lbonbom14
Why did Christopher Columbus seek a direct sea route to Asia?
Christopher Columbus
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trmichaels
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Such a route would have made European trade with the region much easier, reducing the costs of such Asian luxuries as silk and spices in Europe.
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PianoSmarts
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The silk road is what the silk road takes less stuff and l0onger to transfer stuff 2 point a to point b
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Yoda55
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Perhaps, because the monarchs of Spain paid him to search for one?