Continuities And Changes In 1450 To 1750

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During the Early Modern (1450-1750 ce), new trends have developed and some older trends started the same which made it not Modern but Early Modern. The trends that were new was the spread of Christianity in the ´New Word´ and maritime voyages that brought Europeans from Europe to the Americas. Older trends occuring were the spread of Islam in the Middle East. Muslims and Christians often warred and Islam used systems like devshirme trying to convert young christian boys to Islam and made them work for the government giving them a higher status than slaves and wealth. This caused European people to start to look for ways to get to Asia. Christopher Columbus, trying to prove the world is round, went on a voyage believing he reached Asia, but