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Why was this a problem for the European's merchants?
The geographical obstacles and limited resources in Europe prompted the merchants to search for new trade routes to access valuable goods from Asia. The existing land routes were controlled by middlemen who inflated prices, pushing the European merchants to seek alternative sea routes for direct trade with Asia. This ultimately led to the Age of Exploration and the discovery of new lands.
What animal allowed Arab merchants to travel over harsh land routes?
Camels
What were the two most important routes for immigrants and merchants in the early 1800s?
The two most important rout for immigrants and merchants was theOregon trail and the mine routs
One way in which the silk roads and the west African trade routes are similar is that along both routes?
ideas were exchanged as merchants interacted with each other
How did the wealthy kingdom of Ghana become wealthy from the African gold salt trade?
It imposed taxes on merchants who used gold trade routes that passed through Ghana.
Why did Western European countries in the 15th century feel they needed to develop new trade routes?
The Ottoman Empire and Venice controlled existing trade routes to Asia and made European merchants pay taxes.
What were the major trade routes Muslims traders traveled?
Historically, Muslims bridged the trade routes between Europe and Asia, especially in moving spices from India and Indonesia to the Mediterranean Coast.
What is a good sentence for caravan?
On the trading routes, the merchants rode in caravans to keep themselves safe from bandits.
Explain how the sea routes help European countries break the monoplies on Asian spices held by merchants?
Merchants used specific land routes to bring precious Asian spices. These merchants had the monopoly on Asian-European trade. When sea routes to Asia were discovered, Europeans had another choice of how to obtain their goods from Asia.
What did Sargon do to raise money to pay his army and buy the loyalty of his supporters?
by controlling trade routes and taxing merchants
Many European merchants traveled along the trade routes of the?
the silk road was not one road but several trade
What played an important role in the fall of the kingdom of Ghana?
Merchants created new trade routes around Ghana.
