Why did the age of exploration occur

The fall of Constantinopole into the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1459 cut Europe´s traditional routes of species trade and other trade with Asia. So, there was a need to find new routes to continue  to trade with China and India. That need spurred ocean voyages and European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Explanation:

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

geography

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