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When the Middle East took control of the Silk Road it was important for European countries to find alternate trade routes for both reasons?
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∙ 11y ago
political and economic
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∙ 12y ago
Anonymous
The Silk Road was very important to the Europeans because it allowed them to spread their culture around to many places, as well as create a trade center where the goods that they received and paid for could be transported to other places for a higher price than what they had originally bought it for. This made the Europeans get a large economy from then Silk Road. The other civilizations and domains. they could also uncover certain profits from new ideas brought over to them from the other civilizations like the Roman Empire and the Roman Dynasty.
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i think its because they could get gunpowder from trading there and thus have advantages in the wars.
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