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It was an age(15th century and early 17th century) in which the most powerful European countries, Spain, England, France and Portugal tried to find new roads to China and the western countries. They couldn't use the Mediterranean Sea because the Ottomans (Turks) conquered the Byzantine Empire and their city Constantinople, so they gained full control over the Mediterranean Sea. Spain, France, England and Portugal gained a lot of wealth form trading with China, so they couldn't just stop trading, so they tried to find new roads to the west.

This age is called the Age of Discoveries because in the effort to reach the west by going in a different way, they discovered Oceania, America and Africa.

The four powerful European countries began to focus more to become empires, so they build many colonies around the world. Every placed that they discovered, they build colonies on it. From the new places discovered they obtained more resources, so they wanted to find more lands to become richer and more powerful than the other countries.

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