to reach the East Indies more quickly
Most likely
Christopher Columbus wanted to find a new water route to Asia. He thought that he could sail west across the Atlantic Ocean, instead of around Africa. Spain agreed to fund his voyage because the new sea route would help Spain compete with Portugal.
BTW WEST INDIES IS UNDERNEATH ASIA (same thing)
ALL CREDIT TO GOOGLE
THIS IS NOT MY WORK
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the best option is "public finance" since this is done at the federal level.</span>
The Answer is A, because it was meant for everyone not just scribes and teachers and clerks, the chinese also used them with also influenced the japanese culture.
D. nut: ensured good harvests is correct