They where very big in land amount. hope this helps
The Europeans weren't as interested in Africa because they hadn't known about the diamonds and gold in the soil of Africa.
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Maritime history of Europe includes past events relating to the northwestern region of Eurasia in ... Roman galleys helped to build the Roman Empire. ... The volume of trade that the Roman merchant fleet carried was larger than any other ... and the galleon, where for the first time in history maritime navigation was possible.
The chinese peasants and peasant economy got a general boost in the amount of rights that they had, as the Mongols were herdsmen themselves (kinda).
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