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THE EARLY MODERN AGE - Coggle Diagram
THE EARLY MODERN AGE
The early modern age
began
1453 with the fall of Constantinople
ended
1789 with the French revolution
important social, economic, political and cultural changes
take place
1.1 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
when?
From the mid-fifteenth century
following the economic crisis and catastrophes
end of the Middle Ages
European societies began to experience a recovery
Intensified commercial activity
increase in agricultural production resulted
surplus production
excess of food produced
surplus products
sold
city markets
merchants or traders
search of new markets
establishing
trade routes over land
sea that connected distant places
The expansion of craftsmanship
products
made in workshops
controlled by
guilds
associations of craftsmen
domestic system was created
meet growing demans
products
made in people's homes
merchants provided families
to make products
with tools
with raw material
Increased agricultural production
amount of land under cultivation
no technological advances
three-field system was maintained
consisted of
dividing the area of cultivated land into three sections
rotating the crops each year
One section
left fallow (uncultivated)
main crops
cereals
main source of economic activity
Agriculture
livestock farming
society
vulnerable
during
years of bad crops
hunger
disease reappeared
new products
due to
new lands
brought to Europe
metals
foods
spices
The development of mercantile capitalsm
economic system
capital
belonged to private owners
raw materials
tools
money
workshops
generally members of bourgeoisie
middle class
created trading companies
generate profits
The Early Modern Age