to gilder lehrman‚ ‘Christopher sailed to the Bahamas that he called San Salvador but the indigenous people called it Guanahani. For nearly five months‚ Columbus explored the Caribbean Sea‚ Specifically the
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modern world‚ however‚ violence that leads to bloodshed has no place in spectator sports. Violence in sports encourages aggression in‚ and violence among its spectators. The popularity of blood sports in the early modern era reflects that men of the age were genuinely violent creatures who could derive a vicarious excitement through watching the subjects of blood sports fight. A contemporary study of violence and its role in sports found that: “Despite the fact that few males truly enjoy hitting and
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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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Whoosh! Into space and off to the moon goes Neil Armstrong. Do you know why past and modern day explorers traveled? Most explorers traveled in search of riches‚ or fame. One other reason why they traveled was to discover new things. Another reason was to complete deeds or tasks assigned to them by a person or group of people like NASA. That is why both past and modern day explorers traveled. Do you know why Hernan Cortes traveled? He traveled by ship in order to conquer an empire for Spain. He
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Zheng He or Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer that is considered to be the man who discovered the Americas. He was born somewhere between October 26 and 31‚ 1451‚ Genoa Italy and died May 20‚ 1506‚ Valladolid Spain. Due to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans Turks in 1453‚ the silk road became much more dangerous and difficult to traverse which led to sailors trying to find a way to Asia by way of the sea. Columbus made four transatlantic voyages in 1492
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The period of time from the late 1400s to the early 1700s is often referred to as the age of exploration; this is because during this time frame many explorers from Europe were racing to examine the Americas. Some explorers wanted to journey to the Americas‚ just to explore‚ and gain knowledge and glory‚ but to do that they needed financial backing and with the royalty’s money came the political agenda. First‚ Spain sent crews to examine the newly found lands. Soon after‚ England and France followed
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America Before Columbus In the age just before Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ there was abundant life‚ lifestyles‚ and necessities that sustained that. In the 1500s‚ Europe was as tense as ever. Kings and popes raise armies to fight against one another. The population capacity of Europe at this time was around one hundred million people. At this point‚ Isabella‚ the Queen of Spain‚ is the most powerful woman in Europe as well. Livestock and agriculture grown in Europe became important
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