2: The Growth of European Incursion (1600 CE – 1700 CE)
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- 2.2: Dutch Golden Age (1600 – 1672)
- The merchant class became wealthy, giving them extra income. Located on the Atlantic as one of the major gateways to Europe, the trading routes to Asia, and the new shipping lanes to the new world, the Netherlands controlled much of the import and export business.
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- 2.3: Baroque (1600 – 1740)
- After the Crusades, famines, and plagues of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance period brought new changes in the possibility of human invention and exploration. By the Baroque period, European societies were expanding, conquering other territories, and urbanizing their cities.
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- 2.7: Native American (1600 – 1800s)
- Native groups lived across North America and were as diverse in languages, traditions, rituals, and artwork as any population of people covering a large geographic area. With any populace in the world, their artwork was created using materials found in the people's location and culture.
Thumbnail: Bird painting (17 th century) Public Domain