Italian murchants made huge profits by trading Asian goods. Italians used military strength to control the trade on the mediterranean and didn't allow other Europeans to take part in it. Merchants and other Europeans envied the profits made by Italian merchants, and found new routs to Asia.
Sources: Creating America book and My Great Brain ;)
Italian murchants made huge profits by trading Asian goods. Italians used military strength to control the trade on the mediterranean and didn't allow other Europeans to take part in it. Merchants and other Europeans envied the profits made by Italian merchants, and found new routs to Asia.
Sources: Creating America book and My Great Brain ;)
Asia.
They wanted a route to Asia. The Silk Road was long, expensive, and dangerous.
With the icecaps melting and polar sea lanes becoming more accessible, Europe and Asia are exploring vastly increased trade through the formerly impassable Northwest Passage. The connecting port in Europe would be Murmansk.
England and France
Silk road.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Asia.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
New trade routes to Asia
Italian murchants made huge profits by trading Asian goods. Italians used military strength to control the trade on the mediterranean and didn't allow other Europeans to take part in it. Merchants and other Europeans envied the profits made by Italian merchants, and found new routs to Asia. Sources: Creating America book and My Great Brain ;)
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Marco Polo
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
Slaves Sea Ports to control trade routes Wealth Minerals
They wanted a route to Asia. The Silk Road was long, expensive, and dangerous.