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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

  8. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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

  10. Scientific Revolution

  11. 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

  12. Abandoning Medievalism collaboration with mathematical & astronomical communities inadequacy of medieval experimental methods access to legacy of European, Greek, and Middle Eastern scientific philosophy British Royal Society helped validate science providing an outlet for publication

  13. Consequences Scientific Developments Particular view of the nature of reality Insistence on exact observation Universe a vast machine operating according to mathematical laws Conceptions of divinity changed

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

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

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

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