Significant Population Growth contributed to the European urge to explore new regions in the latter half of the fifteenth century.
Throughout the 100 years between the mid-15th and the mid-16th centuries, a variety of forces propelled humanity to seek new ways, and new routes—rather than new lands—filled the minds of rulers, commoners, thinkers, and sailors. First, Western traders could no longer be assured safe passage over the land routes when the mighty Mongol empire started to fall apart near the end of the 14th century. Second, the Ottoman Turks and the Venetians, who both governed economic access to the Mediterranean, were in charge of the ancient sea routes from the East. Third, new nations along the Atlantic coast of Europe were now poised for international trade and exploration.
Significant Population Growth contributed to the European urge to explore new regions in the latter half of the fifteenth century.
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