Question

One Medel Question !!!
What led to Europe's age of exploration?
Be specific and explain in detail.

Answer 1

You could consider the different advances of that age.. think about technology and how that may have contributed to the Age of Exploration.
Religion also was a factor in motivating people to go to the New World. they wanted to spread Christianity among the natives.
the explorers of the New World would often be praised for their findings when they would return back to europe- usually new precious metals and goods
These three things are usually referred to as the 3 G's- God,Glory, and Gold that motivated the European explorers of the Age of Exploration

Answer 2

- @zaynahf this the paragraph where u have to find the answer if u could pls read it and find it for me... because im not able to find it :(

European societies were arranged according to rank. Monarchs and nobles owned the land as well as most of the wealth and power. Below them was a growing middle class of merchants and arti­sans. At the bottom was a large body of peasants who raised crops and livestock. A major influence on Western European society was the Roman Catholic Church. The Church en­couraged Christians to retake Spain from Muslims and to try to oust the Muslims in the Holy Land. The Crusades, a series of wars there, strengthened the power of European monarchs. They also caused an increase in trade and weakened the power of the church. The Protestant Reformation of the 1500s broke the Catholic Church into several different churches.

Other changes swept Europe. Millions died in the 1300s from crop failures, disease, and wars. Soon, though, the European economy revived. The desire for products of Asia, especially spices, ­revived trade and generated new wealth. The pop­ulation grew again, spurring more trade. Merchants gained wealth, and national monarchs gained power at the expense of nobles. New emphasis was placed on people as individuals arose in the movement called the Renaissance, and people began to seek fame for themselves. These ideas were spread by the invention of a printing press.

All these changes, plus advances in sailing tech­nology, prompted interest in exploration. Europeans sought water routes to the east. They wanted to avoid long overland journeys through Muslim-controlled land. By the 1480s, the Portuguese had sailed around Africa to India. Christopher Columbus then persuaded Spain's Queen Isabella to try another route: sailing west.

Columbus left Spain for Asia in three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On October 12, 1492, a lookout sighted land. Mistakenly thinking that he had reached Asia, Columbus called the people he encountered ios indios-"Indians." In later voyages, Columbus, as well as other explorers, established Spanish settlements.

Answer 3

I cant find the answers for you exactly but i can help you find them. did you use the 3 themes i wrote down?

Answer 4

God,Glory, and Gold that motivated the European explorers of the Age of Exploration ?

Answer 5

well not yet.. im still trying to answer it.. its really nice of u to help me :)

Answer 6

- In the 1440s, traders from Portugal arrived off West Africa. Within a few decades, they had claimed two islands and begun plantations for growing sugar cane. The Portuguese bought slaves from the African mainland to work on these planta­tions. The Portuguese opened West Africa for the first time to direct trade with Europe. West Africa included three major kingdoms. The Songhai Empire of the interior controlled trade across the Sahara. King Askia Mohammed, made the city of Timbuktu a center of learning. The Benin kingdom dominated the area around the delta of the Niger River. Farther south, the king­dom of Kongo was established on the lower reaches of the Zaire (Congo) River.

Life in West Africa revolved around families clustered in small villages. Each family traced its lineage, or line of descent, and older people enjoyed high status. West African peoples believed that nature was full of spirits, and religious rituals were tied to everyday life. Most groups believed in the collective ownership of land. Work was divided by age and social rank. Some societies held slaves, and trade in slaves was a major part of the trading network.

European societies were arranged according to rank. Monarchs and nobles owned the land as well as most of the wealth and power. Below them was a growing middle class of merchants and arti­sans. At the bottom was a large body of peasants who raised crops and livestock. A major influence on Western European society was the Roman Catholic Church. The Church en­couraged Christians to retake Spain from Muslims and to try to oust the Muslims in the Holy Land. The Crusades, a series of wars there, strengthened the power of European monarchs. They also caused an increase in trade and weakened the power of the church. The Protestant Reformation of the 1500s broke the Catholic Church into several different churches.

Other changes swept Europe. Millions died in the 1300s from crop failures, disease, and wars. Soon, though, the European economy revived. The desire for products of Asia, especially spices, ­revived trade and generated new wealth. The pop­ulation grew again, spurring more trade. Merchants gained wealth, and national monarchs gained power at the expense of nobles. New emphasis was placed on people as individuals arose in the movement called the Renaissance, and people began to seek fame for themselves. These ideas were spread by the invention of a printing press.

All these changes, plus advances in sailing tech­nology, prompted interest in exploration. Europeans sought water routes to the east. They wanted to avoid long overland journeys through Muslim-controlled land. By the 1480s, the Portuguese had sailed around Africa to India. Christopher Columbus then persuaded Spain's Queen Isabella to try another route: sailing west.

Columbus left Spain for Asia in three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On October 12, 1492, a lookout sighted land. Mistakenly thinking that he had reached Asia, Columbus called the people he encountered ios indios-"Indians." In later voyages, Columbus, as well as other explorers, established Spanish settlements.

Native Americans suffered from the harsh rule of the Spanish, who killed many and enslaved those who survived. Native Americans also suffered from the diseases that Europeans brought. With no immunity to smallpox, measles, mumps, and other diseases, hundreds of thousands died. The Spanish needed a new source of slave labor. They soon began importing West Africans as slaves. From the early 1500s to the early 1800s, 10 to 12 million West Africans were taken to the New World as slaves.

This contact between the Old World and the New brought many changes in a process called the Columbian Exchange. The Americas introduced crops such as cassava, com, tomatoes, and potatoes to the Old World. Europeans brought coffee, sugar, bananas, horses, cattle, and sheep from the Old World to the New. Life was transformed in both regions. Millions of Native Americans died, and millions of Europeans and Africans came to live in the Americas.

Answer 7

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