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Exploring the World: Factors and Impacts of Europe's Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration (1450-1700) saw Europe venturing into the world propelled by factors such as the Three G's - Gold, Glory, and God. The quest for wealth, fame, and spreading Christianity drove Europeans to explore new lands. Technologies like the Caravel and navigational tools fueled these voyages, transforming conquests into colonizations. Dive into the push-pull dynamics driving exploration during this era.

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Exploring the World: Factors and Impacts of Europe's Age of Exploration

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  1. The Age of Exploration Europe Encounters the World

  2. Why did explorations happen when they did? • A variety of factors all came together to make the time period (1450-1700) the Age of Exploration • Some of these factors were pushes = things that made Europeans leave Europe • Some were pulls = things elsewhere that attracted the Europeans

  3. Push – and Pull Factors: • The Three G’s: • Gold • Glory • God

  4. The First G: Gold • Gold = wealth • Europe needed gold (and silver) to fuel the rising banking system * Other types of “gold”: • Europeans desired spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper • Other natural resources such as timber, sugar, tobacco, ivory. • This competition was by mercantilism: -> limited amount of wealth in the world more gold and wealth makes you stronger

  5. The second G: Glory • Glory was a relatively new idea in Europe • increased focus on individual achievement • printing press: gaining fame for one’s actions was more possible • Also, individual kings wanted glory for their kingdoms, and competition spreads The Triumph of Fame, a Flemish tapestry from 1502.

  6. The third G: God • Europeans had always been spreading Christianity • Especially after the Reformation, competition sprang up • Colonization will become a race to convert indigenous peoples to Christianity • Jesuits (Catholics) are some of the most active

  7. How did these explorations begin? • Prince Henry of Portugal, known as Prince Henry the Navigator • Started an institute for seafaring and exploring • Combined Iberian ship technology with new European innovations • By the time of his death in 1460, the Portuguese had sailed as far south as the Gold Coast of West Africa

  8. What were the new technologies that enabled explorations? • The Caravel : • triangular sails – more maneuverable • bilge pump system • Compass, astrolabe, maps and other technologies from Islamic culture all helped make explorations possible

  9. What factors were pushing Europeans to explore? • Decline of Mongol Empire in 1400s made goods from the east harder to get, more expensive • Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 was a major block to trade

  10. From Conquest to Colonisation

  11. The Colonial Class System

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