How did the crusades and the renaissance encourage the spread of european civilizations?

Explanation:

It encouraged the Europeans to discover new lands which lead to European countries discovering new lands and making colonies. Also lead to new discoveries of food, culture, and technology. These new goods lead the rich to want more of it and lead to new technology. Returning crusaders demanded more Asian items (silk, spices, rice & oranges), they would pay more for it - leading to increase desire to trade with Asia, explore more lands and routes.

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire