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Age of Discoveries (1500-1750)

Age of Discoveries (1500-1750). Mercantilism. Money Credit. Spice Routes. Christopher Columbus. European Voyages. New Continent, Changing Worldview . s alvation history history of progress. Columbian Exchange: Exchange of Plants, Animals & Diseases. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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Age of Discoveries (1500-1750)

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  1. Age of Discoveries(1500-1750)

  2. Mercantilism Money Credit

  3. Spice Routes

  4. Christopher Columbus

  5. European Voyages

  6. New Continent, Changing Worldview salvation history history of progress

  7. Columbian Exchange:Exchange of Plants, Animals & Diseases Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  8. Age of Exploration Technologies astrolabe: measures latitude magnetic needle (compass): measures direction maps & skilled mapmakers

  9. Scientific Revolution

  10. Changes medieval scientific philosophy abandoned in favor of new methods the importance of experimentation to the scientific method reaffirmed the importance of God to science invalidated pursuit of science itself (rather than philosophy) gained validity on its own terms

  11. Scientific Developments Nicolaus Copernicus : heliocentric theory of cosmology Galileo Galilei: laws for falling bodies William Harvey: blood circulates Johannes Kepler: laws of planetary motion Antony van Leeuwenhoek: single lens microscopes Isaac Newton: elliptical orbits of the planets & law of universal gravitation

  12. Particular view of the nature of reality Science can account for only those aspects of nature that are accessible to scientific methods of observation and explanation

  13. Insistence on exact observation No explanation of a fact or event in nature has been acceptable unless it has taken into account all of the observed data

  14. Universe a vast machine operating according to mathematical laws the vast universe came more and more to be seen and felt as a collection of physical bodies moving through space according to immutable mathematical laws

  15. Conceptions of divinity changed no longer saw the necessity of postulating the presence of a deity to explain the workings of the universe

  16. Conclusion increasing control of physical forces master nature for own purposes

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