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By the early 1400s, a growing percentage of the Asian spice trade was being transported
 
  a. by camel caravans across Arabia.
  b. in European ships, particularly Dutch and Portuguese.
  c. in Muslim ships.
  d. in Chinese ships as evidenced by the voyages of Zheng He.
  e. across the Silk Road from China.

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Western historians customarily regard this as the crucial point in opening the trade routes to the East.
 
  a. the travels of Marco Polo
  b. the voyages of Vasco de Gama
  c. the discovery of the New World by Columbus
  d. Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe
  e. Prince Henry, the Navigator's establishment of a school for navigators



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