c) Advancement in shipbuilding and navigation (caravels, astrolabes). a) Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (1492).
c) The first circumnavigation of the globe by Ferdinand Magellan (1519–1522).
This plan focuses on the movement for church reform in the 16th century.
c) Beginning of the meeting of civilizations (the "Encounter of Two Worlds"). Example 2: The Reformation in Europe
b) The search for a new sea route to India due to Ottoman conquests.
a) Formation of the first colonial empires (Spain, Portugal).