because they get benifited as the traders who are passing by should pay the tax and some times the traders bring gifts for them.
To get silk and spices
to find silk and spices
He was looking for a water route to Asia. The Silk Road was long, dangerous, and expensive so water route would be faster and get more things to Europe.
He was looking for a trade route to Asia (the East Indies), where many valuables could be traded (e.g. silk, spices).
The overland Silk Road was long, dangerous, and expensive. If an all water route could be found ships could be loaded with the goods that Europe wanted and it would take less time. The man or country who found a water route would be wealthy.
The silk road was a trade route used to trade expansive items (like silk). It was very useful to everyone in the Asian area. Because of the area it was placed navigators wanted to expand it to another region. That way they would be able to trade in more places; and make more money. They wanted to find a sea route to China & India because they knew both places were thriving, and that they would make good money off of them.
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They were looking for a water route to Asia and wanted one across North America. The Silk Road was dangerous, expensive, and took too long to get things to Europe.
silk was first found in china. when the Europeans went to China they saw the silk witch was made by the Chinease and they wanted the silk as the silk was really valuable back then.
because the Chinese did not want everyone to know how their silk was made.
Silk
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