#3. What role did the Renaissance play in launching an age of exploration? More info on, Europeans Explore the East, chapter 19 section 1

eleya.jackson the answer is the second one

Explanation:

i think it should be slowed colonial western march

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.