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 Overseas expansion was obviously related both as cause and effect to
the European transition from medievalism.
The Crusades and the Renaissance stimulated European curiosity, the
Reformation produced thousands of religious missionaries seeking
foreign converts and refugees seeking religious freedom.
Perhaps the biggest influence was the rise of European capitalism,
with its monetary values, profit seeking motivations, investment
institutions, and constant impulse toward economic expansion.
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