What was the role of mercantilism as a motivating factor for overseas exploration during the age of european exploration

Mercantilism is the belief that power of a country is tied to the amount of wealth they have. It also states that wealth in the world is limited and to obtain the most amount of wealthy, a country must hold colonies to contribute to the "mother country".

This belief system encouraged exploration by European countries because they believed they need to get direct access to trade and obtain colonies. By engaging in mercantilism, European countries used exploration to get colonies. After getting colonies, the European country then needed to access the resources and riches of their colony to increase the power of the country.

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the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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