After the ottomans blocked the Europeans trade routes to the Indian subcontinent and the rest of Asia Europe had to find an ocean route around Africa which put them in contact with many indigenous populations which the Europeans would colonize and enslave in order to exploit the routes they had to take to get to Asia <span />
<span>They returned with lemons, dyes, rice, apricots, glass mirrors, soap and perfume. They also discovered and returned with the ancestor of the modern guitar.</span>
Mulatu Teshome is the president
