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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wait, was Christianity and the command to spread the gospel message the reason why the age of exploration happened in Europe, as opposed to elsewhere?

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I imagine that was part of it, but I doubt it's the actual main reason. More of a post justification.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Just FYI, if you hadn’t seen already, lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of the month.

    (I’m just reminding people this so they don’t think the server just stopped working and get annoyed.)

    Ie. You’ll be able to continue interacting with lemmy by making an account on a new server. :)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No, it was for trade with Asia

    China didn’t need to find an alternative path to China

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why didn't the American people build ships across the ocean? Maybe to Eastern Asia, that would be closer. Africa is also close to Brazil.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Lack of relationship, Europe and Asia had over a thousand years of history together before Europe tried to sail to them

    Europe’s geography also meant sailing was important for war. Rome and Greece fighting over the Mediterranean, later Spain/France and Britain to even have a war. Africa and the Americas were more land based

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