Tag: travel
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History of the Age of Exploration.
There were rapid strides in technological inventions made during the Middle Ages, which led to the age of exploration, beginning in the fifteenth century when first Portuguese ships then Spanish and later British, French and Dutch ships set out to discover the world. The compass was first widely adopted as an aid to navigation after…
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History of the High Middle Ages. III.
A new era of decline and catastrophe was experienced in Europe during the early fourteenth century. A climate change phenomenon known as “The Little Ice Age” with declining temperatures that led to widespread famine of 1315 to 1317. This was followed by one of the major developments during the late Middle Ages known as the…
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History of the High Middle Ages. I.
Feudal anarchy continued as a central authority could not be established. A king found it very difficult to get rapidly from one part of his realms to another in order to suppress rebellions, as the fine roads that the Romans had built to enable their armies to move around quickly had fallen into disrepair and…