Which of the following was not a result of the European Age of Exploration?

The Age of Exploration connected Europe with distant regions through trade, colonization, and conquest. Europeans encountered and adopted new products and habits, conquered foreign lands and peoples, and built powerful overseas empires. It did not cause European isolation; instead, it increased Europe’s contact with the rest of the world. Therefore, the choice that was not a result is “European isolation from the rest of the world.”

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