FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Russia, Italy, Germany, France, and India
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Spain, Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands
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Belgium, Greece, Poland, Italy, and France
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Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Russia, and Sweden
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Detailed explanation-1: -These were Portugal, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands. Two explorers from Portugal: Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama were appointed by King John II to find a new trade route to Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The extensive overseas exploration, with the Spanish and Portuguese at the forefront, later joined by the Dutch, English, and French, emerged as a powerful factor in European culture, most notably the European colonization of the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Portugal and Spain Portugal and Spain became the early leaders in the Age of Exploration. Through the Treaty of Tordesillas the two countries agreed to divide up the New World. Spain got most of the Americas while Portugal got Brazil, India, and Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Age of Exploration is considered to have occurred mostly with four European nations, which included: Portugal, Spain, France and England. Each of these countries experienced the same forces that pushed them to explore the world, but they also shared one important characteristic.
Detailed explanation-5: -Several important factors contributed to the age of exploration: religious and political conflict in Western Europe, advances in nautical technology and weaponry, and European competition over access and control of economic resources overseas.