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Great expeditions (Technological advances (Ships were adapted to oceans:…
Great expeditions
Technological advances
Ships were adapted to oceans: Carracks, naos and caravels
More powerful weapons: Gunpowder, arquebuses---->musket
The inventions of the astrolabe, the compass, the sextants and the portolan charts enabled a more accurate navigation
Consequences
Economic
With the Atlantic trade routes, the Mediterranean lost power
Many precious metals reached Europe leading to the creation of coins and to the mercantile capitalism
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Political
The discovery of new territories in Asia and Africa resulted in the expansion of the known world and the creation of the first colonial empires.
Cultural
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The discovery of unknown lands influenced the developments of other sciences like biology, geography and anthropology
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Incentives
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Ideological
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The stopping in conquests in the IP, led them to continue wanting to invade
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