Renaissance+Science

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 * Astrolabe || Cannon || Slaves and Exploration ||
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 * The astrolabe allowed sailors to keep track of the ship's postition by comparing it to the stars. Without this invention, Christopher Columbus might not have made it to America. Christopher Columbus was exploring for Europe and thought he was in Asia, when he came upon America. Before the astrolabe, explorers did not let the coastline out of their sight, but when invented, it allowed more exploration and less fear. It providing more oppurtunity for countries to become rich because new spices and valuables could be found in new land. Also, it opened up new trade routes, which created a thriving economy because they were be able to aquire new goods. The astrolabe created more oppurtunity for kings and emperors to expand their land and get more power. ||  The cannon was invented by the Europeans. This gave them a huge advantage over their opponents and Europe also used it to control the native Europeans. The huge advantage that the Europeans had let them expand their power and land, giving the leader power over more of the world. Also, with more land, the Europeans had access to more resources and had to spend less money trading because it was in their own land now. Europe's armies could concur almost anywhere they wanted to with their new gun powder and cannons because no other places had that technology yet. More resources caused the economy to go up and Europe to become bigger, richer, and more powerful  || The exploration that happened in the Renaissance was so bad, that almost no other event could even come close to being as devastating. The native people of anywhere that was "discovered" were enslaved and tortured. Almost no people native to their land in America came out alive. Items and goods were traded for slaves, thus bringing the economy up. Also, during the explorations, the Spanish tried to convert enslaved natives to Christianity. Their attempts were successful and Christianity became more widely spread. Owning more slaves could mean more power for the leaders because they had more people in their and, therefore more people to work . ||

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