A) North Africa because Dar al-Islam was close to there, and some north-Africans were Muslim
I think riches. im not 100% sure but either they where looking for riches or they found riches not sure
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With no democratic experience and severe economic problems many Europeans saw dictatorship as the only way to prevent instability.
I guess that it lets us purchase most of the item in the us market, own land, sell our own items, create our own businesses and things like that.
Hope this help you!
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.