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This volume opens with the discovery of America by Columbus in 1942 and closes with the French Revolution of 1789. This period was marked by the great European navigators, the slave trade, the first colonial empires, large scale European trade with Asia and America, great scientific inventions and the production of philosophical, literary and artistic works. During these two centuries, growing contacts between different regions and cultures of the world started to take on a significant role in world history.Burke, Peter is the author of 'History of Humanity-Scientific and Cultural Development From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century' with ISBN 9789231028144 and ISBN 9231028146.
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