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Why did Europeans want to sail Japan China and India in the fifteenth century?
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∙ 7y ago
To make money and win their fortunes, of course.
Overland traders since Marco Polo had brought Indian spices such as pepper and curry, and other oriental spices, to Europe. These were enormously expensive and rare after being carried by camel caravans from China and India, through the Arabian deserts and past the Arabian thieves. Columbus figured that one ship-load of spices from the orient, delivered to Spain or Italy, would be worth the risk.
Brennan Jacobs
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silk
What did the Europeans want from India and China and Japan and Indonesia?
They wanted all of the good that they had.
What linked Great Britain India and China in the nineteenth century?
Opium
What led to discovery of America?
The arrival of the europeans to America at the end of the fifteenth century had as main causes: - The need for the new trade routes between Europe and the far East (India, China and Japan) - The development of useful inventions for nagivations and geography: The compass, the astrolave, the caravels, the firearms, the printing press, the paper, and so on. - The interest in expanding the christian faith in other continents. - The curiosity to know new territories and cultures.
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Europeans, mostly France and England took almost absolute control over India's government, but focused only on securing trading rights in China. In order to add additional information, France lost its battle to take control over parts of India. This was one result of the French and Indian War. In both India and China, force was used.
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