Need use the following map and what you learned in the lesson to answer the question: this is a map of trade routes connecting asia, africa, and europe. the trade routes go over land from china to the middle east. they also go over water from southeast asia through indonesia, around india, and to arabia, europe, and africa. the water route is notated with a blue line, and the land route is represented with a maroon line. public domain why didn't italy take part in the exploration of new trade routes? italy was too concerned with finding a route to java.  italy was working to establish stronger connections to greece. italy was contributing through innovations in shipbuilding. italy was already in control of the major routes to the east.