How The Renaissance and The Age of Exploration Propelled Europe into Global Dominance

The Renaissance and the Age of Exploration propelled Europe into global dominance through new education, people discovering more, economic rises, and finding new trade routes to obtain a reduced price. Since Europe was advancing in education and knowledge it would lead to new inventions that gave the people of Europe knowledge through books. Wanting to find gold, silver, and other riches, many Europeans were funded to go explore and trade with other countries. Finding new trade routes was a need for the demand of affordable goods from other countries they can’t obtain anywhere else.

The advancement in education, technology, and knowledge led to new inventions that gave education and tools to anyone in Europe. Furthermore the ideas about the representation of man and his place in the world would inspire many artists to create detailed and proportionate human art pieces. Additionally new inventions at the time were also extremely useful for navigation across the sea making it easier to cross the sea while also being able to get closer to the goal of trading for gold, silver, and other riches.

Wanting to find gold, silver, and other riches, Europeans were funded to explore and trade with other countries. Europe’s control over most of the trade in the world contributed towards their global domination. Trade became such a large thing that merchants and traders became richer than kings, queens, and the church. Trading was very expensive if the price went up, when the prices went up and the items were in demand some Europeans were paid to find new trade routes for a reduced price.

New trade routes were a need for the demand of affordable goods from other countries. Trade routes were being largely affected by the price change between countries. Many people explored for new trade routes (Henry The Navigator and Christopher Columbus). People who explored for new trade routes were funded by rulers or higher ups. Discovering new trade routes was a key reason why Europe came to power, because they already knew trade routes to obtain a reduced and more valuable price.

Through new education, people discovering more, economic rises, and finding new trade routes to obtain a reduced price. The Renaissance and the Age of Exploration propelled Europe into global dominance. Education/Humanism played an immense part in new technologies that would give the people of Europe books, navigation devices, and other inventions. Trading in Europe played an enormous part in the economic rise of Europe’s economy and new trading routes supported the rise. Europe’s rise to becoming one of the world’s dominant powers was largely affected by the education of the nation and the trade they've made with countries around the world.