The desire to find a sea route to Asia, the promise of riches, and intellectual curiosity were all motivations for European exploration in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, the Muslim invasion of Spain was not.
Stalin hoped to keep Germany and Western Europe weak.
With keeping the Western European nation's weak, Stalin believed that he would have an easier time taking over the countries and setting up communist regimes and governments
B
Explanation:
The other belifs were those of the Egyptians