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Earth’s Greatest Happenings: The Age of Discovery — When Europe Set Sail and Changed the World
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Earth’s Greatest Happenings: The Age of Discovery — When Europe Set Sail and Changed the World

The Age of Exploration saw European nations embark on daring voyages across vast oceans.

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Jan 05, 2025
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The 15th to the 17th centuries reshaped the world. European nations voyaged across vast oceans, encountering new lands, peoples, and cultures.

The Age of Discovery kicked off for a bunch of reasons. European countries wanted to find new trade routes to Asia, especially for spices and silk. When the Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople in 1453, it beca…

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