Commercial Revolution ~1500 - ~1750 (jan 1, 1500 – jan 1, 1750)
Description:
Prominently started during the Age of Exploration when countries, like Portugal, Spain, England and France, started expanding their empires to access trade around the world.Traded rare commodities like silk, precious metals, spices, and also manufactured goods
Columbian exchange - goods between the New World and Europe are traded, introduced new crops like cloves and potatoes to Europe, and lucrative farming crops like cotton and sugar cane to the New World
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Date:
jan 1, 1500
jan 1, 1750
~ 250 years