Problem
Answer ALL PARTS the following question in essay format.
Include as many specific examples as possible.
Historians often declare the age of exploration as a sign that the medieval world had come to an end and a new modern word was dawning. Discuss the level of advancement of the world's societies (in China, India, Africa, and the Americas) by the end of the Middle Ages. Why does exploration occur and why might historians often refer to it as the start of the Early Modern world?