The Age of Discovery is the sixth generator that creates Ideas and the second of the Pre-Industrial Civilizations. In this age, innovations in navigation and transportation allowed for Europe and the Americas to make contact, leading to colonization, cultural exchange, and violence.
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Mankind tests the boundaries of their known world, exploring over land and sea. This ushers in an era of global trade, colonialism, shared culture, and communicable disease.
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The icon for the Age of Discovery is a gold sextant and a spyglass.
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Ancient Civilizations | Stone Age • Neolithic • Bronze Age • Iron Age |
Pre-Industrial Civilizations | Middle Ages • Age of Discovery • Scientific Revolution |
Technological Civilizations | Industrial Revolution • Atomic Age • Information Age • Emergent Age • Singularity |
Colonization of Mars | Rover • Human Expedition • Martian Settlement • Martian Factory • Martian City |