The Age of Discovery, Columbus, Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, early technology and trade.

 Explain how technology was a stimuli to the Age of Discovery? There were many technological advances in the Age of discovery. The development of the cannon, which was able shoot iron or stone balls. This device could take down city walls or fortresses. A western technician built 56 small cannon's and gigantic gun that could hurl stone balls weighing 800 lbs. The gun could only be loaded and fired only by about a hundred men working together, …showed first 75 words of 1080 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1080 total…century. It was considered to be one of the great forced migrations in the world. Slaves were individuals who were house servants who could not be sold, they were pawned for debt, or they were acquired through war or purchase. Enslavement was an organized activity. It was a way of law and customs. Slaves had become a key element in trade. It was also justified by Muslim arguments that prisoners of war could be sold.