Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they thought that Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required transportation and navigation skills to travel.
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Answer:
They contributed to the establishment of colonies for trading purposes
Explanation:
omae wa mou shindeiru
D . All the above
This is why he has been kept out of most history.
I personally think it is pretty fair, because that is around the time when the great depression was, actually, the great depression was in 1929 and lasted until 1939, hope this helps.plz give brainliest
