The Middle Ages led to the Age of Exploration.The Middle Ages (500 CE-1500 CE) was a time in history after the Roman Empire collapsed (476 CE). The Age of Exploration was when people traveled off to foreign lands and explored or traded. The Middle Ages had a lot of important events that led to the Age of Exploration. Here are some examples the fall of the Roman Empire, Feudalism,The Crusades, the Black Death, the Commercial Revolution, the Renaissance, and the Vikings. The Middle Ages led to the Age of Exploration by letting Rome fall. Once rome fell (because the states wanted to be independent), it led to the creation of Feudalism. Feudalism was created from the need of protection because the states didn’t have protection from Rome any more. It also protected kingdoms from other kingdoms or Vikings (pillagers, marauders or terrorist). Feudalism worked by a king giving some of his land (or …show more content…
It was the Muslim Turks against the Christians. However, during the Crusades population grew, travel became safer, governments were created, and trade route were established. But then, because of trading, the Black Death got into Europe and wiped out ⅓ (25 million people) of Europe’s population. As the Black Death got cured Feudalism got declined and Capitalism came to take Feudalism’s place. Capitalism is when the price of something depended on supply and demand. That led to stock markets, banks,and insurance companies which helped people store and earn money. Also the Renaissance came along, it was the time people began think differently and learn new subjects or skills like science, math, inventing, discovering, and etc. Meanwhile people were thinking Christianity, spread and people help spread it by traveling around different countries and influenced many people. With all the new knowledge that is wanted to acquire people of Europe had to go to explore and
This is called the Dark Age or the early Middle Age and during this period, there were a series of geographical explorations in Western Europe as well outside its borders. Vikings emerged out as the most adventurous mariners in the late 8th century. They set out for a geographical expansion because of an increased competition to grab resources and probably due to an existence of a social system in which an individual's status was marked by his possession of portable wealth. They were initially raiders and use to inhabit the modern Scandinavian regions. They were excellent ship builders and navigators.
The increased population of Europe in the Middle Ages improved its agriculture and increased the production of crops. Territorial expansion from multiple different cultures starting around the year 400 increased the area for farming. There was also many of innovations developed throughout the High Middle Ages. The High Middle Ages was around 1000 to 1400. The increased population of Europe also started the urbanization of the modern world.
The Early and Central Middle Ages were times of relative stability and deep faith in the church. But the Late Middle Ages were quite different, as Europe was hit with multiple crises at the time, including the Black Death, the Great Schism, and the Hundred Years' War. It was these events that caused Europe to undergo such a drastic change and transition from the medieval period to the Renaissance. Western Civilization changed a great deal during the late Middle Ages due to the seemingly unstoppable Black Death, lack of support by the church, and devastating effects of the Hundred Years War.
It was an economic evolution that led to highly urbanized societies and provided a new class of illiterate people (no longer segregated peasants or uneducated persons). Smaller communities began to emerge full of working class citizens. A democratic infrastructure started to be displayed. So too was the distinction of value which developed during this time, where amount of labor impacted the value of the goods, making it more expensive and more importantly--- more taxable. Merchant traders took advantage of this expansion and community development.
Already in video: The Age of Exploration (otherwise known as the Age of Discovery) started in the 1400s and persisted through the 1600s. It was a period of time when European societies started investigating the globe. They found new routes such as India and the Americas. There were many circumstances that contributed to the European age of exploration. One of the most notable causes was the increase in trade and the rising prices of goods.
Trade blossomed during the Middle Ages is because life became stable. During that time, they were no longer in danger of being attacked, so they did not spend as much time fighting or trying to make ends meet. The stability the people had enabled them to develop farming techniques and to improve the technology they had. As a result, most people had their basic needs meet, and instead had a surplus of goods. By trading, they were able to get what they wanted, while receiving what they did not have.
In conclusion the age of exploration jump started the European economy with the introduction of capitalism, market economy, and colonization. These ideas and principles increased trade not only in Europe but, around the world as well. Those explorations lead to these principles things being developed and shaping the world as we know it
The Middle Ages was a very dark and difficult time for many people because of the creation of the dreaded feudal system. The feudal system was a system that divided people into different classes due to their wealth. Many people didn 't like how it worked except for the king because he was the highest person in the feudal pyramid. The feudal system started very small but after hundreds of years it had expanded into all of medieval Europe. The peasants, or poor people had to work long hours and had minimum wage and had not a lot of food.
In Addition, the Age of Exploration also shows its benefits as it brought the commercial revolution to Europe. The commercial revolution had its origins after colonies were established
Also the middle ages created the building blocks of capitalism, different kinds of business partnership, and letters of credit. The list could go
Age of Exploration was a period of time from thousands of years ago, during which European ships were traveled around the world searching for trading routes and partners to help Europe. Lands were used to maintain foods and keep them from spoiling. Lands, however, were expensive and dangerous to get. Traders had to travel from a land route from Europe to Asia to get them. Europeans were desperate to get lands from Asia.
In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.
In Europe from 800-1000, invaders threatened Western Europe from all directions. For example, from the east came people called the Magyars, who conquered what is now Hungary. In addition, the roads and bridges Romans had built fell into decay. Kingdoms had to deal with invasions and raids because of the warfare going on. People had sought for protection of their nearest neighbor.
Stock was a way to reduce risk on sending ships out to trade, instead of one person spending all the money on a voyage, a group of people could put their money together with less risk involved for everyone. The Commercial Revolution also created official insurance. While insurance had existed long before the Commercial Revolution, the Commercial Revolution helped create official insurance documents like we have today. Once again, this was done in part due to risk on ships going out on voyages. This economic impact on European society also changed the political power of nations.
The main cause of European exploration in the 15th and 16th century was economics, followed by religion, and to a lesser extent an advance in technology. In “A History of World Societies,” the author states “The basic reason for European exploration and expansion… was the quest for material profit” (Buckler 505). Europeans practiced mercantilism, where the colonies only existed to help their original country become richer. Exploring was an easy way to acquire wealth by investing in plantations in Asia and America.