Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Asia.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
New trade routes to Asia
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Trade routes to India avoiding the Middle East.Europeans wanted a cheaper way to import goods from Asia.
Trade routes to India avoiding the Middle East.Europeans wanted a cheaper way to import goods from Asia.
mainly silk and spices and open trade routes
They wanted a route to Asia. The Silk Road was long, expensive, and dangerous.
Slaves Sea Ports to control trade routes Wealth Minerals
There were some historical periods when it was really not that easy for Europeans to trade with Asia, but it was at least possible to do so, because of trade routes which went from Asia, through Afghanistan, to Europe. Europe and Asia form a single land mass, sometimes called Eurasia, so no shipping is actually required to travel from Asia to Europe.
maps, diaries and new ships