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Why were European countries searching for new trade routes to Asia?

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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. Some Europeans were also eager to spread Christianity to nonbelievers.

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Europeans wanted the power and resulting wealth that would come from controlling trade.

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