Read the below article from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What changes drove the profusion of long-range European voyages?

• What goods came to Europe from the East?

• Were trading relationships with African and Asian kingdoms exploitative or roughly equal?

• Was the Columbian Exchange exploitative or mutually beneficial?

• What role did women play in the European expansion?

• How important was religion in the colonies?

Saylor Foundation, ‘The End of the Old World and the Beginning of the New’, 2013.

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