Why does current culture/ideas differ so much compared to a 100 years ago? Was it also like this in the past, say when you compare 1500 AD and 1600 AD?
From 1500 to 1600, you have a pretty thorough revolution of agriculture in Europe as the first contact with the Americas was less than a decade before the start of the century; there was never a tomato in Italy or a potato in Ireland before this time period. The Renaissance was at its most transf…
The Short Answer
From 1500 to 1600, you have a pretty thorough revolution of agriculture in Europe as the first contact with the Americas was less than a decade before the start of the century; there was never a tomato in Italy or a potato in Ireland before this time period. The Renaissance was at its most transformative. This lead to the beginnings of the scientific method. It also transformed music in Europe, laying the groundwork for everything you think of as classical music. And I'm leaving out a LOT of Renaissance. [This is a world map from 1500](_URL_0_). [This is one from 1570](_URL_1_). Change happens all the time. Measuring which changes end up being more important tends to take a long time.
Analysis
Key Concepts: Time, europe, renaissance
This explanation focuses on time, europe, renaissance and spans 118 words across 9 sentences. At 71% above the average Human Body explanation (69 words), this is one of the more thorough answers in this category, reflecting the complexity of the underlying question.
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The explanation opens with: “From 1500 to 1600, you have a pretty thorough revolution of agriculture in Europe as the first contact with the Americas” It then elaboratesultimately building toward a complete picture across 9 connected points.
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Ranked #71 of 500 Human Body questions by answer depth (top 15%). This places it in the comprehensive tier — the top quarter of most thoroughly answered questions. Questions at this depth typically involve multi-faceted topics requiring nuanced explanation.
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From 1500 to 1600, you have a pretty thorough revolution of agriculture in Europe as the first contact with the Americas was less than a decade before the start of the century; there was never a tomato in Italy or a potato in Ireland before this…
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