I. Examples

1. The opening of a new air route refers to the movement of the emerging bourgeoisie in Europe to China and India in order to raise the primitive accumulation of money and capital needed for the rapid development of commodity economy since15th century, and the Ottoman Empire controlled the highway passages in the Eurasian continent.

2. From15th century to17th century, Europeans opened air routes to India and America, thus discovering the American continent. This event was once called "geographical discovery" in history. It is not a historical accident for Europeans to open up new air routes, but it has profound social and economic roots.

3. Kyle Porojean Europeans believe that going to the East is the best choice to realize the golden dream. -After living in China for nearly 20 years, the Italian traveler Kyle Polo wrote A Journey to Kyle Polo, which described the "golden land" of the eastern countries with exaggerated brushstrokes. This rendering points out the dream land for western Europeans who are suffering from gold shortage and eager to find gold producing areas.

Second, the new route.

The new sea route refers to the sea route to India, America and other parts of the world that western European countries want to explore at the turn of the century from 15 to 16. The opening of the new route is no accident. It has profound economic and social roots, as well as some religious and ideological roots.

Third, the role

1, Europe: triggered a "business revolution", and the business center moved from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coast; Triggered a "price revolution", the industrial and commercial bourgeoisie profiteered, the feudal forces weakened, and the working people were poor, which accelerated the decline of the feudal system and the development of capitalism; For the United States: the disaster of extinction; For Africa: the slave trade led to a large loss of local population.

2. For Asia: Stimulate Asian economic development; Going to the world: gradually forming a world economic system centered on Europe; Humans began to move from dispersion and isolation to wholeness; The world market began to take shape.