European were mostly cut off and isolated from the Silk Roads until about 1450. The lack of access to wealth, trade goods, technologies, and ideas from China, India, the Middle East, and North Africa led to the Dark Ages. The only city-states with access to the wealth and trade of the Silk Roads were those of the Italian Peninsula. That is until 1453 when adventurers would bring Europe into the Renaissance.
The European Age of Exploration had a few causes. One of them being the Ottomans who controlled eastern trade routes and were looking to expand. The Europeans feared the Ottomans so they decided to find, and open new trade routes as said in document 1. The other main reason for exploration is seen in document 3, “...to see the
The Silk Roads were a network of trade routes that connected various regions and civilizations in Asia, Europe, and Africa. It contributed to the economic, cultural, and political exchange between these regions for many centuries. Civilizations that were part of the Silk Roads benefited from increased trade, access to new goods and ideas, and cultural diversity. However, at the end of the Middle Ages, the Silk Roads began to decline. Some may argue that this decline was a result of a lack of manufacturing, but in spite of that, new threats, new technologies, and new political policies all played a significant role in the decline of the Silk Roads since they affected various aspects of trade and transportation.
The Silk Road enabled East-West travel and trade, but its decline started in the late 15th century. It was 7000 miles long and helped travel goods, ideas, and cultures. The Silk Road helped with cultural diffusion and the spread of different religions and beliefs. There are many reasons for the fall of the Silk Road and the main ones are new threats, new technologies, and new political policies. Muslim attacks, crusades that took place by the Franks, and geography made new threats.
As Europe recovered from the Black Death, it brought upon itself the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration was a time of globalization which was inspired by multiple factors. The outbreak of European exploration and conquest during the Age of Exploration was caused by Europe’s fascination with wealth, glory, and service to god. During the Age of Exploration, one main reason for a European man to participate in the exploration and conquest of the New World would be to grow in their riches.
The interactions of early Spanish explorers with the Indigenous people of the Americas contributed in a large way to later interactions between the two groups. Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortès were two notable Spanish explorers who had early contact with the Mexica people as well as other native groups. Columbus initially set out to find an alternate sea route to India, and eventually arrived in the Caribbean and continued to explore over the years and came upon already established societies of Indigenous people. Columbus planned to bring them under Spanish rule after promising great wealth from this expedition to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Cortès, a member of low ranking Spanish nobility was originally focused on exploiting the labour of the people of the Americas, until he decided to pursue the goal of conquest in the Americas.
One cause for European exploration was their desire for wealth. Europeans were looking for new materials and to trade with new civilizations. Another cause for European exploration was to spread Christianity throughout the world. Europeans also wanted to expand their country by finding undiscovered land. This caused conflict between European countries.
The plethora of causes for the European Age of Exploration include the fall of Constantinople, the idea of mercantilism, and the yearn to further disseminate Christianity. Consequently, a surge in European power, more institutions of finance, as well as social improvements to peasants and woman were all accomplished during this age. Back in the “Dark Ages” of Europe, the European way of life was mainly poor and hard for most people/peasants. With more riches after the Bubonic Plague from less competition, the Fall of Constantinople helped promote all the causes and accomplishments of the European Age of Exploration.
New technological advances, as well as better weaponry, were one of the many causes of the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration has lasting effects on the New World, Europe and still currently today. The three major effects were economic, cultural, and social changes. One of the effects could be summarized as an economic, cultural, and social change. This effect was the new advances, of technology and weaponry.
He traveled to Africa and found David Livingstone, who explored Africa thoroughly. The Europeans were motivated by three main factors, economic, political, and social. The Europeans wanted to expand. The Europeans used the military
One cause for the Age of Exploration was Glory. People wanted to explore different and mysterious places. Glory was founded in adventures and discovered lands, making explores much richer than before. Narvaez, De Solo and others are some examples of explorers during 16th century (doc. 1). They had particular goals, including different lands and cities to reach and explore, but unfortunately these men didn’t meet their goal.
The Age of Exploration, occurring in late 1400’s to the early 1600’s brought many new trade goods to Western Europe. Europe made many advances as a society, countries discovered new and exciting things, and trade boomed. The discoveries made in this age led to new connections that changed how Europeans saw the world. Without the Age of Exploration, even America as it is known would never have existed. Explorers went on thrilling, yet often dangerous, voyages, bringing back exotic goods to be later traded.
Age of Exploration was a period of time from thousands of years ago, during which European ships were traveled around the world searching for trading routes and partners to help Europe. Lands were used to maintain foods and keep them from spoiling. Lands, however, were expensive and dangerous to get. Traders had to travel from a land route from Europe to Asia to get them. Europeans were desperate to get lands from Asia.
Why did the Europeans explore so prolifically between the 14-16 centuries? The ‘Age of Exploration’ is the period between the 14th-16th century. It is known for the European exploration into other parts of the world. The Age of Exploration is the period when European countries ventured into unknown territories to find spice routes, to set up trade routes with the East, to find new wealth in the form of gold and silver, and to spread Christianity.
Advances in scientific technology that launched the Age of Exploration: The age of exploration took its place during the 15th and ended during the 17th century. During this time Europeans began to take and interest in exploring the “unknown”. Thus beginning voyages by sea. Not all advances and new discoveries were positive, a mass majority had a negative effect on Europe.
Many events have contributed with the development of modern western society. But out of all of those one that stands out is the exploration of the New World. This created a huge impact in how things worked in European countries. With the discovery of the New World the Europeans focused on obtaining new land that had not been explored yet, and looking for resources that it could provide. Slavery had always been around since the very first civilizations but it became very big once the New World was discovered.
In the 15th century, The Age of Exploration became popular with indigenous peoples of Europe to explore the Americas. During this era, Europeans became interested in expansion and wealth of the New World. European rulers started looking for cheapest and fastest ways to get imported goods from countries such as Asia and Africa. These rulers began by sending explorers on explorations to find sea routes to other countries. The explorations helped these countries find the most efficient ways to get goods such as spices, silk, and gold.