What is the name for the time period depicted?

age of exploration is the answer

500 books can be produced by one man and a printing press within 5 months, while a copyist can only produce one in the same amount of time

one central belief of buddhism is often referred to as reincarnation -- the concept that people are reborn after dying. buddhism is a philosophy of life expounded by gautama buddha ("buddha" means "enlightened one"), who lived and taught in northern india in the 6th century b.c.