After Marco Polo returned with golds, silvers, and all sorts of treasures, and spices the need to trade with the East was unbearable. Practiclly every European in Europe was trying to find ways to get to Asia and India to trade for the riches of the East. Marco Polo had traveled to Asia by land, and this took time and money because of its long journey. They needed food for the large caravans and needed …showed first 75 words of 2457 total…

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