Explore - The Renaissance

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Why was the silk route to Asia stopped in the sixteenth century?

The monopoly of the Ottoman empire prohibited forther trading between India and Europe.

Why did Portugal became a dominant naval power in the Age of Discovery?

After his first trip to India, Vasco da Gama fighted in 1502 the Arab merchants and the ruler of Calicut to create a spice trade to India. He brutally dominated at sea and in the east and by this Portugal gained power and influence in India.

What is the rebirth of antiquity?

Renaissance, meaning rebirth, from fourteenth to seventeenth century, was the period in which inventors like Leonardo da Vinci rediscovered the knowledge and art of classical antiquity.

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