Asia.
Silk road.
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.
Many Europeans in the 1400s wanted to find a way to get to East Asia primarily to access valuable spices, such as pepper, cinnamon, and cloves, which were in high demand in Europe for culinary and medicinal purposes. Additionally, there was a desire to establish direct trade routes with Asian markets to bypass the expensive intermediaries in the existing trade networks. The pursuit of new trade routes to Asia was also driven by the desire for wealth, prestige, and the spread of Christianity.
Italy was not a united country. City-states like Genoa and Venice controlled much of the trade to Asia.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
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Italy was not a united country. City-states like Genoa and Venice controlled much of the trade to Asia.
During the Middle Ages, the Italian city-states, particularly Venice and Genoa, dominated most of the trade routes to the East. They played a crucial role in facilitating trade between Europe and Asia, especially for goods like spices, silk, and precious metals. Their strategic locations and strong naval power allowed them to control maritime trade routes in the Mediterranean and beyond. This dominance lasted until the rise of other European powers and the discovery of new trade routes in the Age of Exploration.
In Greece and Asia.
India and Hinduism in particular dominated the world
Silk road.
The silk Road...
Spain and Portugal were the two main countries that sought to explore new sea routes during the Age of Exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries. They were driven by a desire to find faster and more efficient trade routes to Asia.
Europeans began looking for new sea routes to Asia.
silk road