West
West
Traders where looking for a faster easier way
European traders arrived in Southwest Asia around the first century after the birth of Jesus Christ. The Crusades would later make it difficult to trade with the Arabs and Europeans began to look for routes other than land routes.
The directions for Asia are east to west.
Europeans were most intrested in spices from Asia.
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Arab traders first began to trade in south east Asia in 3000BC.
The Europeans were looking for a water route to Asia. Shipping technology and ships had improved and the fact that people wanted the goods from Asia. If a shipping route could be found it would have meant big money for the traders, ships, and crowns involved.
They traveled to Asia by sea so that they could trade. Asia had spices, tea, paper, silk, and more that the European traders wanted.
with their eyes
to find a sea route to the East
in the "scramble" for Asia, Europeans had to deal with Japan.