271) _____ was an intellectual and Cultural Revolution which is usually associated with the 18th century.

272) The writers who spread the ideas of the Enlightenment were known as

273) _____ was the Portuguese ruler who gave encouragement and helps to navigators to explore new sea routes to east

274) In 1486 A.D .......sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of storms, which later renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.

275) Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and landed at Calicut in the year