Why were europeans not prepared to explore new lands before the 1400s

they where not prepared because of plagues, such as the black plague and wars, including the crusades and the hundred years.

the enslavement and death of yeet

it took two men to wrestle rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. in the first century bc, rome was a republic. power lay in the hands of the senate, elected by roman citizens. but the senators were fighting for power between themselves.