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Why did europeans search for routes to asia by sea rather than by land? choose the best answer.

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Because Arabs or Mongols had seized or cut/controlled the land routes to the East, and the known sea route around Africa was exceptionally long.

Step-by-step explanation:

The idea was that by sailing westward, the route to China would be much shorter.

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