In the late 1400s, China was the world leader in the production and export of goods such as silk, porcelain, tea, fruit, drugs, cotton, weapons, etc., which Europeans desired; however, Europe produced few products of interest to the Chinese. Why did this encourage the European exploration of the Americas?

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2 September, 03:45

In the late 1400s, China was the world leader in the production and export of goods such as silk, porcelain, tea, fruit, drugs, cotton, weapons, etc., which Europeans desired; however, Europe produced few products of interest to the Chinese. Why did this encourage the European exploration of the Americas?

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Julia Sandoval · Answer 1

In the late 1400s, China was the world leader in the production and export of goods such as silk, porcelain, tea, fruit, drugs, cotton, weapons, etc., which Europeans desired; however, Europe produced few products of interest to the Chinese. This encouraged the European exploration of the Americas to expand their trade and business all over the world.

Explanation:

In order to gain a world wide recognition in terms of trade and business, the Europeans started to explore many things and finally landed up in the exploration of the Americans. The Europeans were influenced by the trade set up by the Chinese people to a great extent.

They saw the way how China became the overall world leader by setting up excellent trade factors all over the world. And that is the reason why the Europeans also wanted to become an expert and emerge as a good world leader like China. It extended its relationship with all the countries to gain a world wide popularity in terms of trading goods.