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Age Of Exploration: The Industrial Revolution And World Wars

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The objective of my final project is to express how technological progress has been denoted throughout the centuries through several historical accomplishments, such as the Age of Exploration, The Industrial Revolution and the World Wars. I have also set forth my position on how I fell about current world technologies and how they are changing our society.

Since the beginning of time humans have sought for ways to increase the productivity of everyday life as well as well as its simplification. Technology has been the answer to most human improvements even during rudimental epochs that do not seem to have a liaison to the technological modernization on which we live in today. However, rustic scientific discoveries paved the way for many historical achievements that have shaped our world and the way we communicate. Although historic reoccurrence appears to be the factor responsible for the many technological revolutions that have taken place throughout the centuries, it is accurate to say that history indeed repeats itself with the purpose of ameliorating the way that we act upon or the tools we have to confront a situation. …show more content…

Technological innovations such as the caravel, the astrolabe, the magnetic compass and the quadrants made voyages to what would later be known as “The New World” possible. In spite of using technology as a mean to exceed human capabilities, economic interests are strictly related to those achievements. During the 15th century, Europeans were deeply interested in uncovering new routes to Asia in order to trade goods, such as spices, silk, tea and porcelain. However, little did navigators know that alternate sea routes would forever modify geographical interest. The discoveries that took place during the Age of Exploration allowed the rise of colonial empires to

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