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What factors led the Europeans to begin their voyages of discovery?
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∙ 8y ago
The sea routes to North Africa and Red Sea from Europe were blocked by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. They were important trade routes for spice and silk trade. Hence exploring new routes for trade was a chief cause. This led to discovery of Spain and discoveries in Africa, and the Atlantic.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoI believe (although with only a grade 8 knowledge this might not be complete) that the Europeans started exploring the world due to the expansion cities and want of further and more extensive foreign trade. Also, the few explorers out there with a dying curiosity to make that big discovery.
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∙ 14y ago50 men had waved grapes and was shouting. They all sat down and had ate grapes. Christopher Columbus has refused to pay.
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∙ 8y agoOne of the main ones was loss of access to trade with the Orient via the ancient Silk Road due to wars in countries along the route and raiders attacking the caravans and stealing the goods.
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∙ 8y agoNew inventions in sailing and navigation. Ships got the moveable sail and rudders. The astrolabe was created that gave longitude and latitude. Better maps also helped.
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∙ 7y agoThe thing that leads people to do most things: money.
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∙ 9y agoRiches, Knowledge, and power.
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∙ 11y agoChicken
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What conditions let Europeans to begin exploring the Unknown in the 1400?
I do not know look in a book
When did Europeans first begin practicing slavery in the New World?
The first slave arrived in 1609 with the first colony of Jamestown.
What are three causes of European exploration?
spices, Asian, religion, Asian culture.
Why did the europeAns begin to explore overseas and what technological changes madE it possible?
the ships and the nevigational instrument astrolabe it uses the postion of the sun to determine direction latitude and local time
Why did the europeans begin to explore the world in the 1400 and 1500s?
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What factors led the Europeans to begin to begin their voyages of exploration?
What factors led Europeans to begin voyages of exploration?
spices, Asian, religion, Asian culture.
What factors led European to begin their voyages of exploration?
Europeans wanted access to the riches of the East. They wanted to spread Catholicism to other lands and they wanted to gain power at home.
What factors led Europeans to begin their voyage exploration?
Europeans wanted access to the riches of the East. They wanted to spread Catholicism to other lands and they wanted to gain power at home.
Why did Europeans begin to explore the Americas?
The discovery of America led to a demand of new kind of political and economic organization. Europeans were forced to explore and settle in new lands due to the, economical, political and religious turmoil that was occurring in the 16th and 17th century.
How does scientific discovery begin?
Curiosity
When did the europeans begin to settle in Louisiana?
1765
How did the Protestant Reformation contribute to the start of the enlightenment?
It led Europeans to begin questioning traditional authorities
What factors motivated Europeans to begin exploring other continents?
Europeans were motivated to explore other continents by their competition with Spain(Spain had recently found much wealth in gold and silver), the chance to spread the Christian faith, and to expand their nation as a whole.
Where does every scientific discovery begin?
the lab
Why did europeans begin growing potatoes after sailors brought it from America?
Why Europeans begin growing potatoes after sailors brought it from America? I do not know how this potatoes grow in America
What century did europeans begin selling slaves in?
15th
