They were looking to establish their own trade empires in the east.
the europeans just wanted for some booty literally
Trading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.
By the empires and trading.
European nations brought warships and armies to build empires in South Asia.
The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading slaves, salt and gold.
the ottoman empire
The Mongol empires control land in Asia and Europe 5 years. This happened in history.
It was exloited
trading
Egypt, Sudan & Zimbabwe
Islam originally began in the Arabian Peninsula, then by trading and traveling and the big Islamic empires spread all over southeast Asia, Africa, some parts or Europe and etc..