How Did Europeans Engaged In The Fifteenth Century?
The fifteenth century gave rise to an upsurge in maritime exploration in Europe. The European explorers were inspired to embark on this journey to find a trade route to Asia because their goods were getting hard to acquire. The Muslim power blocked easy access the east to these treasures and posed a military and religious threat to Europe. This was where Christopher Columbus purposed the idea of sailing west to end up on the eastern side of the world because he taught of the world as being round. The Portuguese sponsored the Europeans the technology they needed to commence their journey. Within this period they sailed to many previously unknown lands, before they located their territories within the West Indies. The reasons that European engaged in such aggressive exploration in 15th century can be attributed to several factors which will be discussed in length in this essay. These factors can be grouped into three major headings, religious influences (God) economic intentions (gold) and the recruitment of possible Christian allies against the Muslim powers (glory).
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This was one of the requirements for Christopher Columbus and his exploration team to follow as they were exposed to new people and places. To fully enforce this task, missionaries were a part of the early expeditions with the aim of bringing Christianity to the native inhabitants. However, Europeans typically viewed indigenous populations as barbaric heathens who could only become civilized through the adoption of Christianity. Consequently, when the native people did not want to give up their religion and conform to Christianity, the Europeans cruelly killed them. The Europeans also used religion as an excuse for enslaving or exploiting
This was one of the requirements for Christopher Columbus and his exploration team to follow as they were exposed to new people and places. To fully enforce this task, missionaries were a part of the early expeditions with the aim of bringing Christianity to the native inhabitants. However, Europeans typically viewed indigenous populations as barbaric heathens who could only become civilized through the adoption of Christianity. Consequently, when the native people did not want to give up their religion and conform to Christianity, the Europeans cruelly killed them. The Europeans also used religion as an excuse for enslaving or exploiting