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.
Prior to the 1600's the transatlantic slave trade was virtually monopolized by the Portuguese.
Would have to go with answer choice C
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Arguably the most profound effect of World War I on African Americans was the acceleration of the multi-decade mass movement of black, southern rural farm laborers northward and westward to cities in search of higher wages in industrial jobs and better social and political opportunities.
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The Babylonian economy was largely based on agricultural surplus (due to irrigation systems) and trade. They traded both crops and goods like gold, silver, etc.
