Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional stories - Material 1 Schematic diagram of the Eurasian trade routes before and after the 14th century Material 2 Schematic diagram of the opening of new shipping routes Material 3 19th century

Material 1 Schematic diagram of the Eurasian trade routes before and after the 14th century Material 2 Schematic diagram of the opening of new shipping routes Material 3 19th century

(1) Change: from the Mediterranean region to the Atlantic coast. Historical reasons: the blockage of traditional trade routes, the development of commodity economy, leading to the opening of new routes, the opening of new routes after the shift in the center of world trade.

(2) Spain became a colonial empire and plundered a lot of wealth.

(3) Characteristics: wide range, at the center of world trade. Reasons: ① Britain was the first to carry out the Industrial Revolution, became the "factory of the world"; ② a wide range of overseas colonies, mastery of the world colonial hegemony; ③ a strong navy to provide trade protection for foreign trade; ④ with the convenience of maritime transportation conditions (or superior geographical location).

(4) The establishment of the capitalist social system.