A major obstacle for increased profit in medieval European trade with the Far East was
a. a fear of China, Japan, and India.
b. religious; Christian merchants were too devout to do business with non-Christians.
c. Venetian and Muslim middlemen.
d. a lack of demand for imported goods.
e. wars in Asia.
c
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