I think it was the Age of Discovery. After the Crusades and the fall of Feudalism,
the growth of towns and commerce attracted interest in other lands that began
during the Crusades when they were exposed the silks and spices being traded
there. This prompted European powers to
embark on journeys to establish trade routes as well as find new lands to
colonize.
Answer:
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. Little is known of his early life, but he worked as a seaman and then a sailing entrepreneur. He became obsessed with the possibility of pioneering a western sea route to Cathay (China), India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. At the time, Europeans knew no direct sea route to southern Asia, and the route via Egypt and the Red Sea was closed to Europeans by the Ottoman Empire, as were many land routes. Contrary to popular legend, educated Europeans of Columbus’ day did believe that the world was round, as argued by St. Isidore in the seventh century. However, Columbus, and most others, underestimated the world’s size, calculating that East Asia must lie approximately where North America sits on the globe (they did not yet know that the Pacific Ocean existed).
Explanation:
Answer: In 1884, fourteen European nations met in Berlin, Germany to make decisions about dividing Africa. And guess who was not invited to the meeting-- the African people. There was no political leader, no delegate, nor ambassador from Africa at the Berlin Conference. It was not even considered.
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