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How did the age of exploration change the way Europeans viewed the world?
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The age of exploration (the 15th and 16th century) hugely expanded European's knowledge of other continents and other cultures. It did however not change much in the way they viewed the world in a more philosophical sense, nor did it turn them into admirers of other ways of thinking. Explorations were invariably motivated by the hopes of future richness: finding sources of gold, silver and spices and finding the trade routes to get to them. Other cultures - however highly developed - were usually seen as 'heathen' and therefore inferior.
Europeans' view of the world remained highly Europe-centric over the next centuries and their view of the rest of the world mostly changed from 'unknown and mystical' to 'good places to trade with and get valuble goods and commodities from'.
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How did the voyages of exploration affect Europeans' view of the world?
It led to a scientific revolution that changed our understanding of the universe.
How did the Europeans explore the New World?
The Europeans explored the New World with ships.
What was not a reason for exploration into the new world?
exploration in the world wa for people to figure out what they had left in life
How did the Age of Exploration affect European advancements in ship technology?
Your question is backwards. Advancements in ships affected exploration. When ships were improved, they could sail farther, longer and faster. Better ships like that made travelling the world easier, so explorers could go off and find new places that Europeans had never seen.
Did 15th and 16th century explorers have a positive or negative effect on world history?
Most likely negative, because during this time was the European exploration of the Americas, and as you can tell many Native Americans perished from the Europeans.
Why did the renaissance and reformation change how europeans viewed themselves religion and their role in the world?
Religous and Social Issues.
How did the arts change as a results of the enlightenment?
Scientific advances and exploration with the development of the press, forced Europeans to change the view of the world.
What parts of the world were known to europeans before the age of exploration?
nothing
How did the achievements of the explores change the way in which viewed their world?
how did the the achievements of those exploerers change the way in which people viewed their world
How did the achievements of explorers change the way in which people viewed the world?
how did the the achievements of those exploerers change the way in which people viewed their world
How did achievements of those explorers change the way in which people viewed their world?
how did the the achievements of those exploerers change the way in which people viewed their world
How did contact with Europeans change in the new world?
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
How did the voyages of exploration affect Europeans' view of the world?
It led to a scientific revolution that changed our understanding of the universe.
How did contact with the europeans change the life in the new world?
Contact with the Europeans changed life in the new world by...?
How did the age exploration change the world?
It brought Trade and Travel into the world.
How did the achievements of those explores the way in which people viewed their world?
how did the the achievements of those exploerers change the way in which people viewed their world
Which was an immediate result of the European age of Exploration?
European influence spread to the Western Hemisphere
