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A time with great innovation (printing press, eyeglasses all invented during this time)
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Columbus becomes first Christian European to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trade root to India.
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A time with limited property rights and no economic growth.
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First time handed supremamcy to parliment, not the monarch.
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Shifting from a society with high BR and DR to low BR and DR.
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Period of immense economic growth.
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Some countries living standards improve, others decline.