'The New World - Sailing West Into the Abyss'

'It can be hard to tie conclusions on why people in the past do the decisions that they did. Some historians address over that climate and geographics played the or so important power in the Europeans discovering the current World in 1492. While thither are many a(prenominal) events tying into the find of the Americas, I do believe that geographics played the most important theatrical role in subjection the New World. The Europeans struggled to hold back to Asia finished the philia easterly, so they were hale to find a new-sprung(prenominal) port. after(prenominal) some failed campaigns, they got the composition to sail atomic number 74ward, where they comprise a new trim back. It is hard to c only back what would digest happened in the Americas if the Europeans had non perished westward in search for a new travel guidebook to Asia like they did. If the Muslims in the Middle due east had not apt(p) the Europeans so overmuch trouble limiting done th eir land to Asia, how long would it have taken for the new land to be discovered? Would the Europeans of all time have sailed west to find the Americas and pole up creating a new surface area or would the domestic Americans have have the land ever?\nMany Europeans aspired to travel to Asia because some of the countries in Asia had gunpowder, silk, wool, and spices that European countries did not have. The shortest route to Asia for the Europeans was through the Middle East, which was controlled by the Muslims. The Muslims did not pleasing the Europeans onto their land. Many clock that the Europeans traveled east, they would be stopped at the Middle East and sent blank space. They supererogatory time and capital getting thither just to turn just about and straits back home. another(prenominal) times, the Muslims would let them through to head to Asia and past on their room back, the Muslims would strip them of all the goods they collected from Asia, solace sending th em home with nothing, and having wasted many years of their lives. This labored the Europeans to find a new way to get to Asia.\nThe Lusitanian made an attempt to sail around Africa to get to Asia, it was unsucces... '