The Ottomans and Mongols controlled the land routes to China and they were not about to let a bunch of European Christians go and get money in the Orient... without attacked, stealing and killing.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Trade routes to Europe and Asia were opened and maintained.
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Trade routes to Europe and Asia were opened and maintained
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Europe lost access to overland trade routes to Asia.
The Caspian sea is located between southeast Europe and western Asia. So you could say Europe and Asia.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
Europe is the western peninsula of the landmass of Eurasia.
Connecting China and the rest of Asia to the Mediterranean BasinMARITIME Across the Indian OceanROUTESTRANSSAHARANTrade routes that cross the Sahara DesertNORTHERNEUROPEAN Trade routes across Northern Europe to the Black SeaWESTERNEUROPEAN Trade routes through seas and rivers throughout Western EuropeSOUTHCHINA SEA Trade routes throughout the South China Sea and Southeast Asia
It followed trade routes.