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From 14 to 16 century, great changes have taken place in Europe's ideological, cultural, commercial and transportation fields. Please tell me what two events caused this change?
Renaissance and the opening of new routes.

The influence of Renaissance refers to an ideological emancipation movement that rose in Europe from14th century to16th century. Its slogan is to revive the ancient Greek and Roman culture, with the aim of destroying the feudal thought centered on God and establishing a new bourgeois thinking and culture centered on people. Its ideological core is humanism.

The impact of the opening of the new air route: First, it caused a commercial revolution. Due to the opening of new air routes, the scope of European trade has expanded unprecedentedly, and the ties between Western Europe and all ethnic groups in the world have been strengthened, and the world market has begun to take shape. The European trade center moved from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coast, and Italy's commercial status was gradually replaced by Spain, Portugal, Britain and the Netherlands.

Second, it caused a "price revolution". After the opening of the new sea route, Spain and other countries plundered a large amount of gold and silver from the colonies, and the precious metals in Western Europe increased by more than three times, causing the price of gold and silver to fall, the price to rise, and the purchasing power of money to decrease. From the 1930s of 16 to the end of 16, the prices in Spain rose more than four times, and those in Britain, France and other countries rose by two to two and a half times. While paying the devalued currency wages, the bourgeoisie sells goods at high prices and makes huge profits. The fixed-currency land rent collected by feudal landlords was also affected by the price revolution. The price revolution is one of the factors of primitive accumulation, which has helped the growth of capitalism in western Europe.