Why were europeans eagerly searching for a sea route to asia in the 15th century?

question 1 options:

they needed to find an alternative to the silk road due to the rise of the ottoman empire.

they wanted to boldly go where no one had gone before.

there was a competition between europe and the islamic empires to see who could get there the fastest.

They needed to find an alternative to the Silk Road due to the rise of Ottoman Empire.

Explanation:

Ottomans seemed to be superior in owing the best naval fleet and it is always a threat to the Christian hegemony in Europe. The capital of Ottomans was Istanbul and it was five times the size of Paris in France. It flourished in abundance of natural resources. Ottomans were the largest army in Europe and the shipping lanes of the Mediterranean waterways were dominated by the ottomans.  

They were in good trade relationships with Asian though the Silk Road and that insisted Europe to find an alternative to the Silk Road so that they would involve in trading ties with Asian countries. After the battle of Vienna, ottomans faced the decline.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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