<span>This is more of a history question, but the answer you're looking for is Justinian I. Great leader but terrible with money.</span>
The answer is money. It was believed that if they found a shorter way to Asia that they could access the trading market more easily and avoid middle-men and things like that. They could open companies there and trade for much less money and earn much more. However, he ended up in the Americas, not India.
<span>I think It is a) Textiles</span>
Yes, Ghana is in Africa. ;-)
