History

Blake

3 March, 04:23

Why did Western European countries in the 15th century feel they needed to develop new trade routes?

A. The Ottoman Empire and Venice controlled existing trade routes to Asia and made European merchants pay taxes.

B. The Western European countries had run out of goods to trade and needed to find new sources of goods.

C. The old trade routes led to Asian countries that had weak economies and produced very low-quality goods.

D. The deserts and mountains to the east made it far too difficult for merchants to travel on traditional routes.