FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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American expansion into Africa and Asia.
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Asian expansion into the Americas and Europe.
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African exploration of the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-2: -Europeans wanted the power and resulting wealth that would come from controlling trade. Finding all-water routes to Asia and its riches would allow European merchants to cut out Middle Eastern middlemen and reap all the profits of eastern trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reasons for Exploration: All of the European nations ( Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands) came to America for the same 4 major reasons: wealth & power, religion, nationalism, and the Renaissance spirit of curiosity and adventure.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Middle Ages, Europeans lacked refrigeration and general hygiene, leading to food spoiling quickly. Spices were so important because they helped mask the flavor of not-so-fresh food.
Detailed explanation-5: -Desire for spices helped fuel European colonial empires to create political, military and commercial networks under a single power. Historians know a fair amount about the supply of spices in Europe during the medieval period-the origins, methods of transportation, the prices-but less about demand.