Why did europeans look for sea routes to asia in tue fifteenth century?
choose all the correct answers.
a. the ottoman turks controlled the silk road, which was the main rout from europe through the middle east to asia
b. demand in europe for asia spices, silk, and other goods had grown considerably.
c. traviling overland from europe to asia was extremely difficult and hazardous.
d. explorers were looking for a way to sail arownd asia to get to the americans.

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in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.