Europeans increased trade with china
Marco polo
Marco polo
No they wanted to trade with Japan So It is false.
The silk road was a trade route to China allowing the Europeans to trade for silk thus giving it the name of the Silk road
Because they held religious beliefs that prohibited contact with foreigners
Europeans especially wanted to get fine Chinese goods such as silk, tea and pottery. The United Kingdom and other countries used military power to force china trade.
they traded with europeans -edit- They traded with China and Korea. foreign trade was never a major money maker for Japan
Europeansfirst traveled to Asia for trade Then in the 13th & 14th centuries, a number of Europeans, many of them Christian missionaries, had sought to penetrate China. The most famous of these travelers was Marco Polo.
Believed they would receive no benefit from the increased contact with Europeans
China was an isolationist country that did not want to trade with other nations, especially not Europeans. However, Europeans basically took over China and cut it into little pieces among the French, British, Germans, Italians, and Portuguese. They then forced China to trade with them. The trading was very helpful to Europeans, and in the long haul, the Chinese as well.
the silk road facilitated trade between china and europe