/kloc-newly opened air route from the end of 0/5 to the beginning of 0/6.

Reasons for opening up new routes:

1. The embryonic development of European capitalism and the ensuing "gold rush" are the economic and social roots of the new air route.

2. The commercial crisis is the direct cause of the opening of new routes;

3. Carrying forward and spreading the gospel of Christ and the humanistic trend of thought in the Renaissance are the religious and ideological roots of the new route;

With the development of European productive forces, the progress of science and technology and the support of the royal family, the subjective and objective conditions for opening up new air routes have been met.

Impact of the opening of new routes:

1. The opening of the new air route caused a "commercial revolution";

2. Another consequence of the opening of the new route is the "price revolution";

3. The opening of the new air route proves the theory of the earth circle;

4. The opening of the new route has prepared the conditions for the formation of the world market;

5. Early colonial activities and plunder also began with the opening of new air routes.