Age Of Discovery (other)
The Age of Discovery was a period in European world exploring that lead to European global colonization. Age of Discovery or Discoveries Age may also refer to: * EverQuest II: ''Age of Discovery'' (videogame), a 2011 expansion pack to ''EverQuest II'' * Glenn Drover's Empires: ''The Age of Discovery'' (boardgame), a 2007 board game based on the videogame ''Age of Empire III: The Age of Discovery'' * ''Age of Empires III'' (videogame), a 2005 video game also known as ''The Age of Discovery'' See also * * * * * Age of Exploration (other) * Discovery (other) * Age (other) Age or AGE may refer to: Time and its effects * Age, the amount of time someone has been alive or something has existed ** East Asian age reckoning, an Asian system of marking age starting at 1 * Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older * ...

Age Of Discovery
The Age of Discovery (), also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to the 17th century, during which Seamanship, seafarers from European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe. The Age of Discovery was a transformative period when previously isolated parts of the world became connected to form the world-system, and laid the groundwork for globalization. The extensive overseas exploration, particularly the opening of maritime routes to the East Indies and European colonization of the Americas by the Spanish Empire, Spanish and Portuguese Empire, Portuguese, later joined by the British Empire, English, French colonial empire, French and Dutch empire, Dutch, spurred International trade, international global trade. The interconnected global economy of the 21st century has its origins in the expansion of trade networks during this era. T ...
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