The geographical obstacles and limited resources in Europe prompted the merchants to search for new trade routes to access valuable goods from Asia. The existing land routes were controlled by middlemen who inflated prices, pushing the European merchants to seek alternative sea routes for direct trade with Asia. This ultimately led to the Age of Exploration and the discovery of new lands.
African Merchants.
For merchants
African slave merchants! :)
the use of city charters
cloth
One commercial practice Europeans adopted from the Muslim merchants with whom they traded was the constructing of ships made to withstand long voyages.
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 ;)
they issued bills an exchange
Most Europeans were peasants who lived in small agricultural communities.
no they just saw the firsnations as a problem.
The Ming Chinese believed that all Europeans were smugglers because many of the early European merchants engaged in illegal smuggling activities to evade Chinese trade regulations and restrictions. This behavior led to a negative perception of all Europeans among the Ming Chinese authorities.
the europeans wanted to be known like a famous person so they wanted to take control! yeahhh boyyy!