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World History Spine · Medieval to early modern

The Age of Exploration

Why small Atlantic kingdoms, not Ming China, sailed around the world: Portuguese navigation, Columbus and da Gama, Magellan's circumnavigation, the Columbian Exchange, demographic catastrophe in the Americas, and silver-powered global trade.

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Prereqs: Renaissance & printing press; Mongol Empire. Next: The Scientific Revolution. Sources: Alfred Crosby's *The Columbian Exchange*, Charles Mann's *1493*, Crash Course European History #4.
Next: 1. Motives and means

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