God, gold, and glory motivated European nationsto explore and create colonies in the New World.
Log in Bosland E. Bosland 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Bosland E. Bosland's post “why are women in the batt...” why are women in the battle in the first picture? • (13 votes) joscrane 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to joscrane's post “They are their because ba...” They are their because back then, women came with solders to cook and clean and tend wounds (26 votes) Humble Learner 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Humble Learner's post “I feel that there have be...” I feel that there have been many instances in which people of different religious groups have been violent to each other. However, why is it made out that there is only one group that oppresses the others? I am not specifically referring to Christianity, but just religious groups in general. • (9 votes) David Alexander 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Hindus have oppressed Mus...” Hindus have oppressed Muslims in India. Buddhists have oppressed Hindus in Sri Lanka and Muslims in Myanmar. Muslims have oppressed Christians in Egypt. Christians have oppressed Muslims in Lebanon. Secularists oppress people of all religions in France. It's not about religion so much as it is about drawing a circle and saying "folks like me are 'in' and folks not like me are 'out'." Religion is just the "like me" criterion used. In other times and places, it is race, class, caste, or gender. (32 votes) kgilmore19 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to kgilmore19's post “so why did the europeans ...” so why did the europeans want to come to the west indies? • (6 votes) Andre de Bruin 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Andre de Bruin's post “First off, they wanted to...” First off, they wanted to get to the east Indies fast, not the west. Why? Because it would allow them to get spices cheap. If you look at a map, Indonesia is very far from Europe. Items that go through overland routs, especially back then, get very expensive after a while. To illustrate, If a farmer sold spices to a merchant for $1, he would go up to Thailand and sell it for $2. Very few merchants went the entire way from Indonesia to Europe. The merchant would sell it to another merchant for $3. by the time it got to Persia, it may be $30 for a bag of spices. The Islamic empires of the middle east would mark the price up drastically before the spices went to Europe, because they hated Europeans. By the time it got to Portugal, a bag of spices may be $50. So Portugal decided to find a way around Africa to get to modern day Indonesia. They went into the Indian ocean, and tried to find a legendary king in Ethiopia to help in a Crusade, (he never existed), and so they found how profitable trade there was instead. The reason that Europe wanted to get the West Indies is because they thought that they were the East Indies, and then they found out that you could grow sugar there, so they stayed for a while. (26 votes) Bùi Quang Hảo 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Bùi Quang Hảo's post “Is New World referred to ...” Is New World referred to America? • (11 votes) A. Sintay 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to A. Sintay's post “Yes, both north and south...” Yes, both north and south America (8 votes) shawneeransom 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to shawneeransom's post “Why do the Portuguese get...” Why do the Portuguese get a monopoly? And how exactly? And why are the Spanish jealous? • (7 votes) Ahmad 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Ahmad's post “The Portuguese went the l...” The Portuguese went the long way around, through Africa, while the Spanish kept going to the Americas. The Portuguese got more gold and riches from India and China. (5 votes) chandraya.aadi a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to chandraya.aadi's post “Isnt it Quran not Koran” Isnt it Quran not Koran • (8 votes) David Alexander a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “The word is not English, ...” The word is not English, but Arabic. When it is reduced to the letters used in English, spellings vary. (10 votes) jennifer 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to jennifer's post “Who won in the crusades?” Who won in the crusades? • (9 votes) Devansh Kumar a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Devansh Kumar's post “it was sometimes a victor...” it was sometimes a victory, defeat, or stalemate (4 votes) Slamapolli21 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Slamapolli21's post “What motivates countries ...” What motivates countries to want to explore West • (6 votes) x.asper (bio) 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to x.asper (bio)'s post “There are a multitude of ...” There are a multitude of things that may inspire someone to explore the West. I can name a few: I am sure that there are many more reasons than the ones I stated above, but these are some of the main ones. I hope this helps! (12 votes) MrDenied 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to MrDenied's post “Is this article must-read...” Is this article must-read? • (6 votes) David Alexander 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Why not. It's summer and ...” Why not. It's summer and you're on vacation. You have the time. (6 votes) DOMINICBARAHONA 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to DOMINICBARAHONA's post “How did Christians justif...” How did Christians justify going to war? • (7 votes) Alex 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Alex's post “Spreading their religion ...” Spreading their religion and beliefs to other, more "uncultured" peoples, thus granting them salvation. (6 votes)Want to join the conversation?
1. Gold
2. Land
3. Sugar
4. Silver
5. Religion
