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why did Columbus sail west to Asia rather than travel by land through the middle east?

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Whenever I think of a question like this, I think of the 3 Gs; God, Gold, and Glory.
He wanted something to do with all three, especially the latter two. He also believed that it was a faster route to Asia, while unknowingly discovering a new continent previously unknown to the white man.
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