To circumvent the costly overland trade which required them to trade with the Muslim world (the Middle East).
Because in the middle of the city there is the Bosporus river, this has historicaly been accepted as the border between Europe (West) and Asia (East)
European explorers believed that the Northwest Passage would take them to Asia and the Spice Islands for the purpose of setting up lucrative trade routes. They thought that this water route would be a more direct and faster route.
A native or inhabitant of Europe. If you need to know where Europe is - a continent in the western part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural mountains on the east and the Black and Caspian seas on the south east
asia and africa
To the east of Europe is the land mass of Asia, and to the east of Asia is the Pacific Ocean (not counting the names of inlets, bays, gulfs and seas).
Japan is separated from Asia by the Sea of Japan (also known as the East Sea).
The world's largest body of water is the Pacific Ocean between the west cost of the United States and the east coasts of Asia.
The large body of water located north of Turkey, separating it from the Ukraine the Black Sea.The body of water which separates Turkey from Ukraine is the Black Sea.
the body north is Asia is arctic
There are bodies of water in East Asia. Water is a major pull factor. Because of this pull factor, there is more settlements in East Asia. People live there because water literally saves their lives. So the physical features inscrease settlement in East Asia.
Body of water east of the aztec empire
The water body that is located in the east of Egypt is the Red Sea.
The longest body of water in the Middle East is the Red Sea.
The body of water that is east of Japan is called The Pacific Ocean.
south china sea is the body of the water in the east..
No, if you look at a world map you will see that Europe is WEST of Asia