If you were to write an essay for your American history honors cl on..?

the crusaders brought back european goods, and, for the aristocrats who could afford it, they enjoyed this change in diet (their diets were usually monotonous). because these rich people liked these new foods, there was a demand to get more. when constantinople fell (ottoman turks took it over) the europeans needed to find new ways to get to asia, one of the ways they tried was to go around the world (what columbus tried to do)