Why hadn’t europeans used maritime routes before the age of exploration?

They feared that the Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe. 2. They didn't have the ships and navigation skills to travel around Africa to Asia.

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They feared that the Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe.

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cultural achievements of the 1920's 2010  

1. cultural achievements and african american achievements in the 1920’s  

2. art and literature charles lindberg flew from ny to paris, france. became national hero; first transatlantic flight.  

3. greenwich village (new york) and the south side (chicago)  many artists, writers, and intellectuals flocked to these areas to share ideas  people lead bohemian, or artistic and unconventional, lifestyles