What was the significance of the closing of the silk road?

It encouraged Europeans to develop naval technology to help them find new ways to obtain Asian goods.

Explanation:

The Silk Road was a system of land routes for trading goods between China and the West (130 BCE-1453 CE). When it closed, merchants were compelled to develop naval technology to use the sea as a trade route. This event was fundamental for the Age of Discovery that would drive Europeans ships to explore, and ultimately invade, the New World of the Americas.

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