Nhat desire drove the early European explorations? A. Interacting with new groups of indigenous peoples
B. Distrust of Muslim middlemen who controlled trade with the East
C. Reaching the East to procure valuable resources
D. Discovering the Americas before rival powers did

What drove some European rulers to send explorers in search of a water route to Asia is to find a shorter route to Asia that can be used for the purpose of trading with Asia.

Explanation:

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the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.