Why was trade with Asia so important to European nations?

Why was trade with Asia so important to European nations? Asia had highly prized goods that Europe didn't have. ... In 1492, Portuguese explorers believed they could get to Asia more quickly by establishing a shorter land route.

Explanation:

a) hostility to or prejudice against jews.

b) the holocaust, also referred to as the shoah, was a genocide during world war ii in which nazi germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million european jews             , around two-thirds of the jewish population of europe, between 1941 and 1945.

it further strained relations between the north and the south and convinced