What were explorers looking for/why were they traveling

depends the year

colonialism 1492- idk perhaps 1995. fo richness like gold and silver

before that, just, being a great empire with lots of lands

and later that, 1995- present, just get information of culture.

thats it, and perhaps when we got to the space we'll the same as colonialism.

it provided for selection of government employees through competitive examinations. it also made it unlawful to fire or demote covered employees for political reasons or to require them to give political service or payment, and it set up a civil service commission to enforce the law.

explanation:

answer; ///i believe that the correct answer is ; hieroglyphs or glyphs; the maya script, also known as maya glyphs, was the writing system of the maya civilization of mesoamerica; as always plz check first..good luck