the European countries felt the necessity of finding new trade routes to Asia
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The European countries felt the necessity of finding new trade routes to Asia because;
(i) Sea routes were economically beneficial for the Europeans.
(ii) These routes allowed the Europeans discover new Asian soils that were great for trading.
(iii) These allowed Europeans to develop their machinery.
Just to reduce the time consumption of the travel and to avoid dangers in old seas route.
A ships that travel from Europe to India must had to cross the Cape of Good Hope which made the ships to sail around the entire west part of Africa and the half of the costs of Eastern Africa, until the construction of Suez canal in 1869.
In late 1800s, the Suez Canal Company had planned to construct a short cut sea route through Egypt to reach the eastern parts of its colonies. They cam up with an extraordinary plan called the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean sea to the Red Sea that connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean .
Nearly 7000 Kms have been reduced between Europe and India just because of the construction of Suez Canal.
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