The Beginning of the Modern Age

Objectives

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- Cultural, religious and economic changes that shaped the modern world - Humanism as an idea transforming the outlook of the people of the Middle Ages - Protestant Reformation that emphasised more faith than rituals - Discovery of America and new sea routes to the East leading to commercial revolution and establishment of colonies

Recap

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- The Renaissance, Reformation and Geographical Discoveries are heralds of the modern age. - The new ideas of humanism, individualism, rationalism and nationalism provided the basis for the beginning of an era of enlightenment. - Scientific development led to invention of new instruments and discovery of new sea routes to the east. - There were revolutionary changes in political, economic and cultural spheres.