1. Sailing around Africa is impossible until the Suez canal gets built (or
rebuilt).
2. The Europeans needed a better trade route (being hopelessly
underdeveloped at the time, and needing access to trade with the developed
countries in south and east asia). Any alternative from a non-European is
irrelvant (there wasn't much for the Europeans to export yet, being that
they were so backwards). The Europeans in the 16th century needed the
Asians, not the otherway around.
Invid Fan (invid@localnet.com) wrote:
: In article <1145283862.732758.281590@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
: ssharma wrote:
: > In ancient times, the Phenicians sailed around Africa, which was only
: > later emulated by European explorers.
: > What if the same feat was done many other nations like Arabs, Indians,
: > chinese or Malays.
: Depends on WHY they went on said mission. Europeans were trying to get
: to the far east for trade. Arabs already have ports that give access to
: the Indian Ocean so have no need to go around Africa. If India is
: already trading with the West and needs to avoid going through Arab
: middlemen, I can see them trying.
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