History & Culture. By 1914, Europe's six major powers were split into two alliances that would form the warring sides in World War I. Britain, France, and Russia formed the Triple Entente, while Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy joined in the Triple Alliance.
Answer:
The Silk Road and other trade routes had become too dangerous, expensive and time consuming
Explanation:
Trade routes to Asia and the Middle East had become very dangerous for Europeans because non-friendly empires like Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire were the middlemen between Europe and Asia.
For this reason, Europeans were pushed to explore alternative trade routes to Asia. In fact, Columbus idea was to sail west to find a new route to Asia, he never expected to land on a whole new continent.
An exclave is a portion of a state or territory geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory (of one or more states). Many exclaves are also enclaves. Enclave is sometimes used improperly to denote a territory that is only partly surrounded by another state.
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